Venue: Committee Room, County Hall, Glenfield
Contact: Mr. M.I. Seedat (Tel: 0116 265 6037) Email: mseedat@leics.gov.uk
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By Invitation. Chief Superintendent I. Stripp – Leicestershire Constabulary. |
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Minutes. Minutes: The minutes of the meeting held on |
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Question Time. Minutes: The Chief Executive reported that no questions had been received under Standing Order 35. |
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Questions asked by members under Standing Order 7(3) and 7(5). Minutes: The Chief Executive reported that no questions had been received under Standing Order 7(3) and 7(5). |
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Declarations of interest in respect of items on the agenda. Minutes: There were no declarations made by members. |
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Declarations of the Party Whip in accordance with Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rule 16. Minutes: The following members declared personal non-prejudicial interest as members of District Councils in relation to Item 8 – Overview of the Safer Communities Theme of the Local Area Agreement:- Dr. Hill, Mr. Coxon, Mr. Galton, Mr. Houseman, Mr. Jones, Mr. Shepherd and Mr. Snartt. |
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Presentation of Petitions under Standing Order 36. Minutes: The Chief Executive reported that no petitions had been received under Standing Order 36. |
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Overview of the Safer Communities Theme of the Local Area Agreement PDF 99 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: The Commission considered a report of the Chief Executive on the
progress to date in achieving the outcomes of the targets set out in the Local
Area Agreement Safer Communities theme. A copy of the report marked ‘A’ is
filled with these minutes. The Chairman welcomed to the meeting Chief Superintendent Ian Stripp. In response to question, the Commission was advised as follows:-
RESOLVED That progress to date in achieving outcomes and meeting targets to help
Safer Communities in the priority neighbourhoods be
noted. |
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Youth Justice Plan 2007/08 PDF 55 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Commission considered a report of the Chief Executive concerning the
Draft Youth Justice Plan for 2007/08 and seeking their views of the Commission
thereon. A copy of the report marked ‘B’ is filed with these minutes. In response to questions the Commission was advised as follows:
Members of the Commission welcomed the Plan and, in particular, the
achievements against the Key Performance Indicators outlined on pages 7, 8 and
9 of the report which had resulted in the Youth Offending Service being
recognised as one of the best performing Youth Offending Teams in the country
for Key Performance Indicators and preventative work. RESOLVED That the Plan and the performance of the Youth Offending Service be
commended. |
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Revenue Budget 2006/07 Monitoring Report PDF 121 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Commission considered a report of the Director of Resources
producing information on the 2006/07 budget based on the pattern of income and
expenditure for the 10 months of the financial year. A copy of the report
marked ‘C’ is filed with these minutes. The Director of Resources advised members that the outturn figures would
need to reflect the following major changes:
At this point of the meeting, Mr. Legrys declared a personal
non-prejudicial interest in relation to the outcome of the negotiation on Job Evaluation
as a member of a recognised trade union. In response to a question the Director of Resources indicated that the
Authority was investigating the possibility of providing financial and
non-financial performance data in the same document as this would enable
members to see whether underspending had impacted on service delivery and performance. RESOLVED That the outcome of the latest budget monitoring exercise be noted. |
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Fourth Review of the 2006/07 Capital Programme PDF 103 KB Minutes: The Commission considered a report of the Director of Resources
concerning progress on the annual capital programme 2006/07. A copy of the report marked ‘D’ is filed with
these minutes. Members were advised that the review of the property management function
was aimed at improving efficiency through managing assets corporately. With regard to the development of school led schemes, the Property
Services Section would either provide a service directly to schools or advise
on the options available in relation to engaging an external consultants or
contractors. In response to concerns expressed as to the availability of in-house
services, the Director of Resources emphasised that the decision as to whether
or not to make use of the service was entirely a
matter for individual schools. RESOLVED That the good progress being made in delivering the Annual Capital
Programme be noted. |
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Medium Term Financial Strategy - Decision Making Process and Scrutiny. Minutes: The Commission
considered this matter the Chairman having decided it was of urgent nature in
order to seek clarification of the process to be followed in relation to the
implementation of decisions arising from the Medium Term Financial Strategy and
scrutiny thereof. The Commission considered a briefing note prepared by the Head of Legal
Services which outlined the issues in relation to scrutiny of decisions which fell
to be made as a result of decisions taken by the County Council on the Medium
Term Financial Strategy. Members noted the difficulties facing
officers in identifying clearly those issues meriting attention by scrutiny
members which, although not falling within the definition of a key decision may
be for other reasons deemed to be of significance. It was noted that members of scrutiny had a
key role to play in identifying those issues.
As part of the process of scrutinising the Medium Term Financial
Strategy consideration needed to be given to identifying means within the
reporting of budget options of identifying the likely long term implications in
terms of staffing and service provision. RESOLVED:- That the Director of Resources be asked to report to the next meeting on
possible means of improving the information available to members regarding
budget options to enable members to identify those issues which they consider
would merit further scrutiny. |
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Date of next meeting. The next meeting will be held on Minutes: RESOLVED: That the next meeting be held on |