Agenda and minutes

To note any changes in membership of the Panel made in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 4.3.

The Panel noted the apologies of Mrs Topp and that Mr Blackshaw had retired and Mr R Wharton had been nominated as the Appointed Member for the Church of England (Dioceses of Winchester and Portsmouth.   The vacant Labour Group member had still to be named.

To approve and sign as a correct record the Minutes of the meetings held on 12^th December 2013 and to deal with any matters arising, attached.

RESOLVED that the minutes for the Committee Meeting on 12^th December 2013 be approved and signed as a correct record.

Report of the Head of Transformation, providing an update on the progress made in relation to the Council’s transformation programme during the 3^rd quarter of 2013/14, attached.

The Committee considered the report of the Head of Transformation, providing an update on the progress made in relation to the Council’s transformation programme during the 3^rd quarter of 2013/14.

RESOLVED:

(i)  that the next quarterly report to the Committee on transformation includes a high level summary of savings targets set against the Council’s budget gap and a list of transformation projects with timescales, milestones and projected savings against them;

(ii)  that the Committee receives a breakdown of all transformation expenditure across the Council since April 2013;  and

(iii)  that the performance of the Families Matter programme is discussed at a future meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee.

Report and accompanying appendix of the Head of City Services,  providing an overview of the City Council’s street cleansing operations and performance, attached.

The Committee considered the report of the Head of City Services, providing an overview of the City Council’s street cleansing operations and performance.

RESOLVED:

(i)  that information is circulated to the Committee on complaints to the street cleansing service, broken down by street/neighbourhood;

(ii)  that information on street cleansing frequencies for residential streets is circulated to the Committee;  and

(iii)  that, by January 2015, the Council publishes on its website backdated information on how often streets have been cleansed.

Report of the Assistant Chief Executive, outlining the work underway under the leadership of Southampton Connect, to develop plans to celebrate the 50^th anniversary of Southampton being awarded City Status during 2014, attached.

The Committee considered the report of the Assistant Chief Executive, outlining the work underway under the leadership of Southampton Connect, to develop plans to celebrate the 50^th anniversary of Southampton being awarded City Status during 2014.

RESOLVED that the Leader considers procuring a range of commemorative memorabilia to celebrate the 50^th anniversary of the city status award.

Report of the Assistant Chief Executive, detailing the actions of the executive and monitoring progress of the recommendations of the Committee, attached.

The Committee received and noted the report of the Assistant Chief Executive, detailing the actions of the Executive and monitoring progress of the recommendations of the Committee.

It was noted that Waste Management Policy, Action Item 3 (a) was still “in progress” and that a summary of the relevant legal opinion  on  green waste in household waste wheelie bins was still to be circulated to scrutiny members.