Agenda

Dorset Council - Thursday, 10th October, 2024 6.30 pm

Venue: Council Chamber, County Hall, Dorchester, DT1 1XJ. View directions

Contact: Susan Dallison  Email: susan.dallison@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk

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Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies

To receive any apologies for absence.

 

2.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 191 KB

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 18th July 2024.

Additional documents:

3.

Declarations of Interest

To disclose any pecuniary, other registrable or non-registrable interests as set out in the adopted Code of Conduct.  In making their decision councillors are asked to state the agenda item, the nature of the interest and any action they propose to take as part of their declaration.

 

If required, further advice should be sought from the Monitoring Officer in advance of the meeting.

 

4.

Chairman's Announcements

To receive any announcements from the Chairman of Council.

5.

Public Participation - questions pdf icon PDF 108 KB

A period of 30 minutes is allocated to receive and respond to questions and statements on the business of the Council in the following order:

(a) Questions and statements from Town and Parish Councils;

(b) Questions and statements from those living or working in the Dorset Council area;

A person or organisation can submit either 1 question or 1 statement at each meeting. 

 

You are welcome to attend the meeting in person or via MS Teams to read out your question and to receive the response.  If you submit a statement for Full Council this will be circulated to all members of the council in advance of the meeting as a supplement to the agenda and appended to the minutes of the meeting for the formal record but it will not be read out at the meeting.  The first 8 questions and the first 8 statements received by Democratic Services will be accepted on a first come first served basis in accordance with the deadline below:  

 

The full text of the question or statement must be received by 8.30am on Monday 7th October 2024. All submissions must be emailed to susan.dallison@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk 

 

When submitting your question or statement please note that:

Sub-divided questions will not be accepted;

Each question can consist of up to 450 words, including a pre-amble to set the context of the question;

When submitting a question please indication who the question is for, i.e., the name of the Portfolio Holder;

You will need to include your full name, address and contact details;

All questions and statements will be published in full with the minutes of the meeting as a matter of public record.

      

 

6.

Public participation - petitions and deputations

A period of 15 minutes is allocated to receive and respond to petitions in accordance with the council’s petitions scheme.

 

A period of 15 minutes is allocated to receive and respond to deputations in accordance with the council’s constitution.

 

The petitions scheme and procedures relating to deputations can be viewed at:

Council Procedure Rules

 

 

7.

Announcements and Reports from the Leader of Council and Cabinet Members

To receive any announcements and reports from the Leader of Council and members of the Cabinet.

 

8.

Questions from Councillors pdf icon PDF 119 KB

To receive questions submitted by councillors.  The deadline for receipt of questions is 8.30am on Monday 7th October 2024.

Additional documents:

9.

Dorset Community Safety Plan 2023-26, Pan Dorset Reducing Offending Strategy 2024-27 and Serious Violence Strategy 2024-25. pdf icon PDF 31 KB

To consider a recommendation from Cabinet.

Additional documents:

10.

Notice of Motion - Winter Fuel Allowance pdf icon PDF 122 KB

To consider a Notice of Motion proposed by Cllr C Jones, seconded by Cllr S Flower.

11.

Notice of Motion - Pets as Prizes pdf icon PDF 84 KB

To consider a Notice of Motion proposed by Cllr T Coombs, seconded by Cllr R Bryan.  

12.

Urgent items

To consider any items of business which the Chairman has had prior notification and considers to be urgent pursuant to section 100B (4) b) of the Local Government Act 1972. The reason for the urgency shall be recorded in the minutes.

 

13.

Exempt Business

To move the exclusion of the press and the public for the following item in view of the likely disclosure of exempt information within the meaning of paragraph xx of schedule 12 A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

The public and the press will be asked to leave the meeting whilst the item of business is considered.

There is no scheduled exempt business for this meeting.