There will be a Meeting of the Strategy Committee in the Community ...

There will be a Meeting of the
Strategy Committee in the Community Office
at 8pm on Tuesday 22 nd January 2013
A G E N D A
Please can all Councillors read the supporting paperwork in advance due to the amount of
agenda items
1. Apologies for absence
2. Minutes of the Strategy Meeting held on 7 th November 2012 were received by Council on the
11/12/2012 to be signed as a correct record
3. Declaration of Interests
To receive any declarations on interest from Councillors relating to items to be considered at the meeting, in accordance with the
provisions of the Councils Local Code of Conduct.
4. Matters Arising
1. Letter to Youth Club
2. Meeting with Icknield Community College
3. Copas Farm – Update of Meeting
5. Discussion Items
1. Standing Orders Review – February 2012 version attached
2. Committee Structure Review -attached
3. Car Park Order draft attached
4. Insurance Review – IH to report
5. Complaints Procedure Review - attached
6. Disciplinary Procedure Review- attached
7. Risk Assessment – attached
8. Strategic Review of the Budget Process – IH
9. Triathlon 2013 – if information received
10. OCC – Watlington Tube – Watlington Lewknor – consultation on this service –attached
11. 33 High Street? – update by IH
6. Correspondence
1. SODC – They have now adopted the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy(13/12/2012)
View it at www.southoxon.gov.uk/corestrategy
2. D Young – Asking in WPC could consider installing some street or path lighting on
Davenport Place – attached.
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3. Email from Caroline Newton on The Firs (11/1/13)– stating that yesterday afternoon that
the Management Group decided to delay the decision on The Firs, while they looked
again at the figures relating to the cost of refurbishment. There is no new timetable for a
decision.
7. Items for Future Meetings
Water Resource
Watlington and the Local Transport Plan for Oxfordshire – Letter has been sent -When
reply received from OCC
Icknield Community College and links with the Community
Storage Requirements
Review of Solicitor
8. Any Other Business to note – Items to be notified to the Clerk in advance of the meeting.
This meeting will have a strict 2 hour time limit
Declaration of Interests
(i) any Member arriving after the start of the meeting is asked to declare personal interests as necessary as soon as practicable after their arrival even
if the item in question has been considered.
(ii) with the exception of the circumstances listed in paragraph 9(2) of the Local Code of Conduct for Members, a Member with a personal interest
also has a prejudicial if it is one which a Member of the public with knowledge of the relevant facts would reasonably regard as so significant that it is
likely to prejudice the Member's judgement of the public interest. In such circumstances, the Member must withdraw from the meeting room, and
should inform the Chairman accordingly.
(iii) it is not practical to offer detailed advice during the meeting on whether or not a personal interest should be declared, or whether a personal
interest should also be regarded as prejudicial.
Confidential Items EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC
RESOLVED: THAT under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public
be excluded from the meeting for items of business of the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in
Paragraphs 7,8 and 9 of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act
Signed: Kristina Tynan – Parish Clerk
Date: 15/1/2013
Distribution: All Councillors, Noticeboard, Website
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