Council Offices, Wallace Green, Berwick-upon-Tweed TD15 1ED
A G E N D A
Committee	Policy
Time And Date	6.00pm, Wednesday 17th October 2007
Venue	The Cheviot Centre, Padgepool Place, Wooler
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 Policy Committee held on Wednesday 26th September 2007. Previously circulated; Chairman to sign.	1 - 8	David Cook
4.	Minutes of the Corporate Services Sub-Committee Meeting held on 2nd October 2007	1 – 2	Judith Turnbull
5.	Service Planning	1 – 3	Ann Byrne
	Town Centres	Appx 1	Neil Brown
	Tourism *	Appx 2	Tim Kirton
	Forward Planning & Conservation *	Appx 3	Peter Rutherford
	Development Services *	Appx 4	Chris Telford
	Economic Development *	Appx 5	Shona Alexander
	Transport & Environmental Regulations Unit	Appx 6	Gary McBride
	Information & Communication Technology	Appx 7	Nick Latham
	Museum Service	Appx 8	Chris Green
	Property & Housing Service	Appx 9	Mike Haynes
	Sports Development	Appx 10	Shona Alexander
	Archives Service	Appx 11	Linda Bankier
	BBLSP	Appx 12	Jane Pannell
	Environmental Maintenance *	Appx 13	Chris Budzynski
	Building Control *	Appx 14	Gordon Dickson
	Personnel	Appx 15	John Wilson
	Public Protection	Addl appx	Rob Marriner
6.	Local Transport Plan – 5 Year Programme	1 - 3 Appx 1	Chris Budzynski
7.	Car Parking Policy and Procedures	1 – 2 Appx 1	Gary McBride
8.	Berwick’s Future Regeneration Programme - Memorandum of Agreement Between the Partners	1 – 3 Appx 1	Shona Alexander
9.	Request from Northumberland Sport for financial contribution to Regional Sports Facilities Strategy work	1 – 3 Appx 1	Tim Kirton
10.	Request for Permission to Operate Markets or Commercial Interests	1 – 4	Neil Brown

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.]