To note the appointment of Chair and Vice-Chair for the municipal year as agreed at the Annual General Meeting on 18 May 2012.

The panel noted the appointment of Councillor Tuffin as Chair and Councillor Michael Leaves as Vice-Chair as agreed at the Annual General Meeting held on 18 May 2012.

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

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

The Panel will be asked to confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 12 March 2012.

In the absence of any former members, the panel noted the minutes of the last meeting held on 12 March 2012.

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.

To consider the panel’s terms of reference, as submitted in draft, with a view to making recommendations to the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board.

The panel noted its terms of reference.

The Panel will receive an overview of service priorities from the Directors of Place, People and Corporate Services and the relevant Cabinet Members.

The panel considered the following proposals for scrutiny as presented by the Deputy Leader, Cabinet Member for Cooperatives and Community Development, Director for Corporate Services and Assistant Director for Environmental Services -

Deputy Leader:

·        Library Service Review;

·        Completion of the Life Centre – contract monitoring;

·        Leisure Management Contract;

Cabinet Member for Cooperatives and Community Development:

·        Anti Social Behaviour;

·        Police and Community Safety Partnership (monitoring of crime statistics);

·        Establishment of Police and Crime Commissioner Panel;

·        Community Cohesion and Equalities;

·        Community Covenant;

·        Localities and Neighbourhood Working;

·        Housing (Tenancy Strategy and Homelessness Policy);

·        Welfare Reform (estimated between £13m and £27m of benefits will be lost to the City);

·        Impact of changes on Council Tax;

·        Social Fund Replacement;

·        Voluntary and Community Sector Compact;

Director for Corporate Services:

·        ICT/Customer Services Improvement (subject to completion and submission of business case);

Assistant Director for Environmental Services:

·        Licensing Review – Gambling Act Policy;

·        Late Night Levy Legislation;

·        Recycling Rates.

Members of the panel put forward a number of questions to which the following responses were provided –

With regard to (g) above, Members stressed the importance of panels’ having access to the data within the Performance and Finance Report particularly relating to their terms of reference. 

Agreed that the panel’s work programme for 2012/13 is recommended to the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board for approval as follows –

·        Library Modernisation - Task and Finish

·        Welfare Reform - Task and Finish

·        Social Fund replacement - Task and Finish

·        Compact - Task and Finish

·        Life Centre/Leisure Management Contract - regular updates

·        ICT/Customer Services Improvement - regular updates  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

To consider the appointment of co-opted representatives.

Agreed that persons with the relevant knowledge and expertise would be identified prior to commencement of task and finish groups and co-opted as and when appropriate.

The panel will consider its draft work programme for 2012/13.

Minute 6 refers.

The panel will be asked to note the dates of future meetings for the municipal year 2012/13.  All meetings will commence at 4 pm –

Wednesday 18 July 2012

Wednesday 12 September 2012

Wednesday 7 November 2012

Wednesday 6 February 2013

Wednesday 3 April 2013

The panel noted the dates of its future meetings as follows –

Wednesday 18 July 2012

Wednesday 12 September 2012

Wednesday 7 November 2012

Wednesday 6 February 2013

Wednesday 3 April 2013

All meetings to commence at 4 pm.

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)  …. 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.