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Shirehall
Abbey Foregate
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY2 6ND

Agenda and minutes

Venue: Shrewsbury Room, Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 6ND. View directions

Contact: Julie Fildes  Scrutiny Committee Officer

Items
No. Item

1.

Election of Chairman

To elect a Chairman for the forthcoming Municipal year.

Minutes:

Nominations were received for Councillors Claire Wild and Roger Evans

 

RESOLVED:

 

That Claire Wild be elected Chair for the ensuing municipal year.

2.

Apologies for Absence and Substitutions

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor D Tremellon.

3.

Appointment of Vice Chairman

To appoint a Vice-Chairman for the forthcoming Municipal year.

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

That Councillor Steve Davenport be appointed Vice Chairman for the ensuing municipal year.

4.

Disclosable Pecuniary Interests

Members are reminded that they must not participate in the discussion or voting on any matter in which they have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest and should leave the room prior to the commencement of the debate.

 

Minutes:

Members were reminded that they must not participate in the discussion or voting on any matter in which they had a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest and should leave the room prior to the commencement of the debate.

5.

Minutes of the Last Meeting pdf icon PDF 73 KB

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 11 May 2016 as a correct record, TO FOLLOW, marked 5.

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 11 May 2016 were confirmed as a correct record.

6.

Public Question Time

To receive any public questions or petitions from the public, notice of which has been given in accordance with Procedure Rule 14.  Deadline for notification is 5.00pm on Monday 6 June 2016.

 

 

Minutes:

There were no questions from members of the public.

7.

Member Question Time

To receive any questions of which members of the Council have given notice.  Deadline for notification for this meeting is 5.00 pm on Monday 6 June 2016.

Minutes:

There were no questions from Members.

8.

Update on Budget Task and Finish Group

To receive a verbal update on the work of the Budget Task and Finish Group.

Minutes:

The Commissioning Data Analysis Manager gave an update on the progress of the Financial Strategy Task and Finish Group.  The first meeting had been held on 27 May and priority areas of work identified.  A meeting had been held earlier that afternoon on Adult Social Care and he agreed to circulate the presentation made at that meeting to all Members of the Committee.

The interplay between health and social care, prevention and spot purchasing would be reviewed.  The Group would also be looking at the use of reserves.

 

A number of Committee members felt that support from Committee Services should be provided to the Task and Finish Group, to ease the burden on the Commissioning Data Analysis Manager. 

 

A further report would be provided to the Committee at its next meeting.

9.

Work Programme pdf icon PDF 67 KB

To consider proposals for the Committee’s Work Programme, attached marked:  10

Minutes:

A member said that he was concerned to scrutinise planning performance from the application to decision making stages.  The Chair of the Enterprise and Growth Scrutiny Committee confirmed that Enterprise and Growth Scrutiny Committee had set up a Task and Finish Group on planning. 

 

A suggestion was made that the Committee look at the development of University Centre Shrewsbury.

 

In discussion of the Big Conversation, some Members referred to Town and Parish Councils taking on services from Shropshire Council and felt there were confusing messages emerging from the Council about this.  The September deadline was rapidly approaching and it was felt the Committee should look at this urgently to ensure a consistent message was available and understood by all.  Members felt that it would be useful to meet before the Chief Executive met with Chairs and Clerks of Parish Council in the next week and Cllrs Mosley, Evans, Dakin, Lloyd and Hunt expressed a particular interest in doing this.    

10.

Date/Time of next meeting of the Committee

The Committee is scheduled to next meet at 20 July 2016 at 2.00 pm.

Minutes:

20 July 2016 at 2.00 pm

 

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