Decisions

Full details can be found in the Part II minutes.

RESOLVED: -

That the following amendments to the Constitution regarding the conduct of the Development Management Committee are approved:

1.    If an application is recommended for approval, only objectors can invoke public speaking and then supporters can present their case. Applicants can only invoke speaking rights where the application is recommended for refusal.

2.    Reduce Ward Councillor’s time limit for speaking from 10 minutes to five minutes.

3.    Change the deadline to register to speak from 12 noon on the day of the meeting to 5pm the day before the meeting.

4.    Stop members of the public distributing material at the meeting.

5.    Planning officers must keep their presentations to 5 minutes for major applications and 3 minutes for all other applications.

That the following motion, proposed by Councillor Tindall and seconded by Councillor England be agreed;.

“Council affirms the view that the Fire and Rescue Service should remain under the control and democratic accountability of Hertfordshire County Council, rather than being taken over by the Police and Crime Commissioner. Council therefore fully supports the view taken by the County Council in this regard, and its Leader’s submission to the Home Office.

Council instructs the Chief Executive to write to the Home Office in a similar vein, confirming this Council’s opposition to the proposed takeover.”

Resolved:

That, under section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded during the item in Part II of the Agenda for this meeting, because it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, that if members of the public were present during this item there would be disclosure to them of exempt information relating to the financial and business affairs of the Council and third party companies/organisations.

(Local Government Act 1972, Schedule 12A, Part 1, Paragraph 3).

Resolved-

That the following changes be made to committee membership:

Cllr Silwal to leave the Finance & Resources Overview & Scrutiny committee and join Member Development Steering Group and the Strategic Planning and Environment Overview & Scrutiny Committee.

Cllrs Armytage and Bhinder to join Licensing.

The Finance and Resources Overview & Scrutiny Committee will be reduced by one space from 13 to 12.

Resolved:

That the following be approved:

24^th April 2018

CA/049/18       FORMALISATION OF GROVEHILL NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN

That Council formally ‘makes’ the Grovehill Future Neighbourhood Plan as part of the Local Plan following a YES vote at Referendum 15^th February.  

22^nd May 2018

CA/058/18       FINANCIAL OUT TURN 2017/18

That Council;

1. Approve the carry forward of unspent reserve funded budgets from 2017/18 to 2018/19 (see Appendix D of the report to Cabinet, £315k slippage into 2018/19)

2. Approve the use of the Housing Revenue Account surplus to fund an increased Revenue Contribution to Capital

CA/060/18       AMENDMENTS TO STAFF TERMS & CONDITIONS

That Council approves the changes to the redundancy multiplier as set out in paragraph 3.2 of the report.

26^th June 2018

CA/071/18       CONSTITUTION & PETITION SCHEME REVIEW & UPDATE

That Council adopt the amended Petition Scheme as annexed at Appendix 1A of the Cabinet report; and include a change in paragraph 5 (The word ‘ago’ be replaced with ‘previously’).

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The minutes of the meeting held on 16 May 2018 were agreed by the Members present and then signed by the Mayor.