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 members in accordance with the code of conduct.

There were no items of Chair’s Urgent Business.

The Joint Task and Finish Group met on two separate occasions and considered the following –

?          the best way of joining up services in Localities and the proposal to have Locality Service Co-ordination Teams in each locality;

?          ways to improve links between organisations providing services and the community in each Locality and whether Area Committees should be replaced with Partnerships (one for each locality) with a new focus on joint problem solving between services and communities;

?          what sorts of information Locality Teams will need to help with their work.

Resolved that the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board is recommended to consider and accept the recommendations 9.1 – 9.1.5 outlined in paragraph 9 of the Joint Task and Finish Group’s report attached as an appendix to these minutes.

There were no items of exempt business.