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Tuesday, 15th July, 2014

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Date:
Tuesday 15th July 2014
Time:
6:30 p.m.
Place:
Council Chamber, Town Hall, Katharine Street, Croydon, CR0 1NX
 
Invitees:

To All Members of the Council

Contact:
Kate Norton
Position:
Senior Members Services Manager
Tel No:
020 8726 6000 ext 63876
 
Members of the public are welcome to attend this meeting. If you require assistance please phone or e-mail Kate Norton, as detailed above.

ItemDescription
AGENDA - PART A
1. MINUTES
To approve the attached Minutes of the Annual Council Meeting held on 3 June 2014.


2. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

3. DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST
Members will be asked to confirm that their Disclosure of Interest Forms are accurate and up-to-date. Any other disclosures that Members may wish to make during the meeting should be made orally. Members are reminded that unless their disclosable pecuniary interest is registered on the register of interests or is the subject of a pending notification to the Monitoring Officer, they are required to disclose relevant disclosable pecuniary interests at the meeting.

4. URGENT BUSINESS (IF ANY)
To receive notice from the Chair of any business not on the Agenda which should, in the opinion of the Chair, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency.

5. ANNOUNCEMENTS
To receive Announcements, if any, from the Mayor, the Leader, Head of Paid Service and/or Returning Officer.

6. PUBLIC QUESTION TIME
The Leader and Cabinet Members and Committee Chairs will answer written questions submitted by members of the public. Questions and draft answers will be circulated at the meeting. The Constitution allows for a maximum of 15 minutes for oral supplementary questions.

7. PETITIONS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCILLORS TO COUNCIL
To receive notice of petitions which, following presentation will stand referred to the relevant Cabinet Members.

8. RESPONSES TO PETITIONS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL
Responses to petitions presented to Council on 24 March 2014. These responses are open to questions from Councillors.

9. BUSINESS REPORT OF THE SCRUTINY & STRATEGIC OVERVIEW COMMITTEE
To receive the attached report which summarises the business considered by Scrutiny and Strategic Overview Committee and its Sub-Committees.

10. PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE CONSTITUTION AND RELATED CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS
To consider recommendations of the Director of Democratic and Legal Services and Monitoring Officer and the Cabinet. Attached.

11. THE APPOINTMENT OF A PERMANENT CHIEF EXECUTIVE
The report of the Director of Human Resources and the Council Solicitor is attached.

12. COUNCILLORS' OPEN SESSION ON WARD MATTERS
At the discretion of the Mayor, up to 5 Councillors may speak for up to three minutes each on any matter which affects their Ward. The Constitution has allocated a total time of up to 25 minutes for this agenda item.

13. BUSINESS REPORT OF THE LEADER INCORPORATING COUNCILLORS' WRITTEN QUESTIONS TO THE LEADER AND CABINET MEMBERS
To receive the attached Report and, in so doing, deal with the recommendations of the Cabinet on the following matter:

1. Community Safety Strategy for Croydon 2014-17

A Councillor may ask no more than two questions on each item of business contained in the Business Report.

The Leader, Cabinet Members and Committee Chairs will also provide draft written replies to the written questions submitted by Members of the Council. The questions and draft replies will be circulated at the meeting. Councillors may ask two supplementary questions arising from the reply given to a question they have submitted.


14. RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CABINET AND COMMITTEES DEFERRED FOR DEBATE
To consider, if any, recommendations which may be deferred for debate

15. MOTIONS FOR DEBATE
To debate any Motions submitted in accordance with Council Procedure Rules

16. CAMERA RESOLUTION
To resolve that, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information falling within those paragraphs indicated in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended.

AGENDA - PART B
  None

The next meeting is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. on Monday, 6th October 2014 in Council Chamber, Town Hall, Katharine Street, Croydon, CR0 1NX

Issue Date:- 07 July 2014 at 15:26