Agenda and minutes

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meetings of the Panel held on 12th and 20th November 2013.

The Minutes of the meetings of the Panel held on 12th and 20th November 2013 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

To receive from Members declarations as to disclosable pecuniary or other interests in relation to any Agenda Item. Please see Notes below.

No declarations were received.

A copy of the current Notice of Key Executive Decisions, which was published on 14th November 2013 is attached. Members are invited to note the Decisions and to comment as appropriate on any items contained therein.

The Panel considered and noted the current Notice of Key Executive Decisions (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) which had been prepared by the Leader of the Council for the period 1st December 2013 to 31st March 2014.

To resolve:-

that the press and public be excluded from the meeting because the business to be transacted contains exempt information relating to

(a)   the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information); and

(b)  consultation or negotiations in connection with labour relation matters between the Council and its employees.

RESOLVED

  that the press and public be excluded from the meeting because the business to be transacted contains exempt information relating to

(a)   the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information); and

(b)  consultation or negotiations in connection with labour relations between the Council and its employees.

Please refer to the attached Process Note.

Members are reminded of their responsibilities under the Code of Conduct in respect of the treatment of confidential matters. In addition, if there are any questions/requests for additional information, then please raise them in advance of the meeting with the relevant Officer.

(Councillors J D Ablewhite, Executive Leader of the Council, and J A Gray, Executive Councillor for Resources, were in attendance for consideration of this item).

(T V Rogers and R J West were also in attendance for this item).

The Panel considered the strategic service review templates for the Corporate Office, Communications and Commercial and Industrial Estates services (copies of which are appended in the annex to the Minute Book). Following discussion, Members agreed upon their recommendations to the Cabinet on the services’ priority areas for implementation or further investigation.

At the conclusion of the discussion, Councillor J A Gray placed on record his appreciation of the work of the Estates Team and made particular mention of the completion by Mr C Luscombe, Estates Strategic Assessment Officer, of a strategic review of the Council’s Estates function.

Members expressed their gratitude for the contribution to the Council made by Mrs H Donnellan, Corporate Team Manager, who would be leaving the authority the next day and extended their best wishes to her for the future.