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Policy Committee
Monday, 27th November, 2017

27 November 2017 at 6.30pm in the Council Chamber

Civic Offices, Bridge Street, Reading RG1 2LU

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Agenda [66kb]

All papers [742kb]

Agenda

ITEM	DESCRIPTION	WARDS AFFECTED	REPORT
1.	DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST FOR CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
2.	CAPITAL EXPENDITURE IN CONNECTION WITH WASTE DISPOSAL Councillor Terry / Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services	BOROUGHWIDE
3.	STRATEGIC PROPERTY ACQUISITION Councillor Lovelock / Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services	ABBEY
	ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION IN PUBLIC SESSION
4.	CHAIR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS
5.	DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Councillors to declare any interests they may have in relation to the items for consideration in public session
6.	MINUTES To confirm the Minutes of the Policy Committee meeting on 30 October 2017		Minutes [50kb]
7.	PETITIONS AND QUESTIONS To receive any petitions from the public and any questions from the public and Councillors		Item 7 [43kb]
8.	DECISION BOOK REFERENCES
9.	POLICY CHANGES TO MEET HOUSING NEED Councillor Ennis / Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services This report sets out proposals to amend and adopt Housing policies to ensure consistency in the offer of accommodation to homeless households.	BOROUGHWIDE	Item 9 [385kb]
10.	ELECTORAL REGISTRATION AND ELECTION UPDATE Councillor Lovelock / Electoral Registration Officer and Returning Officer This report reviews the UK Parliamentary Election held on 8 June 2017, and provides an update on the annual electoral registration canvass which will produce the 2018 register on 1 December 2017.	BOROUGHWIDE	Item 10 [141kb]
11.	BUSINESS RATES BERKSHIRE PILOT & POOL Councillor Lovelock / Director of Finance This report seeks approval for Reading joining a Berkshire Business Rates Pool and endorsement of a joint Berkshire Pilot Bid for 100% Business Rates Pooling.	BOROUGHWIDE	Item 11 [31kb]
12.	BUDGET MONITORING Councillor Lovelock / Director of Finance This report sets out the budget monitoring position for the Council to the end of September 2017.	BOROUGHWIDE	Item 12 [150kb]