Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were submitted on behalf of Councillors Danny Gee, Keith Iddon, Thomas McGowan, June Molyneaux and Joyce Snape. 

Members are reminded of their responsibility to declare any personal interest in respect of matters contained in this agenda. If the interest arises only as result of your membership of another public body or one to which you have been appointed by the Council then you only need to declare it if you intend to speak.

If the personal interest is a prejudicial interest, you must withdraw from the meeting. Normally you should leave the room before the business starts to be discussed. You do, however, have the same right to speak as a member of the public and may remain in the room to enable you to exercise that right and then leave immediately. In either case you must not seek to improperly influence a decision on the matter.

There were no declarations of interest by Members relating to the items on the

agenda.

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Corporate and Customer Overview and Scrutiny Panel held on 12 June 2007 (enclosed).

RESOLVED – That the minutes of the meeting of the Corporate and Customer Overview and Scrutiny Panel held on 12 June 2007 be confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

Members of the public who have requested the opportunity to ask a question(s) on an item(s) on the agenda will be asked to put their question(s) to the Panel. Each member of the public will be allowed to ask one supplementary question within his/her allocated 3 minutes.  

No member of the public requested to speak at the meeting.

The Panel will break into the two Sub-Groups to scope the Gershon Efficiencies and Absence Management Inquiries. 

A blank scoping document is attached along with an example of a previous scoping document.  Please could Members give some thought to the scoping prior to the meeting. 

The Chair explained that the purpose of the item was to draft the scoping document for the Absence Management Inquiry and the Efficiency Inquiry.

It was proposed and seconded that Councillor Mike Devaney be the Chair of the Absence Management Sub-Group and proposed and seconded that Councillor Stella Walsh be the Chair of the Efficiency Sub-Group. 

The two Sub-Groups broke off into different rooms to draft the scoping documents. 

It was AGREED that the Democratic Services Officer contact members of the Sub-Groups to determine days and times that were not convenient for meetings.  The date of the first meeting of the Sub-Groups would be confirmed with the relevant members.

To consider the Overview and Scrutiny Work Programme for 2007 2008 (enclosed). 

The Panel received and noted the Overview and Scrutiny Work Programme for 2007 2008 and in particular the items relating to the Panel.

RESOLVED – That the Work Programme be noted.