31/07/2007-Council-Agenda

TO: EVERY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF WINDSOR & MAIDENHEAD

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED TO ATTEND the Meeting of the Council of the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead to be held in the Council Chamber at the Guildhall, Windsor on Tuesday 31 July 2007 at 7.30 pm for the purpose of transacting the business specified in the Agenda set out hereunder.

Dated: 24 July 2007

A G E N D A

PART I

1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

To receive any apologies for absence.

2. COUNCIL MINUTES

To receive the minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 26 June 2007

3. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

To receive declarations of interests in respect of any item to be considered at this meeting.

4. MAYOR'S COMMUNICATIONS

Since the last Council meeting the Deputy Mayor and I have carried out the following engagements:-

Meetings

AGM of the League of Friends of St Marks Hospital
Attended meeting of the Charles Davis Trust
AGM of the Ascot District Day Centre
Spoore Merry and Rixman Foundation, Poole's and Rings Charities
"A Morning with Eurostar"
AGM - No. 22 (Youth Counselling Service)
Youth Talk AM (Youth Counselling Service)
Windsor Old People's Welfare Association AGM
Royal Borough's Twinning Committee

Schools/Clubs/Community etc

Launch of Windsor Festival
Photocall for Guide Dogs for the Blind "Shades Day"
Bowls - Mayor's Team v Thicket Bowling Club
Launch of the Windsor Wheel
Family Learning Day, Broom Farm Community, Windsor
Opened the Summer Fayre and judged the fancy dress at Homer First School
Opened the Summer Fayre of the Windsor and Eton Rotary Club
Service to Celebrate Marriage at Windsor Parish Church
Windsor Silver Surfers Awards Evening
Opened Step Forward (East Berkshire Mind) "Colour My World" Workshop
Citizenship Ceremonies
Rotary Club of Windsor St George Handover Dinner
Celebration 2007 Concert by East Berkshire Education Business Partnership
Cricket - Julian Cup Plate Final
Maidenhead Chamber of Commerce BBQ
Maidenhead Golf Club Annual Ball
Presented certificates to the winners of the Sir Sydney Camm Commemorative Society schools leaflet competition
Maidenhead Care Annual Commissioning Service
Claires Court Schools The College Junior Prizegiving and Pre-Prep Concert
Royal Warrant Holders Association President's Reception
Berkshire Scouting Centenary Celebrations
Private View of "Landscape", Figura Gallery, Windsor
Bishop of Reading's Supper Party
Started WAMDSAD Wheelchair Push and judged the fancy dress
Visited the Thames Hospicecare Summer Fayre and judged the fancy dress
Presented bibles at the leavers Bible Evening at St Peters CE Middle School, Old Windsor
Presented dictionaries at the leavers assembly at Wessex Primary School, Cox Green, Maidenhead
Visited the Windsor and Royal Borough Museum Collection's 1950's display
Bowls - The Mayor's Team v Maidenhead Town Bowling Club
Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace
50th Anniversary Fair of the League of Friends of St Marks Hospital
Present prizes at Ascot Horticultural Society Summer Show
Salamanca Day (The Rifles Regimental Day) Reception and Sounding Retreat, Windsor Castle
Maidenhead & District Housing Association Annual Dinner
Centenary Scouting Social Evening for host families and attendees of the 2007 Jamboree
"Working Together" Boat Trip for Senior Citizens
Army Welfare Service Fete

Concerts/Shows

Riverside Players "The Full Monty"
Claires Court Schools The College "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
Royal Free Singers Concert
Windsor and Maidenhead Symphony Orchestra Concert
Maestros Windsor Music Centre - Junior & Intermediate and Senior Schools Concerts
Maidenhead Drama Guild "A Comedy of Errors"
Open Air Big Band Concert at BEN, Lynwood, Sunninghill
Windsor Theatre Guild "Midsummer Night's Dream"
Grimmbourne 2007
Montgomery Holloway Music Trust Students Concert

5. PETITIONS

To receive any petitions presented by Members on behalf of registered electors for the Borough under Rule A.10. Councillors Mrs Endacott and Mrs Newbound have given notice of petitions.

6. APPOINTMENTS TO COMMITTEES / PANELS ETC 2007 /08

Council is asked to note the appointment of Councillor Richards as a Liberal Democrat Group substitute on the Rights Of Way and Highway Licensing Panel.

7. SUPPORTING INFORMATION FOR DEDWORTH CHILDREN'S CENTRE

To note details of an urgent decision. (see report at foot of page)

8. EXCHANGE OF COMMON LAND AT MAIDENHEAD THICKET

To authorise the exchange of common land and amend the Commons Register accordingly in respect of land at Maidenhead Thicket consequent upon the compulsory acquisition of land by the Highways Agency for road improvement purposes. (see report at foot of page)

9. MEMBERS' QUESTIONS

To receive Questions submitted under Rule 11.2

a) Question submitted by Councillor Baskerville to Councillor Mrs Bateson, the Lead Member for Community Partnerships and Consultation:

Will the Lead Member advise what action she has taken, as a result of the motion to Council, about the PCT proposals for car parking charges at Community Hospitals?

b) Question submitted by Councillor Mrs Newbound to Councillor Rayner, the Lead Member for Highways, Transport and Environment:

Is the Lead Member confident that decriminalisation of parking will get rid of the illegal parking that currently blights our town centres?

c) Question submitted by Councillor Gard to Councillor Hilton, the Lead Member for Finance:

Can the Lead Member update the Council on the Government's latest position with regards to local government finance?

10. MOTIONS ON NOTICE

To consider the following Motion submitted under Rule A12:-

i) by Councillor Mrs Newbound:

"This Council condemns the continuing loss of local post offices and the difficulties this causes many local residents. It is dismayed that local councils will be the final consultees before closures are announced and calls on both the Post Office and the Government to reconsider proposals that will disadvantage many people."

Dedworth Childrens' Centre Report

•   Report (doc 29kb)

Maidenhead Thicket Report

•   Report (doc 35kb)

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