Present at the Meeting
- Councillor J A O’Neill (Cabinet Regeneration Champion) (In the Chair)
- Mr J Winnard
- Mr G Fulton
- Councillor Mrs J Hurst
- Mrs P Stewart
- Councillor Mrs Jarvis
- Mr T Dickinson
- Councillor A Turnock
- Councillor N R Whittingham
- Councillor E N Houlton
14. Apologies for Absence : Councillors M Aldred, G Davies, C Sweeney, P Thompson and P A Tushingham and Mr R Allen and Mrs B Nettleton.
15. Environmental Services interim service plan: The Panel considered a report that advised Members of the Environmental Services Department’s interim service planning arrangements for 2007/08, which included actual performance from 2006/07.
Members asked questions to which the Director of Environmental Services responded .
Agreed: The Panel notes the report now submitted.
16. Transport innovation fund – implications for Wigan : The Panel considered a report which had been considered by Cabinet (Minute 72 refers), that advised Members of the implications for Wigan Council associated with the Greater Manchester bid for Government’s transport innovation fund (TIF) resources.
The Panel asked questions to which the Director of Environmental Services responded.
Agreed: The Panel endorses the recommendations as set out within the report now submitted.
17. Deprived area fund: The Panel considered a report which had been considered by Cabinet (Minute 74 refers), on deprived area fund (DAF) resources. These resources were to be administered by the Council through the local strategic partnership (LSP) structures and linked to the local area agreement (LAA) economic development and enterprise block. The fund was intended to reduce worklessness in geographic areas of low employment.
The Panel asked questions to which the Director of Environmental Services responded.
Agreed: The Panel endorses the recommendations as set out within the report now submitted.
18. Economic development update: The Panel considered a report that informed Members of the current progress in the Wigan economy and of any major investment decisions
Members asked questions to which the Director of Environmental Services responded.
Agreed: The Panel notes the report now submitted.
19. The Alliance for Regional Aid and Coalfields Communities Campaign: The Panel considered a report that informed Members of the recent merger between the Alliance for Regional Aid (AFRA) and the Coalfields Communities Campaign (CCC) into a new organisation called the Alliance.
Agreed: The Panel notes the report now submitted.
20. Wigan Economic Partnership minutes: The Panel considered the minutes of the meeting of the Wigan Economic Partnership held on 8 May and 28 June 2007.
Agreed: The Panel notes the minutes now submitted.
