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Items
No. Item

1.

APOLOGIES

Minutes:

There were no apologies received.

2.

MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE

To be apprised of any changes to the membership of the Committee in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 4.

Minutes:

In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 4, the Committee noted the termination of Councillor D Owen and the appointment of Councillor P Burnside for this meeting only, thereby giving effect to the wishes of the Political Groups.

3.

URGENT BUSINESS, IF ANY, INTRODUCED BY THE CHAIRMAN

Note:  No other business is permitted unless, by reasons of special circumstances, which shall be specified at the meeting, the Chairman is of the opinion that the item(s) should be considered as a matter of urgency.

Minutes:

There were no urgent items of business.

4.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST pdf icon PDF 299 KB

If a member requires advice on Declarations of Interest, he/she is advised to contact the Legal and Democratic Services Manager in advance of the meeting.  (For the assistance of members a checklist for use in considering their position any particular item is included at the end of this agenda sheet.) 

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

5.

DECLARATIONS OF A PARTY WHIP

In accordance with Overview and Scrutiny Committee Procedure Rule 16, Members must declare the existence of any Party Whip, and the nature of it, when considering any matter in the following categories:

 

-        The review of any decision of Cabinet or

-        The performance of any Member of the Cabinet

 

N.B. The Secretary of State believes whipping is incompatible with Overview and Scrutiny.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of Party Whip.

6.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 392 KB

To receive as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 10 March 2022.

Minutes:

RESOLVED: That the Minutes of the meeting held on 10 March 2022 be received as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

7.

PUBLIC SPEAKING pdf icon PDF 180 KB

Residents of West Lancashire, on giving notice, may address the meeting to make representations on any item on the agenda except where the public and press are to be excluded during consideration of the item.  The deadline for submissions is 10.00am on Friday 3 June 2022. A copy of the public speaking protocol and form to be completed is attached.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

There were no items under this heading.

8.

ITEMS FROM THE MEMBERS' UPDATED INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA AT THE REQUEST OF A MEMBER

There are no items under this heading.

Minutes:

There were no items under this heading.

 

9.

MEMBERS ITEMS / CCfA (COUNCILLOR CALL FOR ACTION)

There are no items under this heading.

Minutes:

There were no items under this heading.

 

10.

COUNCIL PERFORMANCE DELIVERY PLAN - Q4 2021/22 pdf icon PDF 765 KB

To consider the report of the Director of Transformation, Housing and Resources.

Minutes:

Consideration was given to the report of the Corporate Director of Housing, Transformation & Resources as contained on pages 13 to 42 which was to present the performance monitoring data for the quarter ended 31 March 2022.

 

The Chairman advised the Committee Members of an email which was also sent to all Members prior to the meeting following receipt of the following question from a Member; NI192 - Q4 is understandably low and reason is given, but no reason is given as to why Q4 is lower in 21/22 than it was in 20/21. What is the reason for this? Do we have data going back for Q4 in 19/20, 18/19, etc? Think we need to put some focus on this.

 

The Performance Improvement Lead Officer outlined the report, referring to Appendix A, detailing the Corporate Performance Delivery Plan. She also provided an overview of Appendices B, outlining where action was required for improvement and Appendices C, progress on previous action plans.

 

 

Comments and Questions were raised as follows:

 

·         0.99% lost on vacant possessions in monetary terms.

·         How this compares to other Councils.

·         Variety of reasons which effect these figures.

 

RESOLVED:That the Council’s performance against the Council Plan for the quarter ended 31 March 2022 be noted and any agreed comments be forwarded to the relevant Portfolio Holder and Corporate Director of Housing, Transformation & Resources for consideration.

 

11.

COMMITTEE WORK PROGRAMME 2022/23 pdf icon PDF 193 KB

Minutes:

Consideration was given to the work programme as contained on pages 43 to 44 of the Book of Reports.

 

The Democratic Services Officer confirmed that an update on all the items not being reviewed by the Task and Finish Group, will be provided to the Committee at the September meeting.

 

RESOLVED:That the work programme be noted.