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Council Agenda City of Westminster Title: Council Meeting Meeting Date: Wednesday 182 May July 2007 Time: 7.00pm Venue: Westminster Council House 97-113 Marylebone Road, London NW1 Members: All C ouncillors are hereby summoned to attend the Meeting for the transaction of the business set out below. Admission to the public gallery is by ticket, issued from the ground floor reception at Council House from 6.30pm. Please telephone if you are attending the meeting in a wheelchair or have difficulty walking up steps. There is wheelchair access by a side entrance. T An Induction loop operates to enhance sound for anyone wearing a hearing aid or using a transmitter. If you require any further information, please contact Nigel Tonkin. Tel: 020 7641 2756 Fax: 020 7641 8077 Minicom: 020 7641 5912 Email: [email protected] Corporate Website: www.westminster.gov.uk 2 Formatted: Right: 0.63 cm Formatted: Position: Horizontal: Center, Relative to: Margin Council Agenda 182 JulyMay 2007 3 Formatted: Right: 0.63 cm Formatted: Position: Horizontal: Center, Relative to: Margin 1. Appointment of Relief Chairman Formatted To appoint a relief Chairman. 2. Minutes To sign the Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Council held on 1621 March May 2007. 3. Notice of Vacancy To note that Councillor Michael Vearncombe, Member for Marylebone High Street ward, resigned from the Council on Tuesday 27 March 2007. A by- election to fill the vacancy is being held on Thursday 3 May 2007. 34. Lord Mayor's Communications (a) The Lord Mayor to report that on 17 May she attended a Thanksgiving Service in Westminster Cathedral for the life of Councillor Kevin Gardner. The service was also attended by a number of City Councillors, Past Lord Mayors, staff and a large body of other people wishing to mark his life. (b) The Lord Mayor to report that on 16 June her Locum Tenens attended the retirement party for Dr Geoffrey Copland (who had been awarded a CBE in HM Birthday Honours). Dr Copland has been the Vice-Chancellor and Rector of Westminster University since January 1996. (c) The Lord Mayor to report that on 1 July she attended the Annual Civic Service in Westminster Abbey in civic state accompanied by Hon Aldermen John Bull and Anne Mallinson, Councillors Argar, Astaire, Barrow, Blois, Brahams, Burbridge, Bush, Caplan, Connell, Davis, Doyle, Flight, Floru, Hall, Hampson, Harvey, Havery, Hooper, Hyams, Lewis, Marshall, Milton, Moss, Mothersdale, Nemeth, Mushtaq Qureshi, Roe, Ian Rowley, Sandys, Summers, Taylor and Toki. The multi-faith service involved an Old Testament Lesson in Hebrew, a Muslim chanting group, and children from the City’s different Faith Groups reading prayers. The sermon was given by the Dean. (d) The Lord Mayor to report that she attended the London Youth Games over the weekend 23/24 June, at which various Westminster participants were competing. The City won the Team Canoeing event, and improved its overall position in the rankings from last year. Council Agenda 182 JulyMay 2007 4 Formatted: Right: 0.63 cm Formatted: Position: Horizontal: Center, Relative to: Margin (a)The Lord Mayor to report that, at the invitation of Her Majesty, he attended Formatted: Bullets and Numbering and greeted the President of the Republic of Ghana and Mrs Kufour at their formal arrival in the UK at the start of their State Visit to this country. (b) The Lord Mayor to report that, alongside the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, he led the Walk of Witness march – starting from Whitehall Place, Westminster – to mark the 200 th anniversary of the abolition of the Slave Trade. (c) The Lord Mayor to report that, on behalf of the Council and Citizens of the City of Westminster, he sent loyal greetings to Her Majesty The Queen on the occasion of her birthday on 21 April. 5. Vote of Thanks To the retiring Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, Councillor Alexander Nicoll and Mrs Grania Nicoll. 46. Declarations of Interests (if any) To receive declarations of interests from Members and Officers of the Council. 7. Public Interest Report of the District Auditor - Objection to the City Council’s Accounts for 2003/04 re: Settlement with Dame Shirley Porter and others To consider the report of the Director of Legal and Administrative Pages Services and the appended Public Interest Report. 58. Petitions and Deputations (if any) Council Agenda 182 JulyMay 2007 5 Formatted: Right: 0.63 cm Formatted: Position: Horizontal: Center, Relative to: (a) Petitions Margin Formatted: Font: Bold (1) Councillor Paul Dimoldenberg to present a petition from residents of 106 Dufours Place requesting that CityWest Homes and the City Council take action to deal with drug-related problems in the block. Formatted: Font: Not Bold (2) Any other petitions. Formatted: Font: Not Bold (b) Deputations – A request for the Youth MP (Jennifer Sernat) to address Formatted: Indent: Left: 0 cm, Hanging: 2.06 cm the Council as part of a deputation including the Deputy Youth MP (Razz Rahmah) and members of the Youth Committee. Formatted: Font: Not Bold 6.9 Questions (Standing Order 9 limits the questions to matters relevant to the general work or procedure of the Council). 