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Chair's Opening Remarks To consider any appeals in accordance with Procedure Rule 25 of the Access to Information Procedure Rules (in the event of an Appeal the press and public will be excluded
Minutes: The Chair welcomed Members and Officers to the meeting, and in particular Councillor Gettings, who was attending his first OSC meeting.
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Declaration of Interests To declare any personal/prejudicial interests for the purpose of Section 81(3) of the Local Government Act 2000 and paragraphs 8 to 13 of the Members Code of Conduct
Minutes: No declarations of interest were made.
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Minutes - 4th June 2007 PDF 41 KB To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 4th June 2007 (enclosed). Minutes: A Member queried Minute No 5(a), which had referred to the Scrutiny Board (Environment and Neighbourhoods) the decision of the Executive Board taken on 16th May 2007 to extend the management agreements with the ALMOs for a further five years, to 31st January 2013, with a view to that Board considering whether to formally review that decision.
Following a further discussion, it was –
RESOLVED –
(a) That the minutes of the meeting held on 4th June 2007 be confirmed as a correct record;
(b) That the decision recorded under Minute No 5(a) be rescinded, and a review of the relevant Executive Board decision be added to the OSC work programme.
(NB Councillor Golton joined the meeting at 10.09 am during the consideration of this item).
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Minutes - Executive Board - 13th June 2007 PDF 46 KB To receive, for information purposes only, the attached minutes of the Executive Board meeting held on 13th June 2007. Minutes: Councillor Hanley made reference to Minute No 8, Proposed Development of a Dance Headquarters on Quarry Hill for the Northern Ballet Theatre Company and Phoenix Dance Company, and indicated that he would be seeking clarification regarding the exact extent of the Council’s proposed financial commitment to this scheme, in his capacity as Chair of the Scrutiny Board (Culture and Leisure).
RESOLVED – That the minutes of the Executive Board meeting held on 13th June 2007 be received and noted.
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Monitoring of the Personnel Panel - January to December 2006 PDF 34 KB To receive and consider the attached report of the Chief Officer (Human Resources). Minutes: Further to Minute No 139, 3rd April 2006, the Committee received a report from the Chief Officer (HR) regarding the operation of the Personnel Appeal Panel arrangements during 2006, the first full year of operation of the revised arrangements, which no longer involved Elected Members in the process.
RESOLVED –
(a) That the report be noted; (b) That in view of the continuing involvement of the Corporate Governance and Audit Committee, this issue be removed from the OSC work programme.
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To receive and consider the attached report of the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development. Additional documents: Minutes: Further to Minute No 10, 4th June 2007, the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development submitted a report regarding the Committee’s work programme, updated to reflect decisions taken at the last meeting.
The following additional items were identified for inclusion in the work programme:-
RESOLVED –
(a) That the report be noted; (b) That a Working Group be established comprising the Chair and Councillors Hanley, W Hyde and Pryke to scope the proposed Terms of Reference of the above proposed Inquiries.
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Scrutiny of the Budget - Performance Outturn 2006/07 PDF 33 KB To receive and consider the attached report of the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development. Additional documents: Minutes: Further to Minute No 46, 6th November 2006, the Committee received and considered the Performance Outturn Report 2006/07 of the Director of Resources submitted to the Executive Board at its meeting on 13th June 2007.
Doug Meeson and Helen Mylan, Resources Department, attended the meeting and responded to Members’ queries and comments. In brief summary, the main issues raised were:-
RESOLVED – (a) That the report be noted; (b) That Members be supplied with the requested further details. |