Issue - meetings
To receive the minutes of the Overview Board held on ...
Meeting: 22/02/2023 - Cabinet (Item 72)
72 Minutes of the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Board held on 17th January 2023 
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(a) To receive and note the minutes
(b) To consider any recommendations contained within the minutes
Additional documents:
- 230117 M EXEMPT , View reasons restricted (72/2)
Minutes:
The Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Board presented the minutes from the meeting of the Board held on 17th January 2023.
Cabinet was informed that during the discussion of the Levelling Up Fund – Purchase of Windsor Street Site and Former Market Hall Site, Members had outlined their concerns in respect of these projects and had made relevant Members and Officers aware of these concerns.
At this meeting, the Board also received an update on Planning Enforcement and Councillor Hotham was pleased to report that there had been significant improvements made in this area. In particular, the retention of Worcestershire Regulatory Services (WRS) Officers, who had been contracted during the Covid-19 pandemic had been successful and it was hoped that this would continue in the future.
Members were advised that at this meeting of the Board there had been a detailed discussion regarding the future membership of the Finance and Budget Working Group. It was agreed that the membership of the Working Group for the 2023-24 municipal year would comprise of 7 Members, 6 Members of the Overview and Scrutiny Board plus the Chairman of the Audit, Standards and Governance Committee. However, it was also agreed that, should vacant posts remain after members of the Overview and Scrutiny Board had been approached, Members who did not sit on Cabinet would be approached and could be appointed to fill those vacancies. The Terms of Reference would be updated accordingly.
Finally, it was reported that at this meeting, Councillor S. Baxter had provided, as the Council’s representative on Worcestershire Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (HOSC), an update in respect of the issues effecting the hospitals within the County, which had been widely reported over the previous twelve months.