Agenda and minutes

West Devon Hub Committee - Tuesday, 14th July, 2015 2.00 pm

Venue: Chamber - Kilworthy Park. View directions

Contact: Email: Member.Services@swdevon.gov.uk 

Items
No. Item

*HC6

Declarations of Interest

Members are invited to declare any personal or disclosable pecuniary interests, including the nature and extent of such interests they may have in any items to be considered at this meeting.

 

            If Councillors have any questions relating to predetermination, bias or interests in items on this Agenda, then please contact the Monitoring Officer in advance of the meeting.

 

Minutes:

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Memberswereinvitedto declareanyinterestsinthe itemsofbusinessto bediscussedbut noneweremade.

 

 

 

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Leisure Procurement Update pdf icon PDF 62 KB

Report of Lead Specialist – Place and Strategy and Lead Specialist - Assets

Minutes:

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The PortfolioHolderfor CommercialServicesintroducedthepresented report  which  sought  toapprove  the  award  criteria  forthe  joint  leisure serviceprocurementprojectfor WestDevonBoroughCounciland South HamsDistrictCouncil,alongwith thesupplementaryreportthatsoughtto nominateWestDevonBoroughCouncilastheleadforthe purposesofthe joint  procurement  forleisure  services.    The  supplementary  paper  also askedthatMembersadopt theMemorandumofUnderstandingwhichset outthe principlesof collaborationand jointprocurement.

 

ThePortfolioHolderrespondedto minorqueriesregardingthe presented papers,  and  confirmed  that  within  the  Project  Board,  there  would  be  ...  view the full minutes text for item *HC7

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Council Tax Discretionary Discount and Reduction Policy pdf icon PDF 56 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

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TheChairmanadvisedthatthis itemhad beenwithdrawnfrom theagenda anddeferredtoa latermeeting.

 

 

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T18 Budget Monitoring pdf icon PDF 47 KB

Minutes:

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The  Chairman  presented  a  report  that  asked  Members  to  note  the progressto dateon theT18TransformationProgramme.  Headvisedthat hehad requestedthatfuturemonitoringreportsincludefinancialdetailof thewholeprogrammeacrossbothCouncils.   He thenrespondedto questions  relatingtotheW2softwaresystemandalsodrewMembers attentionto the redundancyand pensionstraincostswhich,whilstbeing significantfigures,wereacceptableand expectedfor anyorganisation undergoingsuchtransformationalchange.

 

The ExecutiveDirector(SD&CD)and theGroupManagerCustomerFirst, respondedto specificquestionsrelatedto the planningservice.

 

It wasthenRESOLVEDthatprogresstodateonthe T18  ...  view the full minutes text for item *HC9

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Write Off Report pdf icon PDF 43 KB

Report of s151 Officer and Case Management Manager

Minutes:

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ThePortfolioHolder  forHealthandWellbeing  introduced  areportthat informedMembersofthedebtwrittenofffor revenuestreamswithinthe Revenueand Benefitsservice.   Debtsupto thevalueo5,000were writtenoffby thes151Officerunderdelegatedauthority.  Permissionwas soughtto writeoff individualdebtswitha valueofmorethan £5,000.

 

In respectof thedebtswitha valueof morethan £5,000,Memberswere advisedof howtheyhadarisen.  Membersthenhada detaileddiscussion on thedifferenttypesofdebt, theexcellenttrackrecordoftheCouncilin collectingrevenue,increasingnumbersofdebtshavingto bewrittenoff beingan indicationoftheeconomicclimateandhowevena debtwritten off couldstillbecollectedata lat  ...  view the full minutes text for item *HC10