Agenda and draft minutes

Agenda and draft minutes

Venue: Committee Room 2, at the Council Offices, Southfields, Loughborough. View directions

Contact: Nadia Ansari 

Items
No. Item

69.

Minutes of the previous meeting pdf icon PDF 91 KB

To approve the minutes of the meeting of the Group held on 11th March 2019.

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting of the Group held on 11th March 2019 were confirmed as a correct record and signed.

 

70.

Disclosures of Pecuniary and Personal Interest

Minutes:

No disclosures were made.

 

71.

Declarations of the party whip

Minutes:

No declarations were made.

72.

Questions under scrutiny committee procedures 11.16

No questions were submitted.

 

Minutes:

No questions were submitted.

 

73.

Loughborough and Leicester Science and Innovation Enterprise Zone pdf icon PDF 128 KB

A report of the Chief Executive seeking Cabinet approval to the key elements of the proposed agreement with Leicester City Council and the Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership to deliver the Loughborough and Leicester Science and Innovation Enterprise Zone will be considered by the Group. This is in order to make recommendations to the Cabinet, as appropriate.

 

Minutes:

A report of the Chief Executive was considered (item 06A on the agenda filed with these minutes).

 

          The Leader of the Council attended the meeting to assist with consideration of the item and gave the following responses to issues raised:

 

(i)            The precise purposes for which the 87.5% available for investment could be utilised was undefined and the amount could be used fully over the 25-year period. However, this was reliant on the funds being available for investment through income generated through business rates.

(ii)          It was envisaged that the majority of the funds available would be spent on development and infrastructure at the 3 main sites. There was also a mix of intended uses for the sites between commercial and innovation, so funds may be called upon to assist with such projects.

(iii)         The Council had been meeting with the other partners to agree the principles for the Enterprise Zone agreement and to give confidence to the site owners. Therefore, all partners were eager to move forward.

 

RESOLVED that the Cabinet be informed that the Group supports the recommendation as set out in the report of the Chief Executive.

 

Reason

 

Having considered the report and asked questions of the Leader of the Council and the Chief Executive on the matter, the Group concluded that it would be appropriate for the Cabinet to approve the recommendation set out in the report.

 

 

74.

Overview scrutiny group pre-decision scrutiny - cabinet response pdf icon PDF 81 KB

A report of the Cabinet setting out its responses to recommendations of the Group on pre-decision scrutiny items.

 

Minutes:

A report of the Cabinet was considered setting out its responses to the recommendations of the Group on pre-decision scrutiny items (item 7 on the agenda filed with these minutes).    

 

RESOLVED that the Cabinet’s responses to the Group’s recommendations be noted.

 

Reason

 

The Group was satisfied that it added value where appropriate and welcomed the Cabinet’s consideration of the Group’s views and recommendations as part of its decision making process.

 

75.

Work programme pdf icon PDF 49 KB

A report of the Head of Strategic Support setting out the list of forthcoming Executive Key Decisions and the Group’s Work Programme for consideration, in order to identify items for future scrutiny.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The work programme item was dismissed as it was the last meeting of the Group and a new scrutiny structure was replacing the current system.

 

 

 

 

76.

Exempt Information

It is recommended that members of the public be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the following item on the grounds that it will involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 and it is considered that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

 

 

Minutes:

RESOLVED that members of the public be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the following item on the grounds that it would involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 and it is considered that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

 

77.

Revenues and Benefits Future Service Delivery

An exempt report of the Head of Customer Experience to decide the future delivery option for the Revenues and Benefits Service from February 2020 will be considered for pre-decision scrutiny. This is in order to make recommendations to the Cabinet as appropriate.

 

Minutes:

An exempt report of the Head of Customer Experience was considered (item 10 on the agenda filed with these minutes).

 

          The Lead Member for Performance of Major Contracts, the Strategic Director of Corporate Services and the Head of Customer Experience attended the meeting to assist with consideration of the item.

 

AsummaryoftheGroup’sdiscussiononthismatteris providedin theexempt minute(OverviewScrutinyGroupMinute77E 2018/19).

 

RESOLVED that the Cabinet be informed that the Group supports the recommendations as set out in the report of the Head of Customer Experience.

 

Reason

 

Having considered the report and asked questions of the Lead Member for Performance of Major Contracts, the Strategic Director for Corporate Services and the Head of Customer Experience on the matter, the Group concluded that it would be appropriate for the Cabinet to approve the recommendations set out in the report.