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Chair's Opening Remarks Minutes: The Chair welcomed all in attendance to the February meeting of the Scrutiny Board (Environment and Neighbourhoods). In particular, the Chair welcomed Councillor Barker to his first meeting of the Scrutiny Board (Environment and Neighbourhoods).
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Declarations of Interest 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: There were no apologies for absence.
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Minutes - 11th January 2010 PDF 68 KB To receive and approve the minutes of the previous meeting held on 11th January 2010. Minutes: RESOLVED – That the minutes of the meeting held on 11th January 2010 be confirmed as a correct record.
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Executive Board - Minutes PDF 69 KB To receive and note the minutes of the Executive Board meeting held on 6th January 2010. Minutes: RESOLVED – That the minutes of the Executive Board meeting held on 6th January 2010 be noted.
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Inquiry into Recycling PDF 61 KB To consider a report from the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development presenting evidence as part of the Board’s inquiry into Recycling. Additional documents: Minutes: Further to Minute No. 84 of the meeting held on 11th January 2010, the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development submitted a report which presented evidence in line with session three of the Board’s inquiry into Recycling.
The purpose of the session was to consider the following issues:
The following information was appended to the report:
Appendix 1 – Report from the Director of City Development on recycling which included an extract from the (currently draft) Sustainable Design and Construction Supplementary Planning Document
Appendix 2 – Briefing Paper from WRAG on Waste Planning, Recycling and Regional Structures.
The Chair welcomed to the meeting Councillor Monaghan, Executive Member (Environmental Services) and the following officers and representatives:
- Andrew Mason, Chief Environmental Services Officer - Susan Upton, Head of Waste Management - David Feeney, Head of Forward Planning and Implementation - Martin Sellens, Head of Planning Services - Tim Godson, Team Leader – Climate Change, Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber (and representing the Waste Regional Advisory Group (WRAG)).
In brief summary, the main areas of discussion were:
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Dog Fouling Enforcement - Recommendation Tracking PDF 100 KB To consider a report from the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development presenting an update against the Board’s recommendations arising from it’s earlier review of Dog Fouling Enforcement. Additional documents: Minutes: The Head of Scrutiny and Member Development submitted a report which requested Members to confirm the status of scrutiny recommendations arising from the Dog Fouling Enforcement review conducted by the Board last year.
Appended to the report was the following information;
- Recommendation tracking flowchart and draft status of recommendations; and - Dog Fouling Enforcement – Recommendation Tracking – Supplementary Report.
The following officers attended the meeting to present the report and respond to Members’ questions and comments:
- Andrew Mason, Chief Environmental Services Officer - Stacey Campbell, Service Manager, Health and Environmental Action Service.
The following comments were made in respect of the outstanding recommendations:
Recommendation 1
Recommendation 2
Recommendation 3
Recommendation 5
Recommendation 7
RESOLVED –
(a) That the report and information appended to the report be noted; and (b) That the Board agrees the status of recommendations, subject to recommendations 1, 2 and 7 being given a status of 5, not achieved (progress made not acceptable, continue monitoring).
(Councillor Marjoram left the meeting at 11.30 am at the conclusion of this item.)
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Asylum Seeker Case Resolution - Recommendation Tracking PDF 112 KB To consider a report from the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development presenting an update against the Board’s recommendations arising from it’s earlier Inquiry into Asylum Seeker Case Resolution. Minutes: The Head of Scrutiny and Member Development submitted a report which requested Members to confirm the status of scrutiny recommendations arising from the Board’s inquiry into Asylum Seeker Case Resolution.
Appended to the report was the recommendation tracking flowchart and draft status of recommendations.
The following officers and representatives attended the meeting to present the report and respond to Members’ questions and comments:
- Paul Langford, Chief Housing Services Officer - Bridget Emery, Head of Housing Strategy and Solutions - Sharon Hague, Refugee and Asylum Service Manager - Rob Warm, Regional Manager, YHRMP - Ann McKillop, Assistant Director, North East, Yorkshire and the Humber Region UKBA - Steve Trimmins, Deputy Director Operations – Asylum, North East, Yorkshire and the Humber Region, UKBA.
The following comments were made in respect of the outstanding recommendations:
RESOLVED –
(a) That the report and information appended to the report be noted; and (b) That the Board agrees the status of recommendations, subject to recommendation 6 being given a status of 5, not achieved (progress made not acceptable, continue monitoring).
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Current Work Programme PDF 53 KB To receive a report from the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development on the Board’s current programme. Additional documents: Minutes: A report was submitted by the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development which detailed the Scrutiny Board’s work programme for the remainder of the current municipal year.
Appended to the report for Members’ information was the current version of the Board’s work programme and an extract from the Forward Plan of Key Decisions for the period 1st February 2010 to 31st May 2010, which related to the Board’s remit.
RESOLVED – That the work programme be approved.
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Date and Time of Next Meeting Monday 8th March 2010 at 10.00am (Pre Meeting for Board Members at 9.30am) Minutes: Monday, 8th March 2010 at 10.00 am with a pre-meeting for Board Members at 9.30 am.
(The meeting concluded at 11.58 am.)
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