Agenda item

(i)         Overview and Scrutiny Committee

                        Meeting held on 8 May 2018

                        Meeting held on 26 June 2018

                        O&S 10 Overview and Scrutiny – Draft Annual Report

That the Council be RECOMMENDED to approve the Overview and Scrutiny Draft Annual Report for 2017/18, subject to delegated authority being given to the Senior Specialist – Democratic Services, in consultation with the Committee Chairman, to make the necessary amendments as referred to above.

            (ii)        Development Management and Licensing Committee

                        Meeting held on 15 May 2018

                        Meeting held on 19 June 2018

(iii)       Hub Committee

            Meeting held on 5 June 2018

            HC 4 Council Owned Asset Investment and Development

That Council be RECOMMENDED to:

1.     approve the expenditure of up to £90,000 in order to prepare a detailed business case for each of the proposed council owned asset investment and development opportunities detailed in section 3 and Appendix 1 of the presented report to the Hub Committee; and

2.     agree that officers conclude an appropriate procurement process to commission the work required to produce individual business cases for the identified Asset Investment & Development opportunities.

Meeting held on 17 July 2018 (to follow)

(iv)       Audit Committee

            Meeting held on 19 June 2018

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a.    Overview and Scrutiny Committee – 8 May 2018 and 26 June 2018

It was moved by Cllr J Yelland, seconded by Cllr R Cheadle and upon being submitted to the Meeting was declared to be CARRIED and “RESOLVED that the Minutes of the 8 May 2018 and 26 June 2018 meetings be received and noted, with the exception of Unstarred Minute O&S 10”.

In respect of the Unstarred Minute:

i.    O&S 10 – Overview and Scrutiny – Draft Annual Report

It was moved by Cllr J Yelland, seconded by Cllr R Cheadle and upon being submitted to the Meeting was declared to be CARRIED and “RESOLVED that the Overview and Scrutiny Draft Annual Report for 2017/18 be approved, subject to delegated authority being given to the Senior Specialist – Democratic Services, in consultation with the Committee Chairman, to make the necessary amendments that had been referred to during the Committee meeting.”

b.    Development Management and Licensing Committee – 15 May 2018 and 19 June 2018

It was moved by Cllr P R Sanders, seconded by Cllr G Parker and upon being submitted to the Meeting was declared to be CARRIED and “RESOLVED that the Minutes of the 15 May 2018 and 19 June 2018 meetings be received and noted”.

c.    Hub Committee – 5 June 2018 and 17 July 2018

It was moved by Cllr P R Sanders, seconded by Cllr L Samuel and upon being submitted to the Meeting was declared to be CARRIED and “RESOLVED that the Minutes of the 5 June 2018 and 17 July 2018 meetings be received and noted, with the exception of Unstarred Minutes HC 4, HC 12 and HC 17”.

In respect of the Unstarred Minutes:

i.    HC 4 Council Owned Asset Investment and Development

It was moved by Cllr P R Sanders, seconded by Cllr L Samuel and upon being submitted to the Meeting was declared to be CARRIED and “RESOLVED that:

1.  approval be given to the expenditure of up to £90,000 in order to prepare a detailed business case for each of the proposed Council owned asset investment and development opportunities detailed in section 3 and Appendix 1 of the presented agenda report to the Hub Committee; and

2.  it be agreed that officers conclude an appropriate procurement process to commission the work required to produce individual business cases for the identified Asset Investment and Development opportunities.

ii.  HC 12 Items Requiring Urgent Attention – Partnership Funding

It was moved by Cllr P R Sanders, seconded by Cllr L Samuel, and upon being submitted to the Meeting, it was then declared to be CARRIED and “RESOLVED that future partnership funding be set for 2019/20 only in line with the proposals outlined in the table at paragraph 3.1 of the agenda report presented to the Hub Committee, with the exception of the four key partnerships being removed from the table as they should be considered separately to establish terms of reference, benefits arising and whether their funding should be allocated to a different funding stream (NB. these four partnerships being: Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership, Tamar Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Tamar Estuaries Consultative Forum and World Heritage Site).

iii.HC 17 Business Rates – Locally Administered Business Rate Relief Policy

In presenting this unstarred minute, the Leader paid tribute to those officers and Members who had been involved in the Year 1 Policy.  In so doing, the Leader wished for it to be noted that, as a consequence of this Policy, the Council had been one of only a handful of local authorities nationally that had been able to distribute all of the funds that it had been allocated during the year.

It was then moved by Cllr P R Sanders, seconded by Cllr L Samuel, and upon being submitted to the Meeting, it was then declared to be CARRIED and “RESOLVED that the Year 2 Locally Administered Business Rate Relief Policy be adopted.”