Agenda and minutes
Venue: Civic Hall, Leeds, LS1 1UR
Contact: Andy Booth (0113) 24 74325 Email: andy.booth@leeds.gov.uk
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Chair's Opening Remarks Minutes: The Chair welcomed everyone to the final meeting of the 2010/11 Municipal Year. She thanked Members for their contributions over the previous year and for their excellent contributions to the successful recommendations that had been implemented following the Board’s work.
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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 and Notification of Substitutes To receive any apologies for absence and notification of substitutes. Minutes: Apologies for absence were submitted on behalf of Councillors L Carter, A Lowe and M Hamilton.
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Minutes - 7 March 2011 PDF 70 KB To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 7 March 2010 Minutes: RESOLVED – That the minutes of the meeting held on 7 March 2011 be confirmed as a correct record.
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Matters arising from the minutes Minutes: Minute No. 77 Scrutiny of the Budget and Performance Reports
Information on Staff Appraisals would be circulated to the Board.
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Scrutiny Board Working Group Update PDF 68 KB To receive and consider the attached report of the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development Additional documents: Minutes: The report of the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development reminded the Board of the working group that had been established to look at the reporting of missed bin collection and how this was dealt with through the contact centre and Streetscene and reported back to the customer.
The following were in attendance for this item:
In response to Members comments and questions, the following issues were discussed:
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(1) That the report and discussion be noted. (2) That the Project Group report back to Scrutiny on possible solutions to the known customer services problems in order for these solutions to be discussed by Members
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Work Programme and Discussion with Councillor Wakefield, Leader of the Council PDF 53 KB To receive and consider a report from the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development outlining the Scrutiny Board’s work programme for the remainder of the current municipal year. Additional documents: Minutes: The report of the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development issued Members with a copy of the Council’s Forward Plan and Executive Board minutes. As this was the last meeting of the Municipal Year, the Work Programme was not attached. Councillor Keith Wakefield, Leader of the Council had been invited to the meeting to discuss potential areas for scrutiny involvement.
The Chair welcomed Councillor Wakefield to the meeting. He reported that the Council would have to find further savings over the forthcoming year and that this could prove to be more difficult than in the previous year. Constructive ideas had been received from Scrutiny and scrutiny of the budget was particularly welcomed. Further issues highlighted included the following:
In response to Members comments and questions, the following issues were discussed:
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(1) That the report and discussion be noted. (2) That the Forward Plan and Executive Board minutes be noted.
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Annual Report 2010/11 PDF 57 KB To receive and consider the attached report of the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development Additional documents: Minutes: The report of the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development presented a draft of the Board’s contribution to the composite Scrutiny Boards’ Annual Report. The draft contained an introduction from the Chair and details of the work carried out by the Board during the 2010/11 Municipal Year.
RESOLVED – That the Board’s contribution to the composite Annual report for 2010/11 be approved.
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