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. Minutes of the meeting held on 20 June 2011 (Page 4).

3. 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)

4. Tackling Rural Crime in Mid Devon - "Stop a Thief" Alarm Scheme

PCSO Martin Stephens, Tiverton Rural NHT, to make a presentation.

5. Early Years and Childcare Services - Termly Update for Councillors

Report of the Head of Social Care Commissioning (SCC/11/104), attached (Page 7).

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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)

6. Mid Devon County Committee Locality Budget for Financial Year 2011/12 - Confirmation of Spending Proposals and Spend To Date

Report of the County Community Strategy Officer (SC/11/19 - text onlySC/11/19), attached (Page 9).

7. County Discretionary Fund

The Cabinet (minute 360 refers) allocated a County Discretionary Fund of 29,700 to the Mid Devon Locality (County) Committee to be used to benefit the residents of the area. The Committee is invited to determine how it wishes to use the Fund based on local needs and priorities.

(a) Options for Supporting Youth Services in Mid Devon

Presentation by Devon Youth Services Team Managers

(b) Public Transport and Community/Voluntary Transport in Mid Devon

Presentation/discussion with officers from the Devon County Council Transport

Coordination Services Team

[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)

8. Mid Devon Local Strategic Partnership

Update and feedback from Workshops on 29 July and 23 September 2011

9. Member Development Steering Group

Minutes of the meeting held on 27 September 2011 (Page 15) for information.

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OTHER MATTERS

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

Monday 12 March 2012

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 (Chairman), Berry, Colthorpe (Vice-Chairman), Hannon, Lee, and Way Mid Devon District Council Councillors Daw and Knowles Devon Association of Local 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.