Council and councillors

To receive any apologies for absence from Members.

Apologies were given by Mr C Parsons.

To receive any announcements by the Chairman.

The Chairman advised that the list of engagements had been circulated.

To receive any announcements by the Leader, Members of the Cabinet or the Head of Paid Service.

No announcements were made.

In accordance with the Regulations, Members are invited to declare any disclosable interests under the Code of Conduct and the nature of those interests in respect of items on this Agenda and/or indicate if Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 applies to them.

Members were invited to declare any disclosable interests under the Code of Conduct and the nature of those interests and/or indicate if Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 applied to them.

No such declarations were received.

To receive any petitions, deputations or questions received from members of the public in accordance with the provisions of Procedure Rule 24 which provides that any petition, deputation or question received shall only be considered if it relates to an item on the agenda.

The total time allowed for this is 30 minutes. Petitions, deputations and questions will be dealt with in the order in which they are received and any which are not considered within the time limit shall receive a written response after the meeting.

No petitions, deputations or questions had been received.

To receive any questions submitted from Members of the Council in accordance with the provisions of Procedure Rules 24, 30 and 30A. Any question received shall only be considered if it relates to an item on the agenda.

No questions had been received.

To receive Report No. 103/2016 from the Cabinet on recommendations referred to the Council for determination and to note the Key Decisions taken at its meetings held on 15 March 2016 and 19 April 2016.

Report No. from the Cabinet was received which noted the key decisions made since the publication of the agenda for the previous ordinary meeting of Council on 14 March 2016.

Mr Mathias introduced and moved the recommendation in the report.  Mr King seconded the recommendation.

RESOLVED

1.    To notes the Key Decisions made by Cabinet since the publication of the agenda for the previous ordinary meeting of the Council on 14 March 2016, as detailed in Appendix A to this report.

2.    To approve the following Recommendation from Cabinet:

i)     To undertake borrowing of £420k from Salix at 0% for street lighting upgrades.

15 March 2016

Decision No. 680

Report No. 01/2016

Highways Capital Programme and Street Lighting Policy

To receive the reports from the Scrutiny Commission / Scrutiny Panels on any matters and to receive questions and answers on any of those reports.

No reports were received.

To receive reports about and receive questions and answers on the business of any joint arrangements or external organisations.

      i)        Mr Bool – Combined Fire Authority

Confirmation was given that the two fast response vehicles were now positioned at Oakham and Uppingham Fire Stations.  The Uppingham vehicle was currently being re-badged, but the Oakham vehicle was on site.

     ii)        Miss Waller – Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education (SACRE)

The Annual Report from SACRE was taken to last People (Children) Scrutiny Panel.  It was presented by a Primary Head Teacher.  Two Students from Harrington School also attended the meeting and presented themselves very well.

    iii)        Mr Conde – East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS)

EMAS were currently trialling sending out one paramedic with Fast Response vehicles from the Fire Service and this was working very well.

   iv)        Mr Foster – Charity of Carlton Hayes Hospital

In response to an application from the Mental Health Pilot at Rutland County College in excess of £500 was awarded to this scheme.

    v)        Mr King – Local Enterprise Partnership

The Government are trying to create an East Anglian Combined Authority, this is not agreed at the moment but should it be agreed there might be a need to find a new home for our Local Enterprise Partnership.  Mr King would be attending another meeting next week and would report back to Council at the earliest opportunity.

To consider any Notices of Motion submitted by Members of the Council in accordance with Procedure Rule 34 in the order in which they are recorded as having been received.

No notices of motion were received.

To approve the change to the Statutory Scrutiny Officer (No.53 of the attached Schedule) following a recent change in personnel and authorise the Monitoring Officer to update the Constitution accordingly.

The Chairman advised Members that this item had been withdrawn.