Minutes for Overview and Scrutiny Commission meeting, Mar 25 2010, 7.30PM official page

To receive apologies for absence and to note the attendance of any substitute members.

Members are asked to declare any personal or prejudicial interests and the nature of that interest, including the existence and nature of the party whip, in respect of any matter to be considered at this meeting.

Any other items which, pursuant to Section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972, the Chairman decides are urgent.

To consider the following motion:

That pursuant to section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended, and having regard to the public interest, members of the public and press be excluded from the meeting for consideration of item 5 which involves the likely disclosure of exempt information under the following category of Schedule 12A of that Act:

(3)        Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

To consider the response of the Executive and the Chief Executive of NHS Berkshire East to the report of the review of the Bracknell Healthspace by a working group of the Health Overview and Scrutiny Panel.

NB:      At the conclusion of this item, the public and press will be re-admitted to the meeting.

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Commission held on 28 January 2010.

To consider the response of the Executive to the report of the review of the 14-19 Education Entitlement by a working group of the Children’s Services and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Panel.

Forthcoming items on the Executive Forward Plan of a corporate nature are attached for consideration.

To consider the performance monitoring reports for the third quarter (October-December) of the 2009/10 financial year for the:

·                     Chief Executive’s Office

·                     Corporate Services Department

In view of the size of the agenda, the Chairman has asked that any questions arising from the reports should be referred to either the Assistant Chief Executive or Director of Corporate Services in advance and only raised in the meeting if you consider the issue requires wider discussion.

Please bring your copies of the performance monitoring reports to the meeting.

To consider the Chief Executive’s Corporate Performance Overview Report covering the third quarter (October-December) of the 2009/10 financial year.

In view of the size of the agenda, the Chairman has asked that any questions arising from the report should be referred to the Assistant Chief Executive in advance and only raised in the meeting if you consider the issue requires wider discussion.

To consider the response of the Executive to the recommendations of the Overview and Scrutiny Commission’s Working Group on the proposed key objectives for the Council in 2010/11.

To note the quarterly progress report of the Assistant Chief Executive.

To receive oral updates from the Overview and Scrutiny Panel Chairmen and the Vice-Chairman of the Joint East Berkshire Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

To adopt the annual report of Overview and Scrutiny for 2009/10, including the indicative work programme for 2010/11, for presentation to Council.

To delegate to the Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Commission, any changes to the report arising from any observations from the Corporate Management Team and the Council's Executive.