ar-enpa-15.02.11
To: All Members of the Exmoor National Park Authority
A meeting of the Exmoor National Park Authority will be held in the Committee Room, Exmoor House, Dulverton on Tuesday 15 February 2011 at 10.30am.
The meeting will be open to the press and public subject to the passing of any resolution under s.100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972.
The meeting will be audio recorded. By entering the Authority’s Committee Room and speaking during Public Question Time you are consenting to being audio recorded.
There is a Public Question Time at this meeting, when the Chairman will allow members of the public two minutes each to ask questions, make statements, or present a petition relating to any item on the Agenda. Anyone wishing to ask questions should notify the Member Services Officer by 4pm on the working day before the meeting of the agenda item on which they wish to speak, indicating a brief summary of the matter or matters to be raised (contact details are set out above).
Dr Nigel Stone
Chief Executive
A G E N D A
1. Apologies for Absence
2. Declarations of Interest
Members are asked to declare any interests they may have in relation to items on the agenda for this meeting.
(NB: When verbally making these declarations, members are also asked to complete the Disclosures at Meetings form – attached for members only).
3. Chairman’s Announcements
4. Minutes
(1) To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Authority held on 9 November 2010 (Item 4, PDF 33KB).
(2) To consider any Matters Arising from those Minutes.
5. Public Question Time
The Chairman will allow members of the public to ask questions, make statements, or present a petition on any matter on the Agenda for this meeting.
6. Review of the Governance Arrangements for National Park Authorities – Authority Submission to Defra
To consider the report of the Chief Executive (Item 6, PDF 80KB).
7. Response to the Government Spending Review and the National Park Grant Funding Settlement
To consider the report of the Chief Executive (Item 7, PDF 42KB).
8. Scheme of Members’ Allowances
To consider the report of the Head of Corporate Services (Item 8, PDF 47.2KB).
9. Treasury Management Strategy Statement 2011-12
To consider the report of the Chief Finance Officer (Item 9, PDF 106KB).
10. Exmoor Coast Interpretation Centre: Lynmouth Pavilion Project
To consider the report of the Head of Information and Access Services (Item 10, PDF 26KB).
11. Annual Report of the Standards Committee
To note the Annual Report of the Standards Committee (Item 11, PDF 13KB).
12. Exmoor Local Access Forum
To note the Forum’s 2010 Annual Report and, as the appointing authority, to agree its submission to Natural England (Item 12, PDF 148KB).
13. Resources and Performance Committee
To receive the draft Minutes of the meeting of the Resources and Performance Committee on 9 November 2010 (Item 13, PDF 66KB).
14. ANPA Workshop on the Value of National Parks: 24-25 May 2011 hosted by the Cairngorms National Park Authority, to be held in York
To consider the Authority’s attendance at this event. It is likely that 4 places will be reserved for Members of Exmoor National Park Authority.
15. Members’ Reports
To receive any updates and reports on meetings and events attended by Members as representatives of the Authority.
16. Any Other Business of Urgency
Further information on any of the reports can be obtained by contacting the National Park Authority at the address and telephone numbers at the top of the agenda. Details of the decisions taken at this meeting will be set out in the formal Minutes which the Committee will be asked to approve as a correct record at its next meeting. In the meantime, details of the decisions can be obtained from Carol Carder, Member Services Officer, at Exmoor House.
AUDIO RECORDING OF MEETING OF EXMOOR NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY ON 15 FEBRUARY 2011
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