Agenda and minutes
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Appeals Against Refusal of Inspection of Documents To consider any appeals in accordance with Procedure Rule 25 of the Access to Information Procedure Rules (in the event of an Appeal the press and public will be excluded).
(*In accordance with Procedure Rule 25, written notice of an appeal must be received by the Head of Governance Services at least 24 hours before the meeting.) Minutes: There were no appeals against the refusal of inspection of documents. |
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Late Items To identify items which have been admitted to the agenda by the Chair for consideration.
(The special circumstances shall be specified in the minutes.) Minutes: There were no late items however the Chair admitted supplementary information in relation to item 9 on the agenda, Wellbeing Update Report. Minute 79 refers.
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Declaration of Interests To declare any personal / prejudicial interests for the purpose of Section 81(3) of the Local Government Act 2000 and paragraphs 8 to 12 of the Members Code of Conduct. Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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Apologies for Absence To receive any apologies for absence. Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Marjoram, the Revd. K. Dowling and the Revd. P. Ayres. |
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Open Forum In accordance with Paragraphs 6.24 and 6.25 of the Area Committee Procedure Rules, at the discretion of the Chair a period of up to 10 minutes may be allocated at each ordinary meeting for members of the public to make representations or to ask questions on matters within the terms of reference of the Area Committee. This period of time may be extended at the discretion of the Chair. No member of the public shall speak for more than three minutes in the Open Forum, except by permission of the Chair. Minutes: On this occasion there were no members of the public in attendance. |
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Minutes - 12 April 2013 To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 12 April 2013 Minutes: RESOLVED – That the minutes of the meeting held on 12th April 2013 were confirmed as a correct record. |
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To receive and consider the attached report of the Chief Officer (Democratic and Central Services)
Additional documents: Minutes: The Chief Officer (Democratic and Central Services) submitted a report outlining the arrangements for the annual election of Chairs for Area Committees and which sought the Committee to elect a Chair for the duration of the forthcoming 2013/14 municipal year.
The only nomination received in relation to the Chair of West Outer Area Committee was that of Councillor Jarosz.
RESOLVED – (a) That Councillor Jarosz be elected Chair of West Outer Area Committee for the duration of the 2013/14 municipal year.
(b) That Cllr. D Blackburn be elected as the Vice Chair of West Outer Area Committee for the duration of the 2013/14 municipal year.
(Cllr. R Lewis joined the meeting arrived during consideration of this item)
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Wellbeing Update Report To receive and consider the attached report of the Assistant Chief Executive (Customer Access and Performance) Additional documents:
Minutes: The Assistant Chief Executive (Customer Access and Performance) submitted a report which provided the West Outer Area Committee with an update on the budget position for the Wellbeing Fund for 2012/13, and noted those projects agreed for support from the Wellbeing Fund for 2013/14.
It also gave the current position of the small grants and skips budgets and those small grants and skips requests received since the last meeting.
Supplementary information circulated to Members at the meeting recommended that the Committee considered the possible decommissioning of two Capital projects previously funded by the Area Committee in 2009/10 and 2010/11.
RESOLVED (a) That those projects agreed for support from the Wellbeing Fund for 2013/14, detailed at Appendix 1, be noted.
(b) That the current position of the small grants and skips budgets be noted, and that the projects listed at section 3.6 of the submitted report be approved as follows:
(c) That the Capital Wellbeing projects entitled, ‘Farsley Designated Public Places Order’ and ‘Farnley & Wortley Notice Boards’, previously funded in 2009/10 and 2010/11 respectively, as listed in the supplementary information, be decommissioned.
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Outer West Area Committee Business Plan To receive and consider the attached report of the Assistant Chief Executive (Customer Access and Performance) Additional documents: Minutes: The Assistant Chief Executive (Customer Access and Performance) submitted a report which presented a refreshed West (Outer) Area Committee Business Plan for 2013-2015 for Members’ approval.
The full Business Plan was presented at the March 2012 Area Committee for final approval. It was a three year plan from 2012-15. It was agreed that the plan would be refreshed annually.
Members were consulted on the production of the refreshed Business Plan as a working document to ensure that it reflected their views and the communities that they represent. The Business Plan is aligned to the new city wide priority plans and performance monitoring principles.
RESOLVED - (a) That the contents of the submitted report be noted. (b) That the refreshed Business Plan, as attached at appendix 1 of the report, be noted. (c) That the Area Support Team continue to monitor and develop the Business Plan. (d) That further updates of the Business Plan be submitted to future meetings, together with an annual refresh, which further reflects local priorities.
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Dates and Times of Future Meetings Wednesday, 10 July 2013 Wednesday, 18 September 2013 Wednesday, 30 October 2013 Wednesday, 11 December 2013 Wednesday, 29 January 2014 Wednesday, 12 March 2014
All meetings to commence at 1.00 p.m. Venues to be confirmed. Minutes: Dates and times for future meetings were put forward as follows, with meetings commencing at 1:00pm:
Wednesday, 10 July 2013 Wednesday, 18 September 2013 Wednesday, 30 October 2013 Wednesday, 11 December 2013 Wednesday, 29 January 2014 Wednesday, 12 March 2014
RESOLVED – That meeting dates as put forward be agreed.
(Cllr. Hardy joined the meeting during consideration of this item).
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Further information request on CCTV Maintenance and Monitoring Project Minutes: Further to Minute No. 68(d), 12th April 2013, Wayne Clamp, CCTV Operations Manager attended to provide, the Committee with information on the specific costs associated with CCTV camera provision. This was to assist the Area Committee further consider a Wellbeing application entitled, ‘CCTV Maintenance’ which had been initially submitted to the meeting on 12th April 2013.
The Committee received information in response to concerns regarding the length of time it was taking to install CCTV on the Fairfield estate, which was an anti-social behaviour hot spot.
RESOLVED - (a) That the Wellbeing application entitled, ‘CCTV Maintenance’, initially considered at the meeting of 12th April 2013, be approved.
(b) That on behalf of the Chair, a letter be forwarded to the Director of Environment and Neighbourhoods which outlines the Committee’s concerns regarding the range of costs associated with CCTV provision and also in respect of the Council’s current contracting arrangements for such provision.
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Provision of Bowling Greens within the West Outer area. Minutes: An issue was raised in relation to proposals which had been announced. The proposals related to the Council reducing its costs in respect of bowling green provision.
A number of issues were discussed in relation to such proposals, with updates being provided on a meeting which had already taken place with local clubs.
RESOLVED - That the Area Support Team liaise with Parks and Countryside in order to ascertain the current position, with a report being submitted to the next meeting, providing an update together with proposals that have been put forward.
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