Venue: Committee Room 1, Civic Offices, Merrial Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 2AG
Contact: Jayne Briscoe 2250 01782 742250
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Apologies Minutes: An apology was received from Councillor Fear, Councillor Holland attended the meeting as a substitute. |
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Declarations of Interest To receive Declarations of Interest from Members on items included in the agenda Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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Minutes of Previous Meetings PDF 68 KB To consider the minutes of the previous meeting(s) Minutes: Resolved: That the minutes of the meeting held on 15 June 2016 be agreed as a correct record. |
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Medium Term Financial Strategy PDF 115 KB Additional documents:
Minutes:
The Executive Director (Resources and Support Services) introduced the report which was due to be considered by Cabinet on 14 September prior to submission to Central Government on 14 October 2016.
Members asked Cabinet to take into account the following comments:-
· There is a lack of exciting new growth initiatives on behalf of the Council to attract alternative sources of income generation and future revenue streams. This could involve, for example, the use of the capital assets in the ownership of the authority.
· The covering report which highlights the lack of guidance to local authorities in respect of producing their Efficiency Plans should be sent to the DCLG with the Efficiency Plan when it is submitted.
· The Committee members had concerns around Central Government withholding the Bonus from areas where an authority did not have a Local Plan in place especially as the pace of this authority is dictated to a large extent by the progress made by our neighbour, Stoke on Trent City Council.
· Whilst members did not wish to amend the amount included for the recycling and waste savings this target is not certain to be achieved and should be raised as a risk.
· Members wanted to change the cover of the document to reflect a positive and real picture of Borough life rather than the picture of the Hub.
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To discuss and update the work plans to reflect current scrutiny topics
Minutes: With regard to the request that members scrutinise the process of managed risk this will be carried out as part of a training session for the Audit and Risk Committee when all members will be invited to attend.
The Portfolio Holder would attend the meeting when specific topic areas within his work area required to be addressed.
The Chair completed a Scrutiny Brief with regard to communication with residents.
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Public Question Time Any member of the public wishing to submit a question must serve two clear days’ notice, in writing, of any such question to the Borough Council.
Minutes:
Councillor Wright left the meeting at 8pm |
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Urgent Business To consider any business which is urgent within the meaning of Section 100B (4) of the Local Government Act 1972. Minutes: There was no Urgent Business. |