The Lord Mayor will move the minutes of the ordinary meeting of Council held on 30^th September 2013 as correct.

No matters arising from the minutes will be taken.

Announcements by:

(1)          The Lord Mayor

(2)          The Sheriff

(3)          The Leader of the Council

(4)          The Chief Executive, Chief Finance Officer, Monitoring Officer

Public addresses and questions received in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 11.10 and 11.11. The full text of any address or question must be received by the Head of Law and Governance by 5.00pm on Tuesday 19^th November 2013.

Full details of addresses and questions submitted by the deadline will be provided separately prior to the meeting.

The Head of Housing and Property has submitted a report which seeks approval for the inclusion of the above scheme into the Council’s capital programme to provide temporary car and coach parking during the construction of the Westgate redevelopment scheme.

A confidential appendix is also attached.

This report was presented to the City Executive Board on 9^th October 2013. An extract from the minutes of this meeting is also attached.

Council is asked to approve the inclusion of an amount of £3.3 million funded from an earmarked reserve in the Council’s capital programme for the scheme as detailed herein relating to the provision of temporary car and coach parking during construction of the Westgate scheme of redevelopment, together with approval to transfer funding from the Council’s Park and Ride works budget, if required.

The Head of Housing and Property has submitted a report concerning compulsory purchase proceedings in relation to a long term empty property in Lanham Way.

A confidential appendix is also attached.

This report was presented to the City Executive Board on 9^th October 2013. An extract from the minutes of this meeting is also attached.

Council is asked to approve that provision is made in the 2013/2014 budget for the Compulsory Purchase of the property as detailed in the confidential appendices.

The Executive Director, Housing and Regeneration has submitted a report which provides an update on the successful bid to Government for funding of £4.83 million from the Urban Broadband Fund (Phase 2) Super Connected Cities Programme, and requests that the Council officers now be authorised to deliver this project with the support of a specialist organisation using the funding secured plus the previously agreed £300,000 capital commitment and £25,000 start-up costs.

This report was presented to the City Executive Board on 9^th October 2013. An extract from the minutes of this meeting is also attached.

Council is asked to approve of an additional £4.83 million within the Councils General Fund Capital Programme in 2014/15 to be funded by Government Grant.

The Head of Finance has submitted a report which seeks delegated authority for the Executive Director of Organisational Development and Corporate Services to approve the setting of the “Council Tax Base” for 2014/15 as required by section 33 of The Local Government Finance Act 1992 and the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012.

Council is asked to agree to delegate the setting of the 2014/15 Council Tax Base for the City Council’s area as a whole and for the individual parishes to the Executive Director of Organisational Development and Corporate Services and to the Audit and Governance Committee for subsequent financial years.

The Head of Law and Governance has submitted a report which sets out a revised programme of Council and Committee meetings for May – July 2014 in consequence of the change in the date of the European and local government elections to 22^nd May 2014.

Council is asked to approve the revised programme of Council and Committee meetings for the Council Year 2014-15.          

Minutes of the City Executive Board held on:

(a)          9^th October 2013;

(b)          13^th November 2013.

Questions on notice under Council Procedure Rule 11.9(b) may be asked of Lord Mayor, a Member of the City Executive Board or the Chair of Committee.

Questions on notice must, by the Constitution be notified to the Head of Law and Governance by no later than 1.00pm on Monday 18^th November 2013.

Full details of any questions and responses will be provided separately prior to the meeting.

Public addresses and questions received in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 11.10 and 11.11. The full text of any address or question must be received by the Head of Law and Governance by 5.00pm on Tuesday 19^th November 2013.

Full details of the addresses and questions submitted by the deadline will be provided separately prior to the meeting.

None submitted for consideration.

(a)          Members who are Council representatives on external bodies or Chairs of Council Committees who consider that a significant decision or event has taken place, will give notice to the Head of Law and Governance by 1.00 pm on Friday 21^st November 2013 to present a written or oral report on the event or the significant decision and how it may influence future events.

(b)          Each ordinary meeting of Council shall receive a written report concerning the work of one of the partnerships on which the Council is represented. 

(1)             Health and Well Being Board (including Health ImprovementBoard, Adult and Social Care Board and Children and Young People Board)

The Head of Policy, Culture and Communications has submitted a report which informs Members of the work of the Oxfordshire Health and Wellbeing Board and to answer questions about the work of the Partnership.

Council is asked to comment on and note the report.

The Chair of the Scrutiny Committee has submitted a report which updates Council on the activities of scrutiny and other non-executive Councillors since the last meeting of Council.

Council is asked to comment on and note the report.

Council Procedure Rule 11.16 refers.

Motions received by the Head of Law and Governance by the deadline of 1.00pm on Wednesday 13^th November 2013 are attached to this agenda.

If Council wishes to exclude the press and the public from the meeting during consideration of any aspects of the preceding agenda items it will be necessary for Council to pass a resolution in accordance with the provisions of Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 specifying the grounds on which their presence could involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as described in specific paragraphs of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act if and so long as, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

(The Access to Information Procedure Rules – Section 15 of the Council’s Constitution – sets out the conditions under which the public can be excluded from meetings of the Council

This paper is a not for publication appendix to the report at agenda item 7 by virtue of paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

This paper is a not for publication appendix to the report at agenda item 8 by virtue of paragraph 6 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

Information which reveals that the authority proposes:

(a)          To give under enactment a notice under or by virtue of which requirements are imposed on a person; or

(b)          To make an order or direction under any enactment.