Agenda and minutes

Councillor Hyde welcomed all present to this, the last EIAC meeting of the 2011/12 Municipal Year and welcomed Councillors M Ingham and R Harington as new ward councillors for Burmantofts & Richmond Hill and Gipton & Harehills respectively

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.

There were no declarations of interest

To receive any apologies for absence.

Apologies for absence were received from Mr R Manners, Ms L Johnson and Councillor A Taylor

In accordance with Paragraphs 6.24 and 6.25 of the Area Committee Procedure Rules, at the discretion of the Chair a period of up to 10 minutes may be allocated at each ordinary meeting for members of the public to make representations or to ask questions on matters within the terms of reference of the Area Committee.  This period of time may be extended at the discretion of the Chair.  No member of the public shall speak for more than three minutes in the Open Forum, except by permission of the Chair.(Time – 10 minutes)

No matters were raised under the Open Forum

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 22^nd March 2012

(Copy attached)(Time – 5 minutes)

RESOLVED – That the minutes of the previous meeting held 22^nd March 2012 be agreed as a correct record

Minute 89 Open Forum (Creative Workshops) Mr P Ratcliffe was in attendance. It was noted a report would be presented to the June meeting on the progress made so far with the proposals to establish a creative workshop

Minute 95 Actions & Achievements (Richmond Hill and Lincoln Green jobshops) The Chair requested that local ward Councillors receive an update report on the progress made to establish the two Job Shops

Additionally Councillor R Grahame referred to two publications he wished to table entitled “Leeds Labour Market” and “Inequality to Inclusion”. It was agreed that these would be despatched to members of EIAC

Following consideration of any matters arising, Councillor Hyde relinquished the role of Chair in order that the Committee could consider the next item of business

To consider the report of the Chief Officer (Democratic and Central Services) on arrangements for the East Inner Area Committee to elect the Chair of the Committee for the 2012/13 Municipal Year, in accordance with the Area Committee Procedure Rules.

(Report attached)(Time – 10 minutes)

The Chief Officer, Democratic and Central Services, submitted a report on the process for the election of the Area Committee Chair for the 2012/13 Municipal Year in accordance with Article 10 of the Council’s Constitution and Paragraph 5 of the Area Procedure Committee Rules. The report included a copy of the relevant Procedure Rules for reference.

It was reported that one nominee for Chair had been submitted by the closing date for receipt of nominations – that nominee being Councillor G Hyde. The Area Committee unanimously supported the motion to elect Councillor G Hyde as Chair and it was

RESOLVED – That Councillor G Hyde be duly elected as chair of the East Inner Area Committee for the 2012/13 Municipal Year

Co-optee membership – a comment highlighting the lack of co-optees from the Gipton and Harehills localities was noted. EIAC noted that this would be raised at the next meeting of the Gipton CLT

Sub Groups – EIAC requested that dates for sub group meeting should be provided as soon as possible so that these can be entered into Members’ electronic diaries

School allocations – EIAC noted that ward councillors had received a number of queries from parents whose children had not been allocated a place at their first choice of local school, and comments that some children were schooled outside of the east Leeds area were noted. EIAC requested that an officer from the Schools Allocations Section, Children’s Services attend the June meeting

Councillor P Gruen, Executive Member for Neighbourhoods, Housing and Regeneration, addressed the meeting on proposals to enhance the role of Area Committees in two new areas of work:

• the delivery of the Jobs + Skills Service through making local connections with the corporate LCC approach
• as consultees on major planning applications within the AC area

RESOLVED – To note the information provided by Councillor Gruen and to note the intention to present a detailed report to the June AC meeting

To note the dates for future meetings of East Inner Area Committee for the 2012/13 Municipal Year:

21^st June 2012; 6^th September 2012, 18^th October 2012; 6^th December 2012; 7^th February 2013; 21^st March 2013 and 9^th May 2013

(All meetings to be held on Thursdays at 5:30 pm)

RESOLVED - To note the dates for future meetings of East Inner Area Committee for the 2012/13 Municipal Year as the following: 21^st June 2012; 6^th September 2012, 18^th October 2012; 6^th December 2012; 7^th February 2013; 21^st March 2013 and 9^th May 2013

(All meetings to be held on Thursdays at 5:30 pm)