Council Agenda: 12 February 2009

Notice is hereby given and you are hereby summoned to attend a meeting of the Council to be held at 6.45pm on Thursday 12 February 2009 at the Town Hall, Penrith.

1.      Apologies for Absence

2.      Declarations of Interest

To receive declarations of the existence and nature of any personal interests and/or personal interests which are prejudicial in any matter to be considered during the meeting.

3.      Minutes

To sign the minutes including

1. Cl/55/11/08 to Cl/71/11/08 of the meeting of Council held on 27 November 2008:
2. Cl/73/12/08 to Cl/78/12/08 of the special meeting of Council held on 18 December 2008

as a correct record of those proceedings (copies previously circulated).

4.      Chairman's Announcements

5.      Questions by the Public

To receive questions from the public under Rule 10 of the Constitution

6.      Questions by Members

To receive questions from Members under Rule 12 of the Constitution (PDF: 35 Kb / 1 page)

7.      Motions on Notice

To consider motions on notice under Rule 13 of the Constitution

8.      Calendar of Meetings Timetable

To consider the attached report of the Director of Corporate and Legal Services (PDF: 70 Kb / 5 pages)

9.      Approval of Revenue and Capital Budgets 2009-10

To consider the attached report of the Director of Finance (PDF: 234 Kb / 14 pages)

10.    Exclusion of Press and Public

To consider whether, in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, members of the public (including the press) should be excluded from the meeting during discussion of the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs (numbers here) of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

11.    Minutes

To sign the minutes including:

1. Cl/72/11/08 of the meeting of Council held on 27 November 2008; and
2. Cl/79/12/08 of the special meeting of Council held on 18 December 2008

as a correct record of those proceedings copies previously circulated

12.    Independent Member of Standards Committee

To confirm the appointment of the Independent Member of Standards Committee (Minutes of meeting held on 4 February 2009 - to follow)