Agenda

Council - Wednesday, 1 December 2004 7.30 pm

Items
No.	Item
1.	Apologies for Absence
2.	To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 27 October 2004 PDF 322 KB
3.	Declarations of Interest View the background to item 3. To receive any declarations of interest in any matters on the agenda for the meeting.
4.	Mayor's Announcements View the background to item 4.
5.	Executive Report PDF 238 KB View the background to item 5. To receive the Leader’s report on the work of the Executive since the Council meeting on 27 October 2004. N.B. The Draft Licensing Policy referred to in section 2.1 is attached as a separate enclosure Additional documents: 051 Licensing Policy - Final Draft1 , item 5. PDF 615 KB
6.	Calculation of Council Tax Base - 2005/06 and Local Council Tax Discounts - 2005/06 PDF 236 KB To receive the report of the Director of Corporate Services and Resources. Additional documents: All , item 6. PDF 12 KB Binfield , item 6. PDF 11 KB Bracknell , item 6. PDF 12 KB Crowthorne , item 6. PDF 12 KB Sandhurst , item 6. PDF 12 KB There are a further 2 documents.View the full list of documents for item 6.
7.	Membership of the Health, Social Care and Housing Scrutiny Panel To appoint a Member to replace Councillor Packham on the Health, Social Care and Housing Scrutiny Panel for the remainder of the municipal year, on the nomination of the Conservative Group.
8.	Questions Submitted Under Council Procedure Rule 10 View the background to item 8. Notice has been received of the following questions to members of the Executive From Councillor Beadsley to the Leader of the Council At which political party conferences did Bracknell Forest Borough Council have an exhibition stand and what did it cost? From Councillor Piasecki to the Executive Member for Education Since the extension of cashless catering to the remaining secondary schools: a. how many additional children are taking up their entitlement of free school meals? b. what actions have been taken to ensure families take up this entitlement? c. what plans do we have to use the facility of cashless catering to improve healthy eating in schools? d. what is the value of administrative savings in schools generated by cashless catering? e. how does this saving compare to the cost of introducing cashless catering? f. how many parents are using the controlled e-purse facilities to monitor their children's expenditure? g. what percentage of topping up of the e-purse is now done by cheque in advance, as opposed to cash on a daily basis? From Councillor Jones to the Executive Member for Planning & Transportation When did the Executive Member for Planning and Transportation first become aware of the issues that have culminated in the refusal of her Conservative colleagues in Wokingham to adopt the Berkshire Structure Plan?
9.	Motion Submitted Under Council Procedure Rule 11 View the background to item 9. Motion 1/2004 submitted by Councillors Beadsley and Piasecki The Council urges the Executive not to introduce car parking charges at The Look Out and Coral Reef Water World within its budget proposals for the next financial year.