A meeting of the Mid Devon Locality (County) Committee will be held on the above date at 2.00pm at Tiverton Town Hall to consider the following matters.

PHIL NORREY

Chief Executive

A G E N D A

PART I OPEN COMMITTEE

(During which members of the press and public may attend the meeting)

1. Apologies for Absence

2. Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman

In accordance with the Constitution Chairman and Vice-Chairman must be members of the County Council.

3. Minutes of the meeting held on 15 March 2009 (Page 4).

4. Items Requiring Urgent Attention

Items which in the opinion of the Chairman should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency.

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WHAT CAN WE LEARN?

(During this part of the meeting there will be an opportunity for Members to hear from local communities or groups on local issues or consider any questions or feedback received from individual members of the public)

5. Mid Devon Children s Centres

Presentation on the Centres by Ms Janine Newbury, Children s Services Manager, Tiverton.

6. Mid Devon Local Children s Trust

Report of the Executive Director of Children and Young People s Services (CY/10/61 - text onlyCY/10/61) (Page 6).

Ms Liza Jarvis, Commissioning Officer for Communities and Ms Lynette Grimshaw, Chair of Mid Devon Children s Trust will be in attendance.

7. Property Update

Mr Buzzacott, Head of the Business Transformation Unit to report.

8. Feedback/Representations

Issues to be raised at the Locality Committee from individual Members serving on other bodies as a representative of the County Council. List of bodies on which Members serve (Page 21).

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HOW CAN WE HELP?

(During this part of the meeting Members will consider requests for financial support either from Members Locality Budgets or other sources of funding and respond to/advise local Councils and other organisations on the needs of this locality)

9. Mid Devon County Committee Locality Budget for 2009/10 Outturn and Spend To Date

Report of the Chief Executive (CX/10/72 - text only | pdf CX/10/72) (Page 22).

[NB: Where presentations or background papers are available for any of the above items these will have been circulated, wherever possible, in advance of the meeting,]

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HOW ARE WE DOING?

(This part of the meeting will enable Members to be kept up-to-date with developments in the locality and monitor the provision of services, to help them identify issues that may need to be addressed or upon which representations may need to be made to influence local and national policy making; complementing the work of other relevant bodies such as the County Council s Scrutiny Committees)

10. Member Development Steering Group

Minutes of the meeting held on 18 March 2010 (Page 28) for information.

11. Background Paper: Connectivity ICT in Devon

Report of the Executive Director of Environment, Economy and Culture (EEC/10/119/HQ - text only | pdf EEC/10/119/HQ) (Page 30). Mr Tom Dixon, Economic Development Officer, to attend the meeting to present the report.

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OTHER MATTERS

12. Date of Next Meeting and Items for Future Discussion/Work programme

Monday 18 October 2010 at 2pm at which (a) Mr Bruce Thompson, DCC Transport Co-Ordination Services will discuss with Members DCC support for rural bus services and (b) there will be a presentation by Mr Duncan Wood, Chief Officer, Involve Mid Devon, on the work of this organisation..

PART II PRIVATE SESSION

(During which item may be taken in the absence of the press and public for specific reasons only)

Nil.

Members are reminded that Part II reports contain confidential information and should therefore be treated accordingly. They should not be disclosed or passed on to any other person(s).

Members are also reminded of the need to dispose of such reports carefully and are therefore urged to return them to the Committee Secretary at the conclusion of the meeting for disposal.

MEMBERS ARE REQUESTED TO SIGN THE ATTENDANCE REGISTER

Membership

Devon County Council Councillors Radford, Lee, Berry, Colthorpe, Hannon and Way Mid Devon District Council Councillors Mrs Campbell and Mrs Squires Devon Association Parish Councils Councillor Browse

Declaration of Interests

Members are reminded that they must declare any interest they may have in any item to be considered at this meeting, prior to any discussion taking place on that item.

Access to Information

Any person wishing to inspect any minutes, reports or lists of background papers relating to any item on this agenda should contact Peter Stiles on telephone number (01392) 382289.

Internet

Agendas and minutes of County Council Committees together with officers reports considered by committees are published online on the Council s Website at: http://www.devon-cc.gov.uk/dcc/committee/mingifs.html

Copies of this Agenda and/or Reports may be made available in other formats (e.g. large print, audio tape, Braille or other languages). Please contact the Information Centre on 01392 380101 for more information.