14 October 2014 – Agenda
SUMMONS TO ATTEND A MEETING OF
POLICY & RESOURCES COMMITTEE
TO: All Members of the Policy & Resources Committee
Cllrs D Bretherton, D Butler, D Dodds, M Dyer (Chairman), L Emery, H Fickling, V Humphries (Deputy Chairman), P Lambert, M Welply and T Wyse
Ex Officio (Voting) Members – J Matelot Green (Town Mayor) and N Dixon (Deputy Mayor)
To all other Members for information
VENUE:
Upper Chamber, Thame Town Hall
DATE:
Tuesday 14 October 2014
TIME:
7.30 pm (maximum two hours)
Helen Stewart BEM
Clerk of the Council
Date: 8 October 2014
AGENDA
1 Apologies for Absence
2 Declarations of Interest
To notify of any items that appear in the agenda in which there may be an interest that has not been recorded in the Member’s Register of Interest.
3 Public Participation
To consider applications from members of the public to address the Committee (5 minutes maximum), in respect of any item of business included in the agenda. Applications to speak must have been received by the Committee Administrator no later than 5pm on the last working day preceding the meeting.
4 Investment Portfolio
To receive an annual report from Andrew Hess, Rathbone Brothers plc.
5 Minutes
To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the Committee Meeting held on 15 July 2014.
6 Budget Summary
To monitor actual income and expenditure against estimates.
7 Investment Update
To note a summary of the Investment performance.
8 Reports from Representatives on External Organisations
To receive reports from the nominated representatives on:
a) Barns Centre (Cllrs Butler and Matelot Green)
b) Citizens Advice Bureau (Cllr Welply)
c) NALC (Cllr Dyer)
d) Thame Business Forum (Cllr Dyer)
e) Thame & District Housing Association (Cllr Butler)
f) Thame Museum Trust (Cllrs Emery and Laver)
g) 21st Century Thame (Cllr Fickling and Laver)
h) Welfare Trust (Cllr Champken-Woods)
9 Community Engagement Strategy
To approve the strategy
10 IT Equipment
To agree the purchase of IT equipment for upgrading the Council systems.
11 Grants Policy
To receive an update from the Working Group.
12 iPads for Councillors
To consider whether iPads are replaced at the beginning of every new administration (every 4 years) and if so agree how the existing iPads are disposed of.
13 Civil Parking Enforcement
To receive a verbal progress report.
14 Financial Regulations
To approve the amendments to the Financial Regulations 2014-15.
15 Driving at Work
To approve the policy.
16 Fire and Rescue
To agree a Business Continuity request.
17 Community Right to Bid
To receive an update from the Working Group.
18 Mayor Making
To receive an update from the Working Group.
19 Compliments and Complaints
To note the report.
20 CCTV
To review CCTV contract and future continuation of the CCTV agreement.
21 CCTV
To provide a summary report for Q1 2014-15.
22 For Information
a) Report on Thame Play & Activity Day