Councillor Josh Cook – other Council business

Councillor Georgina Culley - unwell

Councillor Sue Johnson – leave

Councillor Ginny Klein – other Council business

None.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 8 March 2017

Subject to recording Councillor Choudhry’s apology for absence for medical reasons and correctly recording Councillor Anne Peach’s name, the minutes of the meeting held on 8 March 2017 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

Report of the Corporate Director for Strategy and Resources

The Chair introduced the report, detailing impending changes in approach to the scrutiny function, and requesting the Committee to identify potential topics to include in the work programme in the 2017/18 municipal year.

The Chair explained that under changes to the Committee’s Terms of Reference, to be approved at Full Council in May 2017, the Committee will have 2 Vice-Chairs. One Vice-Chair will chair the Health Scrutiny Committee, and the other will chair the Children and Young People’s Scrutiny Committee. Review panels will no longer meet, and all scrutiny activity will take place within the 3 scrutiny committees.

The Committee then considered a list of possible issues for scrutiny in 2017/18, and identified the following for inclusion in the work programme:

(a)  Southern Gateway development– the impact on road users, including buses and cyclists, the phasing of the development, and the communications strategy;

(b)  commercialism - to look at the effectiveness of the commercialism agenda in generating income to support the Council’s budget;

(c)  air quality update - to look at the work taking place with partners to develop and implement actions to improve air quality, including diesel emissions;

(d)  new business growth – how effective are measures to encourage small business growth, and the impact on poverty in Nottingham;

(e)  Big Ticket Programme – to review the impact of the Programme on services and resources;

(f)  joined-up working – with a focus on how planning, enforcement and related functions work on managing Houses in Multiple Occupation;

(g)  flytipping – measures being taken to reduce prevalence, the effectiveness of enforcement and prosecutions, links to bulk waste, trade waste and recycling services;

(h)  update on the review of enforcement agents;

(i)  update on traffic enforcement, especially in city centre and around schools;

(j)  update on cycling issues.

RESOLVED to request that the Senior Governance Officer and the Chair work to develop the work programme for the 2017/18 municipal year on the basis of the Committee’s discussion.