Environment Panel - Wednesday 30 July 2008

A meeting of the Environment Panel will be held in one of the Committee Rooms at the Town Hall, Library Street, Wigan at 3.00 pm on Wednesday, 30 July 2008.

The Agenda for the meeting is as follows:-

1 Apologies for absence:

2 Minutes: 4 June 2008.

3 Urgent Business (if any): To be accepted at the discretion of the Chairman of the meeting.

4 To receive declarations of interest in any item for discussion at the meeting. A blank form for declaring interests has been circulated with the agenda, please ensure that this is returned to the Committee Clerk at the end of the meeting.

Open items

5 Road safety – seatbelts: Presentation by the Greater Manchester Fire Service.

6 Review of Advisory Panels and Overview and Scrutiny Select Committees (.pdf, 79kb): Presentation by the Deputy Chief Executive. Please bring your copy with you to the meeting.

The Cabinet at minute 36

  •  endorsed the proposals set out in the report; and 
  • authorised the Service Director, Borough Solicitor and Services Director – Business Transformation to seek the view of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee, the Audit Governance and Improvement Review Committee and the Advisory Panels and to report back to the Cabinet.

7 Adoption of streets and highway drains (.pdf, 55kb): Report of the Director of Environmental Services enclosed.

8 End of year performance reporting 2007/08 (.pdf, 488kb): Report of the Director of Environmental Services enclosed.

9 Road safety audit procedures (.pdf, 254kb): Report of the Director of Environmental Services enclosed.

10 Visit by the Environment Panel to the landfill site at Rigby Houghton.

11 Questions by Members at panel meetings (if any):