Council - Thursday, 6th October, 2016 7.00 pm - Agenda

To confirm the Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of the Council held on 28th July, 2016 (copy Minutes attached).

To receive any questions by Members submitted in pursuance of Standing Order 8 (3).

To consider the following Notice of Motion, which has been submitted by Cr. R.M. Cooper pursuant to Standing Order 9 (1):

"This Council welcomes the Christians Against Poverty report “The poor pay more” that exposes the regressive pricing many Rushmoor residents face through pre-payment meters for energy.

The Council therefore:

-         welcomes the Government's recent focus on this issue and calls for it to consider the report and its recommendations that pre-payment meter charges are reduced so that they are in line with regular tariffs;

-         will press all providers of social housing in our borough to give their tenants the option of moving from pre-payment meters to regular tariffs; and

-         will seek to ensure that all social housing tenants are provided with energy saving advice to help them reduce their costs.”

To consider the recommendation of the Cabinet in relation to the following item:

Medium Term Financial Strategy 2016/17 – 2019/20 –

          To receive a Report from the Cabinet (copy attached - Annex 1), which recommends the approval of the Medium Term Financial Strategy 2016/17 – 2019/20. The Cabinet Member for Corporate Services (Cr. P.G. Taylor) will introduce this item.

To receive any questions by Members to Cabinet Members submitted in accordance with the Procedure Note.

To receive and ask questions on the Reports of the following Meetings (copy reports attached):

Cabinet –                                                                 26th July, 2016

                                                                                23rd August, 2016

                                                                                20th September, 2016

Committees –

Development Management                                        20th July, 2016

Development Management                                        17th August, 2016
Development Management                                        14th September, 2016

To note the Reports of the following meetings of the Policy and Review Panels (copy reports attached):

Corporate Services                                                    5th July, 2016

Leisure and Youth                                                     5th September, 2016

Environment                                                             6th September, 2016

Corporate Services                                                    8th September, 2016

Borough Services                                                      12th September, 2016

Community                                                               15th September, 2016