Issue - meetings
To receive the minutes of the Overview Board held on ...
Meeting: 13/01/2021 - Cabinet (Item 54)
54 Minutes of the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Board held on 23rd November 2020 
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(a) To receive and note the minutes
(b) To consider any recommendations contained within the minutes
Any recommendations made at the meeting on 11th January 2021 will be tabled at the meeting.
Minutes:
Officers confirmed that there were no recommendations from the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Board meeting held on 23rd November 2020.
It was noted that the Board had pre-scrutinised the report in respect of Homelessness Grant and Flexible Homelessness Support Grant Allocation for 2021/22 at its meeting held on 11th January 2021 and had made no recommendations at that meeting.
RESOLVED that the Minutes of the Overview and Scrutiny Board meeting held on 23rd November 2020 be noted.
The Leader thanked Councillor M Thompson, Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Board for attending.
With the agreement of the Leader Councillor Thompson asked if he could make a short statement.
Councillor Thompson advised Cabinet that he was resigning as Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Board and also from the Independent Alliance. He proposed to join the Conservative Group with immediate effect. He thanked officers who supported the Overview and Scrutiny Board for their hard work whilst he had been Chairman and also Councillor J Till and the other Members on the Board.
The Monitoring Officer confirmed to Councillor Thompson that officers would be in touch with him and the Leader to complete the necessary paperwork in order to action this.
The Leader and Cabinet thanked Councillor Thompson and welcomed him their Group and looked forward to working with him.