Issue - meetings

That Cabinet approve the Joint Officer and Member Task and Finish Group proposals set out in this report.

That the proposals are communicated to each community centre management committee jointly by officers and members of the Task and Finish Group in January 2014.

That a further report be submitted to Cabinet by the autumn of 2014 providing a progress update in relation to the proposals set out in this report.

The Chair welcomed Cllr Mrs Shenton and Cllr Loades to the meeting as lead members from the Community Centre Review working group.

The Portfolio Holder for Safer Communities thanked members and officers of the Working Group and praised the production of a good in depth report. It was also confirmed that a handbook would be distributed to all community centres to help with the administration and to enable good governance.

It was also confirmed that the report had been to the Co-ordinating Scrutiny Committee which had endorsed the recommendations.

Resolved:

a)    That Cabinet approve the Joint Officer and Member Task and Finish Group proposals set out in this report.

b)    That the proposals are communicated to each community centre management committee jointly by officers and members of the Task and Finish Group in January 2014.

c)    That a further report be submitted to Cabinet by the autumn of 2014 providing a progress update in relation to the proposals set out in this report.