710 . Councillor Issues (a) (a) Councillor David Boothroyd Tim Mitchell – Coaches in the Formatted: Bullets and Numbering vicinity of Buckingham Palace – Council leaseholders Formatted: Indent: Left: 1.27 cm (b) Councillor Gwyneth Hampson -Brian Connell – The Benefits of Effective Scrutiny 811 . Statements on Urgent Matters Pursuant to Standing Order 4(3) (if any) (Standing Order 4(3) provides that with the approval of the Chairman of the Meeting, the Leader of the Council may make a statement on an urgent matter and the Leader of the Opposition will have an equivalent right to reply). 912. Cabinet Reports To receive and consider the following Cabinet reports:- (A) Cabinet Reports Pages Date 16 April Council Agenda 182 JulyMay 2007 6 Formatted: Right: 0.63 cm Formatted: Position: Horizontal: Center, Relative to: *18 June 5 - 7 Margin 9 July To follow (B) Cabinet Committee Reports Date 11 April (Building Schools for the Future) (BC) Individual Cabinet Member Decisions Period 198 MarchApril 2007 to 519 April July 2007 8 - 22 1013. Committee Reports To receive and consider the following Committee reports: Committee Date Pages Standards (No.1) 10 May 23 Built Environment (No.1) 15 May 24 - 25 Special Meeting of Committees 16 May 26 Licensing 22 May 27 - 28 Superannuation Investments 30 May 29 Built Environment (No.2) 5 June 30 - 31 Children and Young People (No. 1) 6 June 32 Children and Young People (No. 2) 6 June 33 Resources and Corporate Services 12 June 34 - 36 Health and Community Services 20 June 37 - 39 Children and Young People (No. 3) 20 June 40 - 41 Audit and Performance 28 June 42 - 44 Westminster Scrutiny Commission 3 July 45 - 46 * Standards (No.2) 10 July To follow Standards (No.3) 10 July To follow * General Purposes 11 July To followResources and Corporate Services 26 March Health and Community Services 2 April Built Environment 3 April Children and Young People 4 April Westminster Scrutiny Commission 17 April * General Purposes 20 April Audit and Performance 24 April To Follow Council Agenda 182 JulyMay 2007 7 Formatted: Right: 0.63 cm Formatted: Position: Horizontal: Center, Relative to: *There is a recommendation for decision in the above report s. Margin 141. Notice of Motion – Street Markets To be proposed moved by Councillor Audrey Lewis Paul Dimoldenberg and seconded by Councillor Steve Summers:Aziz Toki: “This Council recognises the important contribution that street markets make in providing consumer choice and building community life and character in their neighbourhoods and welcomes the recognition that street markets are receiving through schemes such as Westminster's Market Trader of the Year competition. To strengthen our existing street markets this Council agrees that the people who shop in and live near street markets and the traders who work there should be given a larger say in how they are managed." “This Council congratulates the Metropolitan Police in Westminster on their success in cutting the overall crime rate in the City, in particular cutting the violent crime rate by nearly 10%; applauds the introduction of safer neighbourhood teams to every ward in the City; notes that the total budget for the Metropolitan Police rose by only 4.4% this year; believes that this demonstrates that the Metropolitan Police provides excellent value for money”. Westminster City Hall Victoria Street London SW1 620 April July 2007 Director of Legal and Administrative Services Formatted: Normal, Indent: Left: 0 cm, Hanging: 10.16 cm, Tab stops: -1.93 cm, Left + -1.27 cm, Left + 0 cm, Left + 1.27 cm, Left + 2.06 cm, Left + 3.17 cm, Left + 5.08 cm, Left + 6.35 cm, Left + 7.62 cm, Left + 8.89 cm, Left + 10.16 cm, Left + 11.43 cm, Left + 12.7 cm, Left + 13.97 cm, Left + 15.24 cm, Left + 16.51 cm, Left + 17.78 cm, Left + 19.05 cm, Left + 20.32 cm, Left + 21.59 cm, Left + 22.86 cm, Left + 24.13 cm, Left + 25.4 cm, Left + 26.67 cm, Left + 27.94 cm, Left + 29.21 cm, Left + 30.48 cm, Left + 31.75 cm, Left + 33.02 cm, Left, Position: Horizontal: 0.42 cm, Vertical: 0.42 cm Council Agenda 182 JulyMay 2007 8 Formatted: Right: 0.63 cm Formatted: nd Position: Horizontal: Center, Relative to: Date: 2 May 2007 Margin Subject: Public Interest Report of the District Auditor (Objection to the City CITY OF WESTMINSTER Council’s Accounts for 2003/04 re. Formatted: Normal Settlement with Dame Shirley Porter and Others) Formatted: Indent: Left: 0 cm Executive Summary and Recommendations Summary The District Auditor issued a Public Interest Report on 15 th March Formatted: Indent: Left: 0 cm, First line: 0 cm 2007 concerning his rejection of certain objections to the City Council’s accounts for the year 2003/4.