Minutes:
a) Local Authority Appointments to Outside Bodies (Minute 25 c) refers)
The Chair enquired if contact had been made with the Chief Executive of East North East Homes regarding Councillors Urry and Sobel being included on the distribution list to receive agenda papers for the East North East ALMO Area Panel.
Mr S Robinson, Governance Services responded and confirmed that the matter had now been resolved.
b) Children’s Services Update Report to Area Committees – Inner North
East (Minute 26 refers)
The Chair enquired if the Director of Children’s Services would be providing a breakdown of the location of all children’s homes to a future meeting.
Liz Lowes, Senior Planning and Bids Manager, Children’s Services responded and agreed to consult with Nigel Richardson on this issue.
A general debate ensued that arising from new regulations, smaller children’s homes did not have to obtain planning permission and as a result Members did not know the location of these new homes within their wards. It was also noted that this issue had been debated at the Scrutiny Board (Children and Families) where Members had raised their continuing concerns.
The East North East Leader responded and agreed to have discussions with the Director of Children’s Services and the Chief Planning Officer on this issue with a report back on progress at the next meeting.
The Chair referred to the important relationship the Area Committee had with the clusters and enquired if a review would be undertaken of how the relationship works with Members.
The East North East Area Leader responded and commented on progress made to date by the all party working group who were addressing these specific issues. He stated that this piece of work would take some time to be completed and in the interim period it was agreed that the Area Committee’s Cluster representative should keep a watching brief on this issue.
c) Wellbeing Fund Revenue Budget (Minute 28 refers)
Councillor S Hamiliton enquired if there had been any progress made in relation to the East North East Area Leader liaising directly with the Polish Advice Bureau Yorkshire with a view to linking them into other education providers.
The East North East Area Leader responded and agreed to look into this issue.
Councillor S Hamilton enquired on the latest position with regards to the Youth Forward Development Arts Project and the application to set aside £1,500 towards a litter education project to be administered by the Area Support Team.
Nicola Denson, East North East Area Officer responded and informed the meeting that the Youth Forward Development Arts Project was included in the wellbeing report for consideration at today’s meeting. It was noted that the litter education project would now be considered at the next meeting in December 2012.
d) Priority Neighbourhood Update Report (Minute 31 refers)
The Chair enquired on the progress in relation for Members to be supplied with a copy of the duties and responsibilities for front line staff working in East North East Area Management.
The East North East Area Leader responded and agreed to look into this issue.
e) Community Right to Bid
Councillor A Sobel informed the meeting that under the new arrangements, Yorkshire Bank Playing Fields in Moortown were the first community group to be registered on the Lists of Assets of Community Value.