Members will be asked to consider the appointment of Jacky Clift (The Zebra Collection) as a non-voting Co-opted Representative for the purpose of scrutinising the Co-operative Vision within a Three Year Sustainable Balanced Budget scheduled for 8 January, 13 January and 15 January 2014.

The Board agreed the appointment of Jacky Clift (The Zebra Collective) as a non-voting co-opted representative for the purpose of scrutinising the delivery of co-operative vision within a three year sustainable balanced budget.

Members will be asked to make any declarations of interest in respect of items on this agenda.

In accordance with the code of conduct, Members made the following declarations of interest –

To receive reports on business which, in the opinion of the Chair, should be brought forward for urgent consideration.

There were no items of Chair’s urgent business.

Members will scrutinise the Co-operative Vision within a Three Year Sustainable Balanced Budget of the City Council .

The Co-operative Scrutiny Board convened over three days to hear from its partners, Cabinet Members, Strategic Directors and senior officers to scrutinise the delivery of the co-operative vision within a three year sustainable balanced budget and to ensure that the actions to address the financial gaps to achieve a balanced budget were robust and fit for purpose.

Members probed the City Council and its strategic partners about their views on the challenging economic climate, the reduced resources available and rising demand for services, their ability to continue to deliver services and changes within the public sector.

The Chair of the Board extended a vote of thanks to all those who had contributed to this process.

The full report and recommendations relating to the scrutiny process was attached as an appendix to these minutes.

The Board agreed to delegate authority to the Lead Officer in consultation with the Chair and Vice Chair for the approval of the report and recommendations and to forward to Cabinet for its consideration.

 (Councillor Mrs Beer declared  a disclosable pecuniary and personal interests, Councillor Sam Leaves declared a disclosable pecuniary interest, Councillor Mrs Aspinall declared a personal interest, Councillor Darcy declared a personal interest, Councillor Casey disclosed personal interests, Councillor Tuffin declared a personal interest and Councillor Davey disclosed a personal interest).

To consider passing a resolution under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the press and public from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it/they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph .. of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, as amended by the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

There were no items of exempt business.