Venue: Sparkenhoe Committee Room, County Hall, Glenfield
Contact: Mr. S. J. Weston (Tel: 0116 305 6226) Email: sam.weston@leics.gov.uk
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In Attendance: Mr. Nick
Carter, Chairman - Prospect Leicestershire Mr. David
Hughes, CEO - Prospect Leicestershire (For Minute
95) Mr. Kevan
Liles, CEO - Voluntary Action LeicesterShire (For Minute
96) |
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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 Items. Minutes: There were
no urgent items for consideration. |
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Declarations of interest. Minutes: The
Chairman invited members who wished to do so to declare any interest in respect
of items on the agenda for the meeting. The
following members each declared a personal, non-prejudicial interest in respect
of items 8, 9, and 10 as members of district/borough councils (Minutes 95, 96
and 97 refer): Mr. A. D. Bailey CC Mr. R. Blunt CC Mrs. R. Camamile CC Mr. D. Jennings CC Mr. G. Jones CC Mr. P. G. Lewis CC Mr. R. J. Shepherd CC |
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Declarations of the Party Whip. Minutes: There were
no declarations of the party whip. |
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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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Review of Prospect Leicestershire Performance. Nick Carter (Chairman) and David Hughes (CEO) of
Prospect Leicestershire will be in attendance for this item. Additional documents: Minutes: The Commission considered a performance report concerning the past year in operation of Prospect Leicestershire (PLS), the new economic development company charged with delivering physical regeneration and growth, business innovation and support and inward investment across Leicester and Leicestershire. A copy of the report, marked ‘B’, is filed with these minutes. The Chairman welcomed
Arising from questioning from members, the following points were noted:-
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Voluntary Action LeicesterShire - Performance Report 2009/10. Kevan Liles (CEO) of Voluntary Action LeicesterShire
will be in attendance for this item. Additional documents:
Minutes: The
Commission considered a performance report of Voluntary Action LeicesterShire
(VAL) during the first year of the new infrastructure contract. A copy of the
report, marked ‘C’, is filed with these minutes. The
Chairman welcomed Kevan Liles, Chief Executive of VAL to the meeting. In response to questions from members, Mr. Liles advised the
Commission as follows:-
The Chief
Executive reported that the single contract for the voluntary sector support
that had been awarded from April 2009 was a response to the unsatisfactory
service that had previously been provided to the VCS as a whole (including the
separate 3,500 separate groups) by the Voluntary Actions (now known as
community hubs). VAL’s role as the successful
contractor was to achieve challenging targets including better training and
support for those 3,500 organisations and higher numbers of volunteers being
recruited. The community hubs were separately contracted to provide general
support within their district areas and to provide specific services, although
a number of these services were currently under review. A view was
expressed that in order for the Commission to scrutinise fully the voluntary
sector in a balanced fashion, it might wish to hear evidence from a range of
VCS agencies including the larger providers such as Age Concern, the community
hubs and other voluntary and community groups. It was acknowledged that this
might fall more appropriately within the remit of a scrutiny review panel. RESOLVED: (a)
That
the first year performance report of Voluntary Action LeicesterShire be noted; (b)
That the points now raised be the subject
of a discussion between the Scrutiny Commissioners in order that a view can be
formed on how best to progress the matter and that the outcome of those
discussions, together with a summary of the points raised, be presented to the
Commission at its next meeting on 1 September. |
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Design Guide for County Council Developments. Additional documents: Minutes: The
Commission considered a report of the Chief Executive concerning the draft
Design Guide for County Council Developments. A copy of the report, marked ‘D’,
is filed with these minutes.
It was
suggested that ‘Public Art’ that was connected to specific areas in the County
be taken account of in the ‘Landscape’ section of the document, as it was felt
that they were of value to the local distinctiveness of those areas. RESOLVED: That the
Commission is generally supportive of the Design Guide and that the comments
made in relation to public art as outlined above, be forwarded to the Cabinet
for consideration at its meeting on 7 September 2010. |
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Date of next meeting. The next meeting of the Commission is scheduled to
take place on Wednesday 1 September 2010 at 2.00pm. Minutes: It was
NOTED that the next meeting of the Commission would be held on |