Issue - meetings

The minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 3rd February 2010 were submitted for information.

During consideration of this item there was an interruption from a member of the public followed by disruption from the public gallery. The Chairman made repeated requests for the public to be quiet, to no avail. The Chairman then announced that the meeting would be adjourned.

The meeting stood adjourned from 6.25 p.m. to 6.35 p.m.

The Chairman then reconvened the meeting. With reference to Minute No. 154/09 (Integrated Financial and Performance Monitoring Quarter 3 2009/10) and the background report which had been submitted as information, a Member drew attention to the commentary with regard to expected expenditure on Travel Concessions. He queried how the figure had been arrived at and whether it was a true reflection of the number of users and actual journeys undertaken or could Council expenditure in this regard be in excess of the level of actual usage for the service.

The Portfolio Holder for Resources responded by referring to the procedures the Council had put in place and indicated that usage had exceeded expectations.  He suggested that the queries could be referred to Overview and Scrutiny. The Chairman agreed that the matter be referred to Overview and Scrutiny.