Venue: Civic Hall, Leeds
Contact: Andy Booth (0113) 247 4325 Email: andy.booth@leeds.gov.uk
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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: Members received a Supplementary Agenda which detailed confidential appendices to Agenda Item 10, Car Parking Update.
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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: Councillor G Hyde declared a personal interest in Agenda Item 8, Recommendation Tracking due to his position as a Director with the East North East Home ALMO.
Councillor J Hardy declared a personal interest in Agenda Item 8, Recommendation Tracking due to his position as a Director with the West North West Homes ALMO.
Councillor R Graham declared a personal interest in Agenda Item 8, Recommendation Tracking due to his position as a Director with the East North East Home ALMO and also Agenda Item 9, Recycling Strategy Update due to his Membership of GMB.
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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 Councillor Townsley.
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Minutes - 22 November and 12 December 2011 PDF 66 KB To confirm as a correct record, the minutes of the meeting held on 22 November and 12 December 2011
Additional documents: Minutes: RESOLVED – That the minutes of the meetings held on 22 November and 12 December 2011 be confirmed as correct records.
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Recommendation Tracking PDF 90 KB To receive an update report on the progress made in responding to the recommendations arising from the previous Scrutiny review of the Council’s Housing Letting Policies Minutes: The report of the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development provided an update on the progress made in responding to the recommendations arising from the previous Scrutiny review of the Council’s Housing Letting Policies.
The following were in attendance for this item:
Prior to the meeting, the Chair had met with officers to discuss the progress on the recommendations outlined in the report. Members had been issued with a revised Appendix which detailed the progress status. Each of the recommendations was given one of the following categories:
1. Stop Monitoring 2. Achieved 3. Not achieved (Obstacle) 4. Not achieved (Progress made acceptable. Continue monitoring) 5. Not achieved (Progress made not acceptable. Continue monitoring) 6. Not for review this session
Additional information in the revised appendix was highlighted and Members were asked to consider changes made to the status of progress on the recommendations.
In, summary, the following was discussed:
RESOLVED – That the report and discussion be noted and that the recommendation monitoring progress be amended as suggested.
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Financial Health Monitoring 2011/12 - Environment and Neighbourhoods Directorate PDF 53 KB To consider the financial position of the Environment and Neighbourhoods Directorate after eight months of the 2011/12 financial year. Additional documents:
Minutes: The report of the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development informed Members of the financial health of the Environment and Neighbourhoods Directorate after eight months of the financial year 2011/12.
The following were in attendance for this item:
Councillor P Gruen, Executive Board Member for Neighbourhoods, Housing and Regeneration Councillor M Dobson, Executive Board Member for Environmental Services Neil Evans, Director of Environment and Neighbourhoods Richard Ellis, Head of Finance, Environment and Neighbourhoods
It was reported that there had been a recent working group meeting where suggested changes to the budget had been made. Issues raised included work between departments and welfare reform. A number of funding streams had been arranged since the working group meeting and there was a need to look at grant funding and how this was used within the budget. Further issues highlighted included payments to third sector organisations and work in connection to the Council’s fleet of refuse vehicles.
In response to Members comments and questions, the following issues were discussed:
RESOLVED – That the report and discussion be noted.
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Recycling Strategy Update PDF 52 KB To receive an update report on the Council’s Recycling Strategy Additional documents:
Minutes: The report of the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development referred to a report that Executive Board had received on 14 December 2011 which gave an update on progress against the Recycling Strategy. The Executive Board report was appended to the Agenda and included a number of proposals that related to future service development opportunities and had been approved at the meeting on 14 December 2011.
The following were in attendance for this item:
In response to Members comments and questions, the following issues were discussed:
RESOLVED – That the report and discussion be noted.
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To receive an update report on the Council’s car parking charges and provision within the City. Additional documents:
Minutes: The report of the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development provided Members with an update in relation to the Council’s car parking charges and provision as requested by the Board.
The following were in attendance for this item:
Members were informed that the Scrutiny Board (Sustainable Economy and Culture) was undertaking an Inquiry into travel movements within the City and whilst this did not make reference to car parking there would be opportunity to dovetail the findings of any separate review around car parking into this Inquiry.
In response to Members comments and questions, the following issues were discussed:
RESOLVED –
(1) That the report and discussion be noted. (2) That a Working Group meeting be established to discuss Car Parking.
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To consider the Board’s work schedule for the forthcoming municipal year Additional documents:
Minutes: The report of the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development detailed the Board’s work schedule. Also attached were copies of recent Executive Board Minutes and a copy of the Forward Plan relating to the Board’s portfolio.
Members were informed that there would be a meeting of the Fuel Poverty Working Group on Wednesday, 1 February at 10.00 a.m.
RESOLVED – That the report be noted
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Date and Time of Next Meeting Monday, 16 January 2012 at 10.00 a.m. (pre-meeting for all Members at 9.30 a.m.) Minutes: Monday, 13 February 2012 at 10.00 a.m. (pre-meeting for all Members at 9.30 a.m.)
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