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

There were no declarations of interest made by Councillors in accordance with the code of conduct.

The Co-operative Scrutiny Board will be asked to agree the minutes of the meeting held on 23 July 2014.

The Board agreed that the minutes of the meeting held on 23 July 2014 are confirmed as a correct record.

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.

The Co-operative Scrutiny Board will be asked to consider and approve the work programmes for each panel and receive a progress update from each Chair.

The Board considered and approved its work programme.

The Board will receive notification of the decision(s) taken under delegated authority (if any) with the Boards’ Lead Officer in consultation with the Chair and Vice Chair.

There were no decisions taken under delegated authority to report to this meeting.

The Co-operative Scrutiny Board will monitor the progress of its previous decisions.

The Board considered its schedule of decisions and noted the latest position.

To receive new items from the Forward Plan of Key Decisions and Private Business with a view to identifying items for scrutiny.

The Board considered the following executive decisions in the Forward Plan which were scheduled to be discussed at Cabinet between July 2014 – November 2014 –

The Chair advised that the business cases for category management fleet services, commercialisation and the brilliant co-operative street services would be considered jointly by the Working Plymouth Panel and Your Plymouth Panel scheduled to be held on 28 August 2014.

With the permission of the Chair, the order of business on the agenda was amended, as set out below in the minutes.

The Co-operative Scrutiny Board will be advised of any executive decisions that have been called in.

There were no call-ins to consider.

The Co-operative Scrutiny Board will be advised of executive decisions that have been deemed urgent with the agreement of the Chair (if any).

There were no urgent executive decisions to consider.

To receive and consider recommendations from Panels, Cabinet and Council.

There were no recommendations to consider.

The Co-operative Scrutiny Board will be asked to consider a joint co-operative review relating to the Growth and Municipal Enterprise Transformation Programme including the Brilliant Co-operative Street Service Business Case, Category Management Fleet Services Project Business Case and Strategic Business Case for Commercialisation) submitted by the Working Plymouth Panel and Your Plymouth Panel.

The Board considered and agreed the co-operative review relating to the business cases for the brilliant co-operative street services, category management fleet services and commercialisation which would be undertaken jointly with the Working Plymouth Panel and Your Plymouth Panel.  The meeting to consider these items would be held on 28 August 2014.

The Co-operative  Scrutiny Board will be provided with an overview of the Co-operative Centre of Operations: Method and Approach.

The Co-operative Centre of Operations Programme Manager (Ken Blunt) together with Business Architect (Andy Fullard) provided a presentation on the method and approach for the method and approach for the Co-operative Operations which highlighted the following key areas –

In response to questions raised by the Board, it was reported that –

The Chair thanked Ken Blunt (Co-operative Centre of Operations Programme Manager) and Andy Fullard (Business Architect) for attending the meeting.

The Board will receive an update on the Plymouth Plan.

The Strategic Director for Place submitted a report on the Plymouth Plan, which highlighted the following key points –

The Board agreed to scrutinise (at a date to be confirmed) the Plymouth Plan Part One (Strategic Framework Draft) prior to it being considered at the Cabinet meeting scheduled for 9 December 2014.

The Chair thanked Richard Grant (Local Planning Team Leader) for attending.

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.