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To receive the minutes of the Overview Board held on ...

Meeting: 07/12/2016 - Cabinet (Item 55)

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(a)       To receive and note the minutes

(b)       To consider any recommendations contained within the minutes

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The minutes of the meetings of the Overview and Scrutiny Board held on 31st October 2016 and 28th November 2016 were submitted.

 

It was noted that at Minute 59/16 there were additional recommendations arising from the Preventing Homelessness Task Group report. The recommendations from the Finance and Budget Working Group were considered under the relevant agenda item.

 

RESOLVED:

(a)       that the minutes of the Overview and Scrutiny Board held on 31st October 2016 be noted;

 

(b)       that the recommendations of the Overview and Scrutiny Board on 28th November 2016 in Minute 59/16 as set out below be approved:

 

(i)         that the £15,000 referred to in the preventing Homelessness Task Group’s fourth recommendation be allocated  to St Basil’s to support their ability to continue to provide services in the District in 2017/18;

(ii)        that support for housing services for young people at risk of homelessness should be added as an unavoidable pressure for the Council; and

(iii)       that the Leader of the Council write to Worcestershire County Council to express concerns about the impact of the County Council’s funding decisions at a local level, including on Bromsgrove District Council. 

           

(c)        that the remainder of the minutes of the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Board held on 28th November 2016 be noted.