Venue: Civic Hall, Leeds
Contact: Andy Booth (0113) 247 4325 Email: andy.booth@leeds.gov.uk
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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 J Hardy declared a personal interest in Agenda Item 7 due to his position as a Director of the West North West Homes ALMO, as did Councillors G Hyde and R Grahame due to their positions as Directors of the East North East Homes ALMO.
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Minutes - 13 February 2012 PDF 61 KB To confirm as a correct record, the minutes of the meeting held on 13 February 2012
Minutes: RESOLVED – That the minutes of the meeting held on 13 February 2012 be confirmed as a correct record.
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Local Lettings Policies Annual Review PDF 75 KB To consider a report from the Director of Environment and Neighbourhoods on the outcome of the LLP review. Additional documents: Minutes: The report of the Director of Environment and Neighbourhoods provided information on the provisions of the Equality Act 2010 relating to age discrimination and on the outcome of the annual review of the Local Lettings Policies. The provisions of the Equality Act relating to age were expected to come into force from April 2012 and the ALMOs and BITMO completed their reviews on this basis.
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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2011/12 Quarter 3 Performance Report PDF 78 KB To consider a report from the Assistant Chief Executive (Customer Access and Performance) summarising the quarter 3 performance data relevant to the Scrutiny Board Additional documents:
Minutes: The report of the Assistant Chief Executive (Customer Access and Performance) provided a summary of the quarter 3 performance data relevant to the Scrutiny Board (Safer and Stronger Communities).
Councillor Mark Dobson, Executive Member for Environmental Services and Neil Evans, Director of Environment and Neighbourhoods 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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Financial Health Monitoring 2011/12 PDF 51 KB To consider the financial position of the Environment and Neighbourhoods Directorate after 10 months of the 2011/12 financial year. Additional documents:
Minutes: The report of the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development informed the Bard of the financial health of the Environment and Neighbourhoods Directorate after ten months of the financial year 2011/12.
Neil Evans, Director of Environment and Neighbourhoods and Richard Ellis, Head of Finance, Environment and Neighbourhoods were in attendance for this item.
Issues discussed in relation to the report included the following:
RESOLVED – That the report and discussion be noted.
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Recommendation Tracking PDF 116 KB To receive an update report on progress made in responding to the recommendations arising from the previous Scrutiny review of the Phase 2 Dog Control Orders project. Minutes: The report of the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development set out the progress made in responding to the recommendations arising from the previous Scrutiny review of the phase 2 Dog Control Orders.
The following were in attendance for this item:
Members agreed the progress made on all the recommendations detailed within the report with the exception of Recommendation 9 which related to the use of Dog Control Orders on parks and playing pitches that are used by Schools, in particular that dogs should be kept on leads in these areas.
In response to Members comments and questions regarding Recommendation 9, the following issues were discussed:
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i) That the report and discussion be noted. ii) That Recommendation 9 be re-categorised to Category 5 and further information be brought to a future meeting of the Scrutiny Board (Safer and Stronger Communities)
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To consider the Board’s Work Schedule 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, Tuesday, 20 March.
RESOLVED – That the report be noted
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Date and Time of Next Meeting Tuesday, 3 April 2012 at 10.00 a.m. Pre-meeting for all Board Members at 9.30 a.m. Minutes: Tuesday, 3rd April 2012 at 10.00 a.m. (Pre-meeting for all Board Members at 9.30 a.m.)
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