Agenda and decisions

Economy and Neighbourhoods Scrutiny Panel - Wednesday 4th October 2017 11.00 am

Venue: Meeting Room 1 - Town Hall, Huddersfield. View directions

Contact: Steve Copley  Email: steve.copley@kirklees.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Membership of the Committee

This is where Councillors who are attending as substitutes will say for whom they are attending.

Decision:

No apologies for absence were noted. No substitutes were present.

 

2.

Interests pdf icon PDF 17 KB

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

Decision:

No interests were declared

 

3.

Admission of the Public

Most debates take place in public. This only changes when there is a need to consider certain issues, for instance, commercially sensitive information or details concerning an individual. You will be told at this point whether there are any items on the Agenda which are to be discussed in private.

Decision:

The meeting was held in public session

 

4.

Draft work programme for the Panel pdf icon PDF 143 KB

To consider arrangements for meetings of the Economy and Neighbourhoods Scrutiny Panel

 

a)    Guide to overview and scrutiny in 2017/18

 

b)  Potential items for the draft work programme for the Economy and Neighbourhoods Panel in 2017/18  

 

Contact: Steve Copley, Principal Governance and Democratic Engagement Officer – 01484 221000.

Additional documents:

Decision:

DECISION:- That Cllr Rob Walker, working with Steve Copley and Naz Parkar, to develop the proposed work programme in light of today’s discussion, in order to e-mail and share copies of the revised document direct with members of the Economy and Neighbourhoods Panel and Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee, as soon as is possible.

 

The discussion in today’s meeting highlighted a request to add “Transportation” to the potential list of topics, and the need to prioritise and reset the list and mix of topics so that debates at subsequent meetings can focus on:-

 

- Housing

- Transportation

- Town centres and communities

 

5.

Schedule of Meetings 2017/18

To consider arrangements for meetings of the Economy and Neighbourhoods Scrutiny Panel for 2017/18.

 

Contact: Steve Copley, Principal Governance and Democratic Engagement Officer – 01484 221000. 

Decision:

DECISION: - That the Governance Team will contact members of the panel in early Oct 2017, to propose the date(s) for the next meeting(s) of the Panel in November 2017.