Present at the meeting:
- Councillor M W Winstanley (Chairman)
- Councillor Mrs K Aldred
- Councillor R M Bleakley
- Councillor R Brierley
- Councillor E N Houlton
- Councillor J D O’Brien
- Councillor P Prescott (Cabinet Champion)
- Councillor E Russon
- Mr T Addison (Independent Member)
- Mr W Anderton (Independent Member)
- Mr P Connor (Independent Member)
14 Apologies for absence: Councillors Mrs J Prescott, C Rigby and C Sweeney.
15 Minutes: The minutes of the meeting of this Committee held on 5 June 2008 were approved as a correct record.
16 Exclusion of the public - Section 100A Local Government Act 1972: Resolved: The public is excluded from the meeting when the Committee discusses the following item for the reason set out below:-
| Agenda item no. |
Title of report |
Minute no. |
Description of exempt information by reference to the paragraph number in Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 |
| E1 |
NPS (NW) Ltd end of year performance report 2007/08 |
26 |
3 (Information about the financial or business affairs of any person (including the authority holding that information). |
17 Equality and diversity progress report: The Committee considered a report on the key findings of the 2006/07 annual equality and diversity report and received an update on progress of the equality standard for local government level 3.
Resolved: The Committee accepts the report now submitted.
18 Draft Wigan improvement and efficiency strategy: The Committee considered a report on the adoption of the improvement and efficiency strategy for the Council.
Members asked questions, to which the Corporate Procurement Manager responded.
Resolved: The Committee accepts the report now submitted.
(Councillor J D O’Brien declared a personal and non prejudicial interest in this item because he is a Member for Leigh Sports Partnerhsip appointed by the Council).
19 Data quality policy: The Committee considered a report that informed Members of the updated and refreshed data quality policy.
Members asked questions, to which the Performance Improvement Officer responded.
Resolved: The Committee accepts the report now submitted.
20 Corporate Plan Performance Report 2007/08: The Committee considered a report, which had been approved by Cabinet at minute 44, on the Council’s performance against key performance indicators (PI’s) for 2007/08.
Members asked questions, to which the Executive Director, Business Support Services responded.
Resolved: The Committee endorses the report now submitted.
21 Use of Council ICT facilities to promote charitable and other good causes: The Committee considered a report requesting Members to consider the extent to which Members of the Council made use of the Council’s ICT facilities that promoted charitable causes to the workforce.
Resolved: The Committee accepts the report now submitted.
22 Treasury management annual report: The Committee considered a report that gave a comprehensive summary of the Treasury Management function for the financial year 2007/08.
Members asked questions, to which the Executive Director, Business Support Services responded.
Resolved: The Committee accepts the report now submitted.
23 Statement of accounts for 2007/08: The Committee considered a report on the statement of accounts for 2007/08.
Members asked questions to which the Executive Director, Business Support Services responded.
Resolved: The Committee:-
- accepts the report now submitted; and
- extends best thanks to the Executive Director, Business Support Services, Assistant Director and his staff for the excellent standard of the statement of accounts.
(Councillor M W Winstanley declared a personal and non-prejudicial interest in this item because he is a Member of Wigan and Leigh Housing appointed by the Council. Councillor J D O’Brien declared a personal and non prejudicial interest in this item because he is a Member for Leigh Sports Partnership appointed by the Council).
24 The Association of Greater Manchester Authorities – new governance arrangements: The Committee considered a report that had been approved at Cabinet and Overview & Scrutiny at minutes 40 and 31 respectively, on the proposed new governance arrangements for the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA).
The report was also to be submitted to Council on 9 July 2008.
Members asked questions, to which the Service Director, Borough Solicitor responded. Resolved: The Committee endorses the report now submitted.
25 Legal and Property Services Department – year end 2007/08 department plan performance report: The Committee considered a report informing Members of the performance of the Legal and Property services department against its departmental performance indicators and key tasks at the end of year 2007/08.
Members asked questions, to which the Service Director, Borough Solicitor responded. Resolved: The Committee accepts the report now submitted.
26 Norfolk Property Services (NPS) (NW) Ltd end of year performance report 2007/08: The Committee considered a report on the performance of NPS (NW) Ltd over the year 2007/08 and the key performance indicator results for quarter 4, 2007/08.
Members asked questions, to which the Managing Director of NPS (NW) responded. Resolved:
- The Committee accepts the report now submitted.
- Elected Members of this Committee unanimously expressed their concerns that NPS (NW) Limited is not meeting the standard of performance expected by the Council.
