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Brown Clee and Highley Local Joint Committee - (Brown Clee Zone)
Wednesday, 26th October, 2011

Meeting agenda for Brown Clee and Highley Local Joint Committee - (Brown Clee Zone)

Wednesday 26th October 2011 at 07:00 PM in the Oak Farm, Station Road, Ditton Priors, WV16 6SS

Chairman: Robert Tindall (Brown Clee Ward)

Committee Members:

  • Mary Nicholls



Items under discussion:

1. Chairman's Welcome and Introductions

2. Apologies for Absence
Please let Linda Jeavons know of any absence to be recorded.Tel: (01743) 252738

3. Declarations of Interest
A guidance note on declaring personal and prejudicial interests will be available at the meeting.

4. Notes of previous meeting
To approve the decision notes of the meeting held on Wednesday, 25th May 2011.Contact Linda Jeavons (01743) 252738
Report is attached marked '4'. (4 Mins 25 May 11.pdf)

5. Feedback from Funded Projects
To receive feedback / progress from previous recipients of funding.

6. Update on the Broadband Project - Connecting Shropshire
Alison Brock, or a representative from Shropshire Council’s Business Improvement section, will be in attendance to provide an update on the Broadband project to be delivered throughout the County in the near future.In 2011 Shropshire Council made a bid to Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) for part of £530 million to provide better broadband for Shropshire households and businesses. In August 2011 Shropshire Council were awarded £8.2 million.Connecting Shropshire is a project to decide how to spend it. Over the next few months Shropshire Council will be working with communities and businesses to create a plan describing how we will spend our funding. The vision is that by 2016 all Shropshire businesses and homes will have access to an affordable efficient and fast broadband service.
(6 Broadband presentation.pdf)

7. Amendment to Local Joint Committee Constitution - Scheme of Delegation
The attached report was approved by Shropshire Council at their meeting on 23 June 2011, when it was agreed to give Community Action Officers delegated authority, in consultation with the Local Joint Committee Chair (or Vice-Chair in their absence), to determine urgent and time sensitive matters and that the Local Joint Committee Constitution be amended with immediate effect. This Local Joint Committee must decide whether they wish such a role to be exercised and if so whether they wish to place any local restrictions on their powers of delegation.
Report is attached marked '7'. (7 Amendment to LJC Constitution.pdf, 7 Extract of Shropshire Council Minutes.pdf)

8. Priority Setting
To give consideration to the identification of any future spending prioritiesand to note that any underspend can be carried forward to 2011/12 but has to be related to clear strategic goals and either committed to recognised projects/priorities or allocated to projects/priorities.

9. Applications for Funding
To consider the report of the Community Action Officer on funding applications received.Contact: Linda Monteith (01746) 713111
Report is attached marked '9'. (9 Funding Report.pdf)

10. Community Action Officer - Update
To receive an update from the Community Action Officer.Contact Linda Monteith (01746) 713111
Report is attached marked '10'. (10 Community Action Report.pdf)

11. Public Question Time
An opportunity for those present to raise questions / issues.

12. Identification of Future Agenda Items

13. Dates and Venues of Future Meetings
Highley Zone Wednesday, 15th February 2012 – Severn Centre, Highley Pre-agenda meeting – 25th January 2012


Committee Officer is Linda Jeavons
Tel: 01743 252738    Fax:
Email: Linda Jeavons/STAFF/SHROPSHIRE-CC


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