Agenda - 19 October 2010

                                                                                                 11 October 2010

Dear Sir/Madam

A Meeting of the Babergh District Council will be held in the Council Chamber, Council Offices, Corks Lane, Hadleigh on TUESDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2010 AT 9.30 A.M.

The proceedings will be opened with a short prayer for those Members who choose to participate.

Yours faithfully

Andrew Hunkin
Director of Corporate Services

ITEM

BUSINESS

                                                                       PART I

	1	DECLARATION OF INTERESTS Members to declare any interest as appropriate in respect of items to be considered at this meeting.
	2	APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE To receive apologies for absence.
Paper K122	3	CHAIRMAN’S ANNOUNCEMENTS In addition to any announcements made at the meeting please see Paper K122 attached detailing events attended by the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Council.
	4	TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION OF PETITIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH COUNCIL PROCEDURE RULE NO. 13 In accordance with Council Procedure Rule No. 13, the Chief Executive will report the receipt of any petitions.  There can be no debate or comment upon this matter at the Council meeting.
Paper K112	5	RECOMMENDATIONS AND REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES Notice of Motion – Variation to Existing Refuse Collection Arrangements (Overview and Scrutiny (Community Services) Committee 5 October 2010) At its meeting on 31 August 2010, the Council received the following Motion from Mr A C Bavington, of which due notice had been given:- ‘That:  1.        during the hot summer months, black bin household waste be collected weekly, and 2.      Babergh plan to introduce weekly collection of food waste (separate from other residual waste) for compost.’ The Notice was referred for consideration by the Overview and Scrutiny (Community Services) Committee at its meeting on 5 October 2010 together with a report by the Head of Natural and Built Environment (Paper K112 attached). The Head of Natural and Built Environment introduced Paper K112 and responded to Members questions on various aspects of the report. The Committee’s conclusion was that the Notice of Motion should not be accepted. RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL That the Notice of Motion set out above be not accepted and that the current arrangements for the collection of waste remain.
Paper K123	6	RECOMMENDATIONS AND REPORTS FROM TASK GROUPS/PANELS ETC Collective Agreement on Variation to Employment Terms and Conditions of Service (Staff Joint Consultative Committee (SJCC) 5 October 2010) The report and recommendations of the SJCC are attached (Paper K123), together with Appendix 1 – Collective Agreement and Appendix 2 – Subsistence Allowances. As referred to in Paper K123, the Member representatives asked for further information to show the savings achieved in the Collective Agreement as a proportion of the total salaries budget.   Excluding NI/Pensions implications, the effect of the 2011/12 agreement is a reduction of 3.86%.  Cumulatively, (i.e. including the benefits reduced in the 2010/11 agreement) the reduction is 4.69% of the total budget. RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL (1)     That the Collective Agreement negotiated and agreed by UNISON and Management representatives, as set out in Paper K123 – Appendix 1 – be approved, to be effective from April 2011. (2)      That the Subsistence Allowances policy as set out in Paper K123 – Appendix 2 and referred to in the Collective Agreement – be adopted.
	7	QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC The Chairmen of Committees to answer any questions from the public of which notice has been given no later than midday two working days before the day of the meeting in accordance with Council Procedure Rule No. 14.
	8	QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS The Chairman of the Council and the Chairmen of Committees and Sub-Committees to answer any questions on any matters in relation to which the Council has powers or duties or which affect the District and which fall within the terms of reference of that Committee or Sub-Committee of which due notice has been given in accordance with Council Procedure Rule No. 15.4 (a) and (b).
Paper K124	9	THE STATE OF THE DISTRICT REPORT 2010/11 Report by the Director of Corporate Services attached.

	10	EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC (WHICH TERM INCLUDES THE PRESS) To consider whether, pursuant to Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, the public should be excluded from the meeting for the business specified below on the grounds that if the public were present during this item there would be the disclosure to them of exempt information as indicated against the item. The author of the report proposed to be considered in Part II of the Agenda is satisfied that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.
		PART II
Paper K125	11	MUNICIPAL MUTUAL INSURANCE LTD - v - BABERGH DISTRICT COUNCIL AND OTHERS – COURT OF APPEAL DECISION (Exempt information by virtue of paragraphs 2 and 5 of Part 1) Report by the Solicitor to the Council attached.
For further information on any of the Part 1 items listed above, please contact Linda Sheppard on 01473 826610 or via email at committee.services@babergh.gov.uk