Council Offices, Wallace Green, Berwick-upon-Tweed TD15 1ED
A G E N D A
Committee	Policy
Time And Date	6.00pm, Wednesday 5th September 2007
Venue	The 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	Councillor E I Hunter
Vice-Chair	Councillor J E Smith
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.	Minutes of the Meeting of the LSVT Working Group held on 14th May 2007	1 - 3	Mike Haynes
4.	Minutes of the Minutes of the LSVT Working Group held on 27th June 2007	1	Mike Haynes
5.	Minutes of the Meeting of Policy Committee held on 25th July 2007	1 - 8	David Cook
6.	Minutes of the Meeting of the Corporate Services Sub-Committee held on 22nd August 2007	1 - 2	Judith Turnbull
7.	Budget Variation Report (Employment Tribunal and Legal Fees)	1 - 3	John Wilson
8.	Statement of Internal Control	1 - 3 Appx 1 1 - 4	Paul Hunter
9.	National Non-Domestic Rate Relief	1 - 3	Brian Carroll
10.	Internet Payment Enhancement	1 - 3	Ann Skeldon
11.	Request for supplementary funding: improvements to the Borough Museum and education work by the Museum	1 - 4 Appx 1 1 - 3 Appx 2 1 - 3	Chris Green
12.	Request for supplementary funding: Sport England	1 – 3 Appx 1 1 - 13	Tim Kirton
13.	Request for Supplementary Funding – J4B ‘Advisor’ Grants and funding finder software	1 - 3	Tim Kirton
14.	Developing Town Centres: Strategic Plan 2007-2010	1 – 4 Appx 1 1 - 5	Neil Brown
15.	Walled Town of the Year	1 – 5 Appx 1 1 - 2	Tim Kirton
16.	General Fund Financial Statement	1 - 2 Appx 1 1 - 4	Charles Oakley
17.	Application to Register Land at Tweedmouth Green, Dock Road, Tweedmouth, as a Town or Village Green	1 - 3	Liam Henry
18.	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 24: Paragraph 3 – Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).		David Cook
19.	Severance Policy	1 - 3	John Wilson

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.]