Council Offices, Wallace Green, Berwick-upon-Tweed TD15 1ED
A G E N D A
Committee	Policy
Time And Date	6.00pm, Wednesday 13th June 2007
Venue	William Elder Building, Castlegate, Berwick-upon-Tweed
Members	J A Davidson, W F Grant, P Herdman, A G Houghton, E I Hunter, J G Hutchinson, A H Murray, G O’Connell, R J Patterson, J A Robertson, A S Rogerson, J E Smith (12)
Chair	To be appointed
Vice-Chair	To be appointed
Committee Officer:	David Cook Borough Secretary Telephone : (01289) 301716 Email : dc@berwick-upon-tweed.gov.uk Mobile : 07961 441 509

A G E N D A

Policy Committee

Item No	Report Title	No of Pages	Author
1.	Apologies for Absence	1	—
2.	Declaration of Interest Members are invited to declare any interest they may have in any of the items included on the agenda for this meeting. Members are requested to refer to the guide to this item printed on the back of the agenda. Further clarification, where required, should be sought from the Borough Solicitor.	1	—
3.	Election of the Committee Chair To elect the Committee Chair for the 2007/08 municipal year.		David Cook
4.	Election of the Committee Vice-Chair To elect the Committee Vice-Chair for the 2007/08 municipal year.		David Cook
5.	Policy Committee in 2007/08 – Membership and Terms of Reference	1 - 5	David Cook
6.	Minutes of the Meeting or Policy Environment Committee held on Tuesday 17th April 2007. Previously circulated; Chairman to sign.	1 – 3	Judith Turnbull
7.	Minutes of the Meeting or Policy CSR Committee held on Wednesday 18th April 2007. Previously circulated; Chairman to sign.	1 - 3	David Cook
8.	Corporate Services Sub-Committee	1 - 3	David Cook
9.	Internal Audit Annual Report 2006/07	1 – 3 Appx 1	Paul Hunter
10.	Annual Car Parking Permit : Business Use	1 – 3 Appx 1	Gary McBride
11.	Personnel Officer (Fixed Term Appointment)	1 – 6 Appx 1 Appx 2	John Wilson
12.	Christmas Lights 2007	1 – 4	Tim Kirton
13.	Exclusion of Press and Public To consider passing a resolution under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972 excluding the press and public from the meeting during consideration of Item 15 on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act. Item 14 : Paragraph 1 – Information relating to any individual. Items 15, 16 & 17 : Paragraph 3 – Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).
14.	Anti-Social Behaviour Co-ordinator Post	1 - 4	David Cook
15.	National Non-Domestic Rate Relief	1 – 4	Ann Skeldon
16.	Robert’s Lodge, Tweedmouth	1 - 3	Liam Henry
17.	Service Charges for the Borough Museum and Art Gallery	1 – 3 Appx	Shona Alexander

DECLARATION OF INTEREST

A quick guide for Councillors.

Members are reminded that there are now only two types of Declaration of Interest:

Personal Interests:

Action to be taken in respect of Personal Interests:

The following must be disclosed at the meeting:

These will be recorded in the minute of the meeting by the Committee Officer.

Prejudicial Interests

A Member (or Officer) with a personal interest ALSO has a prejudicial interest if a member of the public with knowledge of the relevant facts would reasonably regard as so significant that it is likely to prejudice the Members’ judgement of the public interest. [There are special provisions which may exclude the above provisions in certain circumstances.]

Action to be taken in respect of Personal and Prejudicial Interests:

Members (or Officers) must:

[Members are asked to note that this summary has been prepared to assist Members in deciding at the actual meeting their position on Interests.  It is not a substitute for the full explanation regarding Interests as set out in the Council’s Constitution, which all Members must acquaint themselves with.

Members and Officers are advised to seek advice on Interests from the Council’s Monitoring Officer (the Borough Solicitor, Liam Henry) well in advance of the meeting.]