The Chair welcomed Dr Anita Jellings to her first meeting of the panel as a co-opted representative.

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

The following declarations of interest were made in accordance with the Code of Conduct in relation to items under discussion at this meeting –

The Panel will be asked to confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 19 July 2010.

Agreed that the minutes of the meeting held 19 July 2010 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.

The Chair reminded members of the Panel to switch off their mobile phones during the meeting.

The Panel will monitor the progress of previous resolutions and receive any relevant feedback from the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board.

The panel received for its information a copy of its tracking resolutions schedule.

The report was noted.

The Panel will receive an update on the Life Centre and related projects.

The Director for Community Services submitted an update report on the Plymouth Life Centre and the leisure related projects programme. The update highlighted the following main areas –

The following responses were provided to questions raised by Members –

Agreed that –

(Dr A Jellings declared a personal interest in the above item).

The Panel will consider its draft report.

The panel considered its draft quarterly report.

Agreed that the report is submitted to the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board.

The Panel will be asked to consider a PID and approve the membership of the Task and Finish Group.

(The Overview and Scrutiny Management Board approved a Project Initiation Document (PID) to be prepared by the Customers and Communities Overview and Scrutiny Panel and that authority to approve the PID was delegated to the lead officer in consultation with the Chair).

The Chair advised that the Task and Finish Group related to the Councillor Call for Action that he had submitted to the panel in 2009. For a number of years there had been problems with anti social behaviour and fly tipping in Compton Vale. The Overview and Scrutiny Management Board had asked for a PID to be prepared and a Task and Finish Group held..

Agreed that –

The Panel will be asked to consider receiving the Chief Constable’s Report as reported to the Police Authority Meetings.

A proposal had been put forward for the panel to receive formal feedback from the Police Authority meetings. It was suggested that the new format of the Chief Constable’s report which focused on the major relevant strategic issues was submitted to the panel.

Recommended that the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board that the Chief Constable’s report of the Police Authority meetings in included on the panel’s future agendas.

(Councillor Mrs Beer declared a personal interest in the above item).

The Panel will consider its work programme 2010/11.

The panel considered its work programme for 2010/11.

Agreed that –

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(s) the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph(s) 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, as amended by the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Agreed that under Section 100(A) (2) and (4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public are excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involve the likely disclosure of confidential/exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 Schedule 12A of the (Local Government Access to Information) Act 1985, as amended by the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The Panel will receive an update on the Life Centre and related projects.

There were no items on the Life Centre and related projects.