Policy and Resources Committee - 4 November 2019

NOTICE AND AGENDA

For a meeting to be held in the Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House, Rickmansworth, on Monday 4 November 2019 at 7.30pm.

Members of the Policy and Resources Committee:-

Councillors Sara Bedford (Chairman) (Local Plan)      Chris Lloyd (Vice-Chairman) (Leisure)

Matthew Bedford (Resources and Shared Services)      Phil Williams (Environmental Services and Sustainability)

David Sansom

Stephen Cox      Andrew Scarth (Housing)

Steve Drury (Infrastructure & Planning Policy)

Stephen Giles-Medhurst (Transport and Economic Development)      Roger Seabourne (Community Safety and Partnerships)

Alison Wall

Alex Hayward

Reena Ranger

David Hill, Interim Chief Executive

25 October 2019

The Policy and Resources Committee welcomes contributions from Members of the public to its discussion on agenda items. Contributions will be limited to one person speaking for and one against each item for not more than three minutes. Please note that in the event of registering your interest to speak on an agenda item but not taking up that right because the item is deferred, you will automatically be given the right to speak on that item at the next meeting of the Policy and Resources Committee. Details of the procedure and the list for registering the wish to speak will be available for a short period before the meeting.

In accordance with The Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014 any matters considered under Part I business only of the meeting may be filmed, recorded, photographed, broadcast or reported via social media by any person.

Recording and reporting the Council’s meetings is subject to the law and it is the responsibility of those doing the recording and reporting to ensure compliance. This will include the Human Rights Act, the Data Protection Act and the laws of libel and defamation.

1.         APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

2.         MINUTES

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the Policy and Resources Committee meeting held on 2 September 2019 and the Extraordinary Policy and Resources Committee meeting held on 7 October 2019.

3.         NOTICE OF OTHER BUSINESS

Items of other business notified under Council Procedure Rule 30 to be announced, together with the special circumstances that justify their consideration as a matter of urgency. The Chairman to rule on the admission of such items.

4.         DECLARATION OF INTERESTS

To receive any declarations of interest.

POLICY

5.        REVIEW OF STRATEGIC RISKS

This report gives details of progress against the Risk Treatment Plans for the Strategic Risks relating to the priorities identified in the Strategic Plan 2019-22.

RESOURCES

6.        BUDGET MONITORING – MONTH 6 (SEPTEMBER)

Budget monitoring report is a key tool in scrutinising the Council’s financial performance. It is designed to provide an overview to all relevant stakeholders. It is essential that the Council monitors its budgets throughout the year to ensure that is meeting its strategic objectives and that corrective action is taken where necessary.

This report seeks approval to a change in the Committee’s 2019-2022 medium-term revenue financial plan. The report shows the Council’s overall consolidated medium-term financial plan for both revenue and capital.

7.       STRATEGIC, SERVICE AND FINANCIAL PLANNING 2020-2023

This report enables the Policy and Resources Committee to comment on the growth bids for services reporting to the Committee to support them for the three years commencing on 1 April 2020.

8.      WORK PROGRAMME

To receive the Committee’s work programme.

9.      OTHER BUSINESS – If approved under Item 3 above

10.    EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC

If the Committee wishes to consider the remaining item in private, it will be appropriate for a resolution to be passed in the following terms:-

“that under Section 100A 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 as defined under paragraphs 1 to 7 of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act. It has been decided by the Council that in all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.”

(Note: If other confidential business is approved under item 3, it will also be necessary to specify the class of exempt or confidential information in the additional items.)

1.      OTHER BUSINESS – If approved under item 3 above.