Venue: Sparkenhoe Committee Room, County Hall, Glenfield
Contact: Mr. M.I. Seedat (Tel: 0116 305 6037) Email: mseedat@leics.gov.uk
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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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Urgent Business. Minutes: There were no urgent items for consideration. |
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Declarations of Interest. Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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Declarations of the Party Whip in accordance with Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rule 16. Minutes: There were no declarations made under Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rule 16. |
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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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Environmental Purchasing. Minutes: The Commission
considered a report of the Director of Corporate Resources and Director of
Community Services outlining progress setting out progress to date on
delivering the County Council’s Environmental Purchasing Action Plan. A copy of the report, marked ‘A’, is filed
with these minutes. RESOLVED That the good
progress made on delivering the County Council’s Environmental Purchasing
Action Plan be noted. |
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Performance for half year 2008/09. Additional documents:
Minutes: The Commission
considered a report of the Chief Executive which set out performance against
key targets and commitments in the CPA Action Plan, LAA1
and Medium Term Corporate Strategy. The report also set out the latest position
on introducing monitoring of LAA2 and a more
comprehensive set of Equalities Performance data. A copy of the report, marked ‘B’, is filed
with these minutes. In response to
questions and comments the Commission was advised as follows:-
Members of the
Commission also noted that the Children and young People’s Service and the
Adult Social Care and Health Overview and Scrutiny Committees had recently
reviewed performance on the recruitment of foster carers and older people
claiming various benefits and would be monitoring these over the coming year. RESOLVED That the position
now reported on progress against performance against key targets and
commitments in the CPA Action Plan, LAA1 and Medium
Term Corporate Strategy be noted. |
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Reducing Alcohol Related Harm. Additional documents:
Minutes: The Commission
considered a report of the Chief Executive concerning the issue of alcohol
misuse and the actions taken by various agencies to address the
consequences. A copy of the report,
marked ‘C’, is filed with these minutes. Members noted that that action plan proposed was in the early stages of
implementation and the outcomes of the proposed actions would not be known for
some time. Concern was expressed about the vision in the Alcohol Strategy and
members were of the view that the action plan needed to set out specific
measures to demonstrate the success or otherwise of the initiatives proposed
and these outcomes should be incorporated within the vision. With regard the availability of treatment provision members were advised
that this was recognised as an issue and the Chief Executive of the RESOLVED That the report be noted and the Chief Executive be asked to submit a
report to a future meeting setting out a more comprehensive vision for reducing
alcohol misuse. |
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Review of the Industrial Properties and County Farm Portfolios. Minutes: The Commission
considered a report of the Director of Corporate Resources and Chief Executive
concerning a planned review of the County Council’s Industrial Properties
Trading Account and County Farms Estate.
A copy of the report, marked ‘D’, is filed with these minutes. The Head of
Property advised that he would make available to the members details of
valuation of both portfolios and of returns on the investment. RESOLVED That a five member
panel be appointed to work with officers on the proposed review of the County
Council’s Industrial Properties Trading Account and County Farms Estate. |
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Date of next meeting. The next meeting of the Commission will be held at Minutes: RESOLVED: It was noted that
the next meeting of the Committee would be held on |