Agenda and minutes

(Assistant to the Chief Executive). To declare interests in any items on the agenda.

In considering whether to declare a personal or a prejudicial interest under the Code of Conduct, Overview & Scrutiny members are asked pay particular attention to paragraph 11 of the Code in addition to the more familiar requirements.

This requires the declaration of a personal and prejudicial interest in any matter before an OS Committee which relates to a decision of or action by another Committee or Sub Committee of the Council, a Joint Committee or Joint Sub Committee in which the Council is involved and of which the Councillor is also a member.

Paragraph 11 does not refer to Cabinet decisions or attendance at an OS meeting purely for the purpose of answering questions or providing information on such a matter.

No declarations of interest were made.

To agree the notes from the last meeting of this Panel held on 4 February 2010.

The notes from the last meeting, held on 4 February 2010, were agreed.

(Chairman/Lead Officer) To note the attached Terms of Reference. The Panel are asked to review the document at each meeting.

The Panel’s Terms of Reference were noted.

Report to follow.

The meeting considered the final report of the Panel, summarising their deliberations and the conclusions reached. They noted:

• That officers were keeping an eye on the current shortlisted proposals to see if they would be of any use to us locally;
• It would be a very resource intensive exercise to carry out;
• That the Council has a Consultation Policy that may help in setting up a Citizen’s Panel, maybe in partnership with the LSP and/or the LDF;
• The LDF forward strategy which requires ‘community engagement’ – there may be something from this process that could be used for Sustainable Communities consultation;
• There was also the Tracker Survey that could be utilised;
• Any suggestions that come from these consultations would have to be reviewed to see if it would be feasible for the district.

Noted that this report would go to the main Overview and Scrutiny Committee in April.

RESOLVED:

That the Draft Sustainable Communities Report be agreed and recommended to the April meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.