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Apologies and Changes in Panel Membership (If Any) To note any changes in membership of the Panel made in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 4.3. Minutes:
The Panel noted the apologies of Mr Wharton, Mrs Topp, Councillor Fitzhenry and Councillor Stevens. The Panel also noted that Councillor Norris was in attendance as a nominated substitute for Councillor Fitzhenry and that Councillor Thorpe had replaced Councillor Chaloner as a committee member in accordance with Procedure Rule 4.3. |
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Minutes of the Previous Meeting (including matters arising) PDF 20 KB To approve and sign as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 16th January 2014 and to deal with any matters arising, attached. Minutes:
RESOLVED that the minutes of the Committee Meeting on 16th January 2014 be approved and signed as a correct record. |
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Exclusion of the Press and Public - Confidential Papers included in the following item
To move that in accordance with the Council’s Constitution, specifically the Access to Information Procedure Rules contained within the Constitution, the press and public be excluded from the meeting in respect of any consideration of Item 8a.
Minutes:
In accordance with the Council’s Constitution, specifically the Access to Information Procedure Rules contained within the Constitution, the press and public be excluded from the meeting in respect of any consideration of Item 51 (i).
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Report of the Assistant Chief Executive detailing items requested for discussion from the current Forward Plan, attached. Additional documents:
Minutes:
The Committee considered the report of the Assistant Chief Executive, detailing items requested for discussion from the current Forward Plan.
RESOLVED
(i) on consideration of the briefing paper relating to the forthcoming confidential Cabinet Decision “Past Practice in Assessing Contributions for Adult Social Care Non Residential Care”, the Committee put forward four confidential recommendations.
(ii) on consideration of the briefing paper relating to the forthcoming Cabinet Decision “Changes to Housing Allocations Policy”, the Committee recommended that :-
a) to improve clarity, the Cabinet Member gives consideration to refining the term “Part of the Family” in paragraph 13 of the Cabinet report; and
b) the Cabinet Member explores options regarding the setting of an income cap within the housing allocations policy.
NOTE: Councillor Keogh declared a pecuniary interest in item 51 (i), took no part in the discussion and left the Chamber.
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Families Matter Update PDF 57 KB
Report of the Director, People, providing an update on the progress made in relation to the “Families Matter” programme, attached. Additional documents: Minutes:
The Committee considered the report of the Director, People providing an update on the progress made in relation to the “Family Matters” programme.
RESOLVED:
(i) that performance information is broken down by criteria and circulated to the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee;
(ii) that the Cabinet member considers prioritising the worklessness criteria for the Families Matter programme in 2014/15; and
(iii) that the Families Matter programme is discussed at a future meeting of the Committee when the VFM evaluation has been completed. |
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Monitoring Scrutiny Recommendations to the Executive PDF 25 KB Report of the Assistant Chief Executive, detailing the actions of the executive and monitoring progress of the recommendations of the Committee, attached. Additional documents: Minutes:
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.
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