Special Policy & Resources Committee - 24 May 2022 (following Annual Council)

NOTICE AND AGENDA

For a meeting to be held on Tuesday 24 May 2022 following the conclusion of the Annual Council meeting which starts at 7.30pm at Watersmeet, High Street, Rickmansworth, WD3 1EH

Members of the Policy and Resources Committee - to be appointed at the Annual Council meeting immediately before this meeting:-

Councillors

Sarah Nelmes (Chair)      Keith Martin (Resources and Shared Services)

Stephen Cox      Paul Rainbow (Transport and Economic Development)

Stephen Giles-Medhurst (Infrastructure and Planning Policy) (Vice Chair)       Reena Ranger

Philip Hearn       Ciaran Reed

Chris Lloyd (Leisure)       Andrew Scarth (Housing)

Abbas Merali       Roger Seabourne (Community Safety and Partnerships

Phil Williams (Environmental Services, Climate Change and Sustainability

Joanne Wagstaffe Chief Executive

16 May 2022

The Council welcomes contributions from members of the public to aid discussions on agenda items at the Policy and Resources Committee meetings. Details of the procedure are provided below:

For those wishing to speak:

Members of the public are entitled to register and identify which item(s) they wish to speak on from the published agenda for the meeting.  Those who wish to register to speak are asked if they could contact the Committee team by e-mail ( CommitteeTeam@threerivers.gov.uk ) 48 hours before the meeting if possible or register on the evening of the meeting from 7pm.  Registering 48 hours before the meeting allows the Committee Team time to prepare the speaker sheet in advance of the meeting.

Please note that contributions will be limited to no more than three minutes.

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 be given the right to speak on that item at the next meeting of the Committee.

Those wishing to observe the meeting are requested to contact the Committee Team by email at CommitteeTeam@threerivers.gov.uk  48 hours in advance of the meeting taking place or can attend on the night of 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 Legislation and the laws of libel and defamation.

The Policy and Resources Committee meeting will not be broadcast/livestreamed but an audio recording of the meeting will be made.

1.         APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

2.         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.

3.         DECLARATION OF INTERESTS

To receive any declarations of interest.

4.  LOCAL PLAN AND EQUALITIES SUB-COMMITTEES OF POLICY AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE

The report is being presented to the extra Policy and Resources Committee to re-establish the following sub-committees of the Policy and Recourse Committee for 2022/23: Local Plan and Equalities.

5.  OTHER BUSINESS – If approved under Item 3 above

6.  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(s) of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined under paragraph 1-7 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.
   

For any enquires on the agenda please email the Committee Team at committeeteam@threerivers.gov.uk