Full Council – 20/03/2017

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SHREWSBURY TOWN COUNCIL
Riggs Hall
The Library
Castle Gates
Shrewsbury
SY1  2AS

To All Members of the Council

Dear Councillor

You are hereby summoned to attend the meeting of the Shrewsbury Town Council scheduled to take place on Monday 20 March at 6pm in the Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, in order to transact the following business.

Helen Ball
Town Clerk

Meeting Agenda Items

• 1APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

• 2DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CODE OF CONDUCT

• 3MINUTES OF COUNCIL

  To approve the Minutes of Council Meeting held on 23 January 2017.

  Attachments:

  • Agenda20320-2017.01.2320Full20Council20Minutes

• 4MATTERS ARISING

• 5ANNOUNCEMENTS

  (i)   To receive details of the Mayor & Deputy Mayor’s recent engagements
  (ii)  To receive any announcements from the Mayor and Town Clerk.

  Attachments:

  • Agenda20528i2920-20Engagements2001.02.1720to2028.02.17
  • Agenda20528i2920-20Engagements2001.03.1720to2031.03.17

• 6PUBLIC QUESTIONS/COMMENTS

  (i)   Trustees of the West Midlands Show Ground wish to express their continued disappoint that Officers of the Town Council will not reschedule the Shrewsbury Rocks booking in the Quarry Park scheduled to take place on Saturday 27th May 2017 (correspondence between the two parties attached);

  Attachments:

  • Agenda20628i2920-20Letter20from20West20Mids20Showground
  • Agenda20628i2920-2017.02.2320West20Mids20Showground20TC20Response

• 7QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS

  To receive any questions from Members, notice of which has been given in accordance with the Town Council’s Standing Orders.

• 8FINANCE & GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE - (MINUTES ENCLOSED)

  To receive and adopt the Minutes of the Finance & General Purposes Committee Meetings held on

  (i)  06 February 2017

  Attachments:

  • Agenda20828i2920-20Minutes_Finance2017.02.06

• 9RECREATION & LEISURE COMMITTEE – (MINUTES ENCLOSED)

  To receive and adopt the Minutes of the Recreation & Leisure Committee Meeting held on

  (i)  01 February 2017

  Attachments:

  • Agenda20928i2920-20Minutes_Recreation2020Leisure201720022001

• 10PLANNING COMMITTEE - (MINUTES ENCLOSED)

  To receive and adopt the Minutes of the Planning Committee Meetings held on:

  (i)  31 January 2017
  (ii)  21 February 2017
  (iii)  14 March 2017 (to be tabled)

  Attachments:

  • Planning_Minutes 17.01.31(web)
  • Planning_Minutes 17.02.21(web)
  • Planning_Minutes 17.03.14(web)

• 11QUARRY POOL

  To receive an update from the Town Clerk regarding:

  (i)   Submission of the Outline Business Case
  (ii)  Ongoing engagement with the Quarry Swimming & Fitness Forum
  (iii)  Commissioning of Business Plan Feasibility Work

• 12ASSET OF COMMUNITY VALUE

  To consider whether the Town Council would support the Heathgates Pub being nominated as an Asset of Community Value.

• 13SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS

  To consider how the Town Council shall respond to the following:

  (i) Draft Economic Growth Strategy 2017-2021
  (ii) Revised Leisure Facilities Strategy

  Attachments:

  • Agenda201328i2920Draft20Economic20Growth20Strategy202017-21

• 14POLITICAL BALANCE

  In readiness for the new electoral term members are asked to review the Political Balance Protocols and delegate the determination on seat numbers to the Town Clerk once the outcome of the Election is known.

  Attachments:

  • Agenda201420-20Political20Balance20Rules202017

• 15SHREWSBURY RAILWAY STATION - ABBEY FOREGATE FOOTPATH

  To consider the proposal to re-open the Shrewsbury Railway Station – Abbey Foregate Footpath.

  Attachments:

  • Agenda201520-20Campaign20to20re-open20access20to20railway20station20form20Abbey20Foregatev5A4

• 16EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC

  To consider exclusion of the Press & Public on the grounds that the consideration of the following items may involve the likely disclosure of confidential information (s1(2) Public Bodies (Admission of Meetings) Act 1960).

• 17LAND AT GREENFIELDS

  To consider offers received in relation to land at Greenfields.

• 18CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

  To approve the contractor for the provision of Christmas Lights for 2017-2019