Standard Items
1
Apologies
To receive apologies for absence
2
Public questions/petitions
To recieve questions / petitions from the public (notice to be given to committee officer in advance of the meeting in accordance with appendix 1 of the council's constutition)
3
Declaration of interest
(Please note that it is the responsibility of individual members to declare an interest prior to the item if they arrive late for the meeting)
To approve the accuracy of the minutes of the meeting held on 4 February 2015.
Purpose - To consider and recommend to full council the pay policy statement for 2015/16.
Purpose - To consider a series of actions to target council activity at reducing key economic, social and financial inequalities.
Purpose - To agree how Norwich City Council will meet the requirement to cooperate on strategic matters in local plan making.
Purpose - To consider how the council will meet the requirement to cooperate on strategic matters in local plan making
Purpose - To consider the implementation of the business rates transitional relief for small and medium properties policy
Purpose - To approve how the council will use the new powers contained within the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 and that actions are delegated to the appropriate managers as specified in the council’s scheme of delegation.
Purpose - To consider the activities the council is undertaking to meet its safeguarding duties and responsibilities for a number of actions.
Resources and performance
Purpose - To report progress against the delivery of the corporate plan priorities and key performance measures for quarter 3 of 2014 - 15.
Purpose - To provide an update on the financial position as at 31January 2015, the forecast outturn for the year 2014/15, and the consequent forecast of the General Fund and Housing Revenue Account balances
Purpose - To seek approval to award the contract to carry out remedial works required at St Andrews multi-storey car park.
Purpose - To inform members of the procurement process which will result in the selection suppliers to deliver the works and services and to seek approval to delegate authority to award the contracts to the executive head of strategy, people and neighbourhoods and the porfolio holder for housing.
Purpose - To seek approval to award a contract framework of suppliers and to provide minor building works in connection with the Home Improvement Agency Initiative.
Purpose - To consider changes to the council’s constitution to revise Appendix 9, Statutory and proper officers to reflect changes within the organisation and current legislation; and Appendix 4, Terms of reference of committees, to clarify the terms of reference for the planning applications committee in relation to the confirmation and revocation of tree preservation orders.
Purpose - To consider commissioned services for the period 2015-16. These are both planned and current relationships with external organisations including partnerships, grants, contracts and shared services.
Purpose - To consider the HECA report setting out the energy conservation measures that the authority considers practicable, cost-effective and likely to result in significant improvement in the energy efficiency of residential accommodation in its area in line with government requirements.
Purpose - To consider the establishment of a collective solar auction scheme.
Purpose - To inform cabinet that Norwich has been offered the opportunity to join the Government’s Superfast Britain Connection Voucher Scheme, offering businesses a grant of up to £3,000 to cover the installation cost of superfast broadband; and to cabinet is asked to note the details of the Connection Vouchers Scheme and to approve Norwich’s participation in the scheme prior to formal government approval on or before 21 March 2015
Key decisions
A ‘key decision’ means a decision which is likely to either –
(a) result in the council incurring expenditure which is, or making savings which are, significant in relation to the council’s total budget for the service or function to which the decision relates (for these purposes the presumption is that “significant” means any sum exceeding whichever is greater of the thresholds established by the European public contracts directive 2004/18/EC for local government in respect of contracts for supplies or services), or;
(b) be significant in terms of its effects on communities living or working in an area comprising two or more wards or electoral divisions in the Norwich city area.
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Exclusion of the public
Purpose - Consideration of exclusion of the public.