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Apologies for Absence and Named Substitutes Minutes: An apology was received from Councillor P. McDonald with Councillor H. Rone-Clarke attending as a substitute. |
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Declarations of Interest and Whipping Arrangements To invite Councillors to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests or Other Disclosable Interests they may have in items on the agenda, and to confirm the nature of those interests. Minutes: There were no declarations of interest nor whipping arrangements on this occasion. |
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Minutes: The minutes of the Overview and Scrutiny Board meeting held on 5th July 2022 were considered.
The Chairman advised that a recommendation made by the Board with regards Air Quality Annual Update on 5th July 2022 (Minute No. 18/2022 refers) would be submitted to Cabinet at its meeting of 12th October 2022.
RESOLVED that the minutes of the Overview and Scrutiny Board meeting held on 5th July 2022 be agreed as a true and correct record.
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Worcestershire Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy - pre-scrutiny PDF 326 KB Additional documents: Minutes:
Following presentation of the report, Members discussed a number of areas and Officers responded to questions – this included:
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Finance and Budget Working Group - Update Minutes:
RESOLVED that the Finance and Budget Working Group Update be noted.
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Task Group Updates Minutes: Councillor R. Hunter, the Chairman of the of the Fuel Poverty Task Group, reported that the Task Group held a number of meetings over the last month, which focused primarily on issues of signposting and access to support services and funding in response to the cost of living crisis. The Fuel Poverty Task Group had interviewed numerous stakeholders and had managed to gather a lot of evidence. The Task Group had now produced a draft version of the final report, which contained recommendations that would be presented to the Overview and Scrutiny Board.
Councillor R. Hunter explained that although he would be unable to physically attend the next meeting of the Board on 24th October, he hoped to appear via a video link to provide a more comprehensive update on the Fuel Poverty Task Group’s activities.
RESOLVED that the Task Group Updates be noted.
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Worcestershire Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Update Minutes:
RESOLVED that Worcestershire Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee Update be noted.
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Cabinet Work Programme PDF 349 KB This is the latest version of the Cabinet Work Programme which was published online on 3rd October 2022. Minutes: The Cabinet Work Programme was presented for Members’ consideration.
RESOLVED that the contents of the Cabinet Work Programme be noted. |
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Overview and Scrutiny Board Work Programme PDF 758 KB Minutes: The Chairman requested that the item on Climate Change Policy be added to the work programme for the January meeting of the Board.
Following a discussion around enforcement, Councillor A. Kriss reiterated his request from previous meeting that an item be included on the work programme which covered the effectiveness of enforcement across the Council. It was envisaged that this would include such areas as litter picking, fly tipping and planning enforcement.
RESOLVED that subject to the pre-amble above the Overview and Scrutiny Board Work Programme be noted.
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