E.107/21
Overview
and Scrutiny Committee – 17 March 2022
The
Executive was invited to consider the following recommendations
that had arisen from the Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting
held on 17 March 2022:
i) O&S.61/21 Leisure Contract – Fusion
Annual Report 2021
“That the Executive be RECOMMENDED to
establish a Working Group to progress the much needed improvement
works at Totnes Leisure Centre. The
Working Group to consist of the Executive Lead for Leisure, the
three local Ward Members, a representative of Tadpool, a representative of Fusion, and relevant
lead officers. The first meeting to be
held within four weeks of the Executive decision”.
During
discussion, the Executive felt that, instead of establishing a
formal Working Group, it would be more appropriate for a meeting to
be set up. As a consequence, it was
PROPOSED and SECONDED and when put
to the vote was declared CARRIED.
It was
then:
RESOLVED
That a meeting be set up within four weeks of this
Executive meeting to progress the much needed improvement works at
Totnes Leisure Centre with invitations to this meeting being
extended to: the Executive Lead Member for Leisure; the three local
Ward Members; a representative of Tadpool; a representative of Fusion, and relevant
lead officers.
ii) O&S.62/21 Better Lives For All Thematic
Update: Community Wellbeing
“That the Executive be RECOMMENDED to NOTE
that ‘Better Lives for All’ was not applying to the
smaller communities in the South Hams and that it should ensure
that these communities were better represented by the actions in
the strategy”
During discussion, a
number of Members took issue with this recommendation and, in
citing a number of examples, felt it was unjust.
As a result, Members
were not willing to formally accept the recommendation and it was
PROPOSED and SECONDED that:
‘That the Executive does not accept the recommendation of the
Overview and Scrutiny Committee in respect of Minute Reference
O&S.62/21.’
When put to the vote,
this alternative motion was declared CARRIED.
It was
then:
RESOLVED
That the Executive does not accept the
recommendation of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee in respect of
Minute Reference O&S.62/21: ‘Better Lives for All
Thematic Update: Community Wellbeing.’
iii) O&S.63/21 Task and Finish Group Updates:
Housing
“That the Executive be RECOMMENDED
that:
1. Officers
explore the formation of a Strategic Partnership with a Housing
Association (or Housing Associations) and other partners to deliver
affordable rented housing through schemes similar to those
mentioned at discussion point 1 of the attendant report
“Affordable Rural Housing – Final
Recommendations”, with such partnership(s) to include the
location of suitable sites within the district; and
2. Officers
explore the setting up of a Community Land Trust modelled on the
Cornwall Community Land Trust; including the possibility of working
with other Devon local authorities in its formation; and
3. The list of
exemplar schemes be submitted to officers and that these be used to
identify best practice for sites in the South
Hams.”
In discussion, ...
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