Agenda and minutes

To note the appointment at the Council meeting on 12 July 2007 (subject to confirmation of that decision) of a Chairman of this Committee for the remainder of the Municipal Year 2007/2008 (or to now make an appointment).

Further to the re-establishment of this Committee at the Council meeting on 12 July 2007, it was

RESOLVED:  To note the appointment at the Council meeting on 12 July 2007 of Councillor Stanley Sheinwald as Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee for the remainder of the Municipal Year 2007/08.

To note the attendance at this meeting of any duly appointed Reserve Members.

Reserve Members may attend meetings:-

(i)                 to take the place of an ordinary Member for whom they are a reserve;

(ii)               where the ordinary Member will be absent for the whole of the meeting; and

(iii)             the meeting notes at the start of the meeting at the item ‘Reserves’ that the Reserve Member is or will be attending as a reserve;

(iv)              if a Reserve Member whose intention to attend has been noted arrives after the commencement of the meeting, then that Reserve Member can only act as a Member from the start of the next item of business on the agenda after his/her arrival.

RESOLVED:  To note the attendance at this meeting of the following duly appointed Reserve Member:-

To receive declarations of personal or prejudicial interests, arising from business to be transacted at this meeting, from:

(a)               all Members of the Committee, Sub Committee, Panel or Forum;

(b)               all other Members present in any part of the room or chamber.

RESOLVED:  To note that there were no declarations of interests made by Members in relation to the business transacted at this meeting.

To consider whether any of the items listed on the agenda should be considered with the press and public excluded on the grounds that it is thought likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, that there would be disclosure of confidential information in breach of an obligation of confidence or of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.

RESOLVED:  That (1) in accordance with the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, the following items be admitted late to the agenda by virtue of the special circumstances and grounds for urgency detailed below:-

(2)  all items be considered with the press and public present.

To appoint (subject to confirmation of the Committee’s membership) a Vice-Chairman of the Committee for the remainder of the Municipal Year 2007/2008.

RESOLVED:  That Councillor Mitzi Green be appointed Vice-Chairman of the Committee for the remainder of the Municipal Year 2007/2008.

That the minutes of the Ordinary meeting held on 24 April 2007, the Special meetings held on 14 May 2007 and 12 June 2007, and the Ordinary meeting on 10 July 2007 be deferred until the next Ordinary meeting.

RESOLVED:  That the minutes of the Ordinary meeting held on 24 April 2007, the Special meetings held on 14 May and 12 June 2007, and the Ordinary meeting held on 10 July 2007, be deferred until the next Ordinary meeting.

To consider the establishment of and appointment of Members to Sub-Committees of this Committee, and the appointment of Scrutiny Lead Members, for the remainder of the Municipal Year 2007/2008.

[Note: The proposed memberships of the Sub Committees relevant to this Committee and the nominees proposed will be tabled at the meeting].

RESOLVED:  That (1) the Sub-Committees of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee be established for the remainder of the Municipal Year 2007/08 with the memberships and Chairmen detailed in Appendix 1 to these minutes; and

(2)  the Policy Lead Members and the Performance Lead Members for scrutiny be appointed as set out in Appendix 2.

Report of the Director of People, Performance and Policy.

The Committee considered a report of the Director of People, Performance and Policy, which outlined a proposal for a review of the first year of the partnership with Accord MP for the delivery of public realm infrastructure services.

The Committee endorsed the proposal, and noted that there was a need to identify Members to undertake this project.  Councillors Don Billson, Robert Benson, Mrs Janet Cowan, Barry Macleod-Cullinane, B E Gate, Ashok Kulkarni, Dinesh Solanki, Yogesh Teli and Mark Versallion indicated that they may be interested in serving on the review group.

RESOLVED:  That (1) the proposal to undertake a review of the Council’s partnership for public realm infrastructure services be agreed; and

(2)  the Performance and Finance Sub-Committee, at its first meeting, develop a detailed project plan and scope, with the intention of starting work on the project immediately.

Members received a tabled paper which set out the dates agreed by the Chairman and Vice-Chairman for meetings of the Committee for the remainder of the 2007/2008 Municipal Year.

Those meetings which would include discussion of health, education or partnership matters had also been identified.

RESOLVED:  To note the dates of meetings of the Committee for the remainder of the 2007/2008 Municipal Year, as follows:-