Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Monday 8 September 2008

A meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee will be held in one of the Committee Rooms at the Town Hall, Library Street, Wigan at 6.00 p.m. on Monday, 8 September 2008.

The agenda for the meeting is as follows:-

1 Apologies for Absence:

2 Minutes: 11 August 2008

3 Urgent Business (if any): To be accepted at the discretion of the Chairman of the meeting.

4 Exclusion of the Public (if any): The Committee is asked to consider whether by resolution to exclude the public from the meeting during consideration of the item of business marked with an 'E' reference because of the possibility of the disclosure of exempt information. A draft resolution is attached for use by the Committee if it so wishes.

Open Items

5 Whipping declarations:

6 To receive declarations of interest in any item for discussion at the meeting. A blank form for declaring interests has been circulated with the agenda, please ensure that this is returned to the Committee Clerk at the end of the meeting.

7 Election consultation exercise (.pdf, 71Kb): report of the Chief Executive enclosed.

8 Adult Safeguarding Board – annual report and action plan (.pdf, 129Kb): report of the Director of Adult Services enclosed.

9 Medium Term Financial Plan 2009-2012 (.pdf, 419Kb): report of the Executive Director of Business Support Services enclosed.

10 Budget timetable and principles 2010-11 (.pdf, 71Kb): report of the Executive Director of Business Support Services enclosed.

11 Questions (if any) on the Business of the Cabinet:

12 Forward Plan for October 2008 to January 2009 (.pdf, 78Kb): report enclosed. The Deputy Chief Executive to report.

13 Select Committee minutes:

(a) No 1 – 26 August 2008

(b) No 2 – 26 September 2008 (.pdf, 25kb) 

(c) No 3 – no minutes to report.

(d) No 4 – 21 August 2008

14 Wigan Safeguarding Children Board (WSCB) (.pdf, 143Kb): report of the Director of Children and Young People's Services and minutes of the meetings held on 25 February, 21 April and 2 June 2008 enclosed.

15 Call ins (if any): reference from Cabinet (minute 86 refers):

Proposed Exchange of Interests and Improvement Works on land at and to the rear of 373/385 Wigan Road, Bryn, Wigan:-

Resolved: The Cabinet:

  • agrees that the Cabinet Champion for Organisational Change, be requested to visit the site, together with Ward Members and relevant Officers, prior to making its final decision; and
  • agrees that a copy of the DVD, previously shown to Members of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee be shown to a future Cabinet meeting when this item is debated further.

Closed Items (if any):

E1 Call ins (if any)