Agenda and decisions

To elect a Chair for the meeting.

RESOLVED-

That Councillor Alison Munro be appointed Chair for the meeting.

To receive apologies for absence from those Members who are unable to attend the meeting.

Members will be asked to say if there are any items on the Agenda in which they have any disclosable pecuniary interests or any other interests, which may prevent them from participating in any discussion of the items or participating in any vote upon the items.

Most agenda items take place in public. This only changes where there is a need to consider exempt information, as contained at Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972. You will be informed at this point which items are to be recommended for exclusion and to be resolved by the Panel.

RESOLVED-

That the public be excluded from the meeting for part of the discussion as exempt information under Part 1 of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) would be disclosed in respect of information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular information (including the authority holding that information).

The Panel will consider the validated areas of focus arising from the call-in request in relation to the decision taken by Cabinet on 10^th December 2024 in respect of the Future of Council Operated Dementia Care Home Provision (Castle Grange and Claremont House).

Contact: Nicola Sylvester, Principal Governance Officer

Please note: Members of the public may attend to give evidence in respect of the validated areas of focus.  Any members of the public that wish to do so are asked to register to speak by 5.00 pm (for phone requests) or 11.59 pm (for email requests) on Tuesday 7^th January 2024.

To register, please email executive.governance@kirklees.gov.uk or phone the Governance Team on 01484 221000.

RESOLVED:

That the decision taken in relation to the Future of Council Operated Dementia Care Home Provision (Castle Grange and Claremont House) be referred to the Cabinet with the following recommendation in relation to the areas of focus as follows:

That the decision be put on hold and that Cabinet be provided with the full, multi-year financial analysis in a further report and reconsider the decision on the basis of that information.

The Panel also highlighted the following learning points:

1. In order to ensure openness and transparency, full and complete information should be provided to all Cabinet Members and published in Cabinet reports, such as the multi-year financial analysis, wherever possible, restricted if necessary due to being private information.
2. That pre-decision scrutiny by the relevant Panel should be undertaken to inform significant Cabinet decisions.