Issue - meetings

The Head of Legal, Equalities and Democratic Services stated that there was an operational issue which affected the Committee Services Team and impacted on support that would be available for scrutiny task groups established over the next couple of months.  It was understood that at the present time, the team was working at full capacity and were servicing three task groups.  The Board was also aware that the Air Quality Task Group could not be disbanded until the outcome of discussions by the Cabinet relating to the Air Quality Scrutiny Report were known.

Councillor Mrs. Bunker referred to information contained within the report relating to the suggestion of scrutinising issues surrounding older people.  It was stated that following the last ordinary meeting of the Board when this was considered, Councillor Mrs. Bunker had discussed this matter further with Mr. Bennett, Assistant Chief Executive.  It was believed that the best way forward would be for Mr. Bennett to set up focus groups to find out the areas of concern from older people themselves with a view to using the findings from the focus groups to narrow down the specific issues that could be scrutinised.  Members of the Board supported this course of action.

RESOLVED that consideration of scrutiny proposals received be postponed until the next meeting of the Board in February.