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Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor S Goodall

2.

Appointment of Vice Chair

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

That Councillor Martin Summers be appointed as Vice-Chair

 

 

(Moved by Councillor Jeremy Oates  and seconded by Councillor Thomas Jay)

 

3.

Minutes of the Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 246 KB

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 4th April 2018 were approved and signed as a correct record.

 

(Moved by Councillor Martin Summers and seconded by Councillor Dr. S Peaple)

 

4.

Declarations of Interest

To receive any declarations of Members’ interests (personal and/or personal and prejudicial) in any matters which are to be considered at this meeting.

 

When Members are declaring a personal interest or personal and prejudicial interest in respect of which they have dispensation, they should specify the nature of such interest.  Members should leave the room if they have a personal and prejudicial interest in respect of which they do not have a dispensation. 

 

 

Minutes:

There were no Declarations of Interest.

 

5.

Quarter Four 2017/18 Performance Report pdf icon PDF 10 KB

(Report of the Leader of the Council)

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Report of The Leader of the Council, to provide the Corporate Scrutiny Committee with a performance and financial health-check.  The report will then be considered by Cabinet on 5th July 2018

 

RESOLVED

That Corporate Scrutiny Committee;

 

 

 endorsed the contents of this report, with the following comments;

 

That it contained several acronyms that were not defined.

 

The Leader of the Council provided clarification and an update on Business Rates Retention and Gungate.

 

 

(Moved by Councillor J Oates and seconded by Councillor M Summers)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.

2018/19 Forward Plan pdf icon PDF 274 KB

(Discussion Item)

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

Members examined the Forward Plan 2018/19 and added the following items to the Work Plan - 

 

CIS/Trading Company is already on the Work Plan.

 

Housing Allocations Policy added to the Work Plan.

 

Noted the Housing Revenue Account will need to come to Scrutiny Prior to going to Cabinet.

 

 

 

 

7.

Combined Authority Scrutiny

(Discussion Item)

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

A Working Group was formed to scope what issues were most relevant to Tamworth, consisting of Councillors Dr S Peaple, C Cooke, B Price and P Standen.

 

 

8.

TCG Nominations

(Discussion Item)

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

It was confirmed that Councillors R Ford and P Standen will remain as the nominations.

 

 

9.

Work Plan pdf icon PDF 7 KB

(Discussion Item)

Minutes:

The Following Work Plan was compiled;

 

Work Plan 2018 - 2019

DATE

SUBJECT

18th July/11th July

30 Year Business Plan

18th July/11th July

CIS/Trading Company

18TH July/11th July

Prayers at Full Council – Working Group (PS, CC, TJ, RF, SP, SG)

Quarter 1 – 15th August

Quarter 2 – 14th November

Quarter 3 - 6th February

Quarter 4 - TBC

Quarterly Performance Reports;

 

TBC

Combined Authority Scrutiny

 

Gungate Site – Working Group (JO, RF, SG, CC (provisional) and Labour Group to nominate two attendees).

TBC

Live Streaming/Webcasting Council Meetings – Working Group (JO, MS, PS, CC, RF, SP)

TBC

Support for Members – Working Group (JO, MS, PS, CC, RF, SP, TJ, SG, BP

TBC

Garage Sites

TBC

Isolation – Working Group (TJ, JF and RB from H&W Scrutiny and JO, SP and CC from Corporate Scrutiny)

TBC

Budget Scrutiny – Working Group (TJ, RF, CC, PS, SP)

TBC

Housing Allocation Policy – Joint Scrutiny with H&W Scrutiny.

Ongoing

Tenants Consultancy Group – Ongoing Updates after any meeting.

TBC/Ongoing

Chairs Updates to other Committees (format to be decided)

 

10.

Update on Recommendations to Cabinet

(Discussion Item)

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

The Chair clarified the recommendations to Cabinet as he was not present for that part of the last meeting and confirmed they would be presented at the next Cabinet Meeting.