NOTICE OF MEETING
COMMITTEE: PERFORMANCE
AND OVERVIEW (COMMUNITY)
DAY/DATE: WEDNESDAY,
30TH MAY 2007
TIME: 2.30
PM
VENUE: EAST
COMMITTEE ROOM
MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS
EARLE STREET
CREWE
Despatch date: 21st May
2007
Enquiries to: Carol Jones
Tel: 01270 537598
Fax: 01270 537605
E-mail: agendas@crewe-nantwich.gov.uk
Chair: Councillor J Lewis
Tel: 01270 627507
E-mail: cllr.john.lewis@crewe-nantwich.gov.uk
To: Members of
the Performance and Overview Committee (Community)
[ Councillors T E Ankers (Deputy Chair), D N
Bebbington, D H D Charlesworth, S Conquest, C Goff, M Grant, G
Griffiths, R Jones, J Lewis (Chair), M A Martin, S J S Mottram
(Deputy Chair)]
Chief Executive, Executive Directors,
Assistant Chief Executive
Other Members of the Borough Council (agenda
only electronically)
Local press and radio
Notes for Members of the
Public
The Borough Council welcomes and encourages
members of the public to attend its Committee, Board and Council
meetings.
If you plan to attend, please report to the
Reception Desk in the Municipal Buildings, where you will be
provided with a Visitor’s Pass.
Car parking is not available at the
Municipal Buildings, but there are several town centre car
parks. There is a disabled access to the rear of the
Municipal Buildings, and this can be accessed through the side door
on Vernon Way. Please press the button for attention, and
someone will meet you and escort you through to the main reception
area.
You are asked to remain quiet whilst the
meeting is taking place, and to enter and leave the meeting room,
or public gallery of the Council Chamber, as quietly as
possible. Please ensure that if you have a mobile phone or
pager, it is switched off for the duration of the meeting.
You are not allowed to have drinks or food
in the meeting rooms, nor in the Public Gallery, other than
refreshments which are offered by the Borough Council during a
break in proceedings. A “No Smoking” policy operates in the
Municipal Buildings.
Fire Evacuation
If the fire alarm rings, you should make
your way to the nearest exit with your belongings, as quickly as
possible, and leave the building. Please follow any
instructions from staff about evacuation
routes.
Copies of the agenda will be available if
you attend. Agendas are also made available on the Internet and can
be accessed via the Council’s website – see front page for
details.
On occasions, members of the press and
public will be excluded from the meetings when the business to be
transacted is of a confidential nature, for example, dealing with
individual people, contracts and financial affairs of other
parties.
If you require any further information,
please contact Carol Jones the Committee Officer (details on front
page).
AGENDA
1.
Apologies
2.
Declarations of Interest
Any Member present (including non-Committee
Members) to declare any personal or prejudicial interest, and the
nature of the interest, which they have in any item of business on
the agenda and, if necessary, to leave the meeting prior to
discussion of that item.
Members who also serve as County, Town or
Parish Councillors are reminded of the need to make declarations in
respect of any item which directly concerns the business of the
appropriate authority.
Declarations are a personal matter for each
Member to decide. Whilst Officers will advise on the Code of
Conduct and its interpretation, the decision to declare, or not, is
the responsibility of the Member, based on the particular
circumstances.
3.
Record of Meeting – 4th April
2007
To approve as correct, the Record of the
Meeting held on 4th April 2007. (3)
4. Whipping
Declarations
Members to declare in respect of items where
the whip has been applied.
5. Board
Business
5.1 Board Meeting –
31st May 2007
The Committee is invited to comment on Board
reports which fall within its remit.
5.2
Provisional
List of Board Items (Board’s Forward Plan)
To consider the Board’s Forward Plan for June,
July and September 2007. (5.2)
5.3 Responses/Referrals
from the Board or Council
There are no responses or referrals from the
Board or Council on this occasion.
6.
Mid-Cheshire Hospitals Trust (Leighton Hospital)
NHS Foundation Trusts (often referred to as
'foundation hospitals’) form part of the Government's commitment to
the de-centralisation of public services and the creation of a
patient-led NHS.
NHS Foundation Trusts are a new type of
Trust in England and have been created to devolve decision-making
from central Government control to local organisations and
communities with the aim that they will be more responsive to the
needs and wishes of local people.
Leighton Hospital is applying for foundation
trust status and is currently consulting on its proposals.
Alan White, the Chair of Mid-Cheshire
Hospitals Trust, and Paul Buckley, the Deputy Director of
Operations, will be in attendance and will make a presentation to
the Committee outlining the proposals.
7.
Performance
Monitoring
The report provides out-turn performance
against all statutory BVPIs and LPIs for the year 2006-2007
including a brief commentary on any variances.
(7)
8. Work
Programme
The Committee is invited to review its work
programme. The following two items had been agreed for review
–
8.1 Cheshire
County Council – Social Care
On 8th February 2007, Cheshire
County Council was asked for statistical information. A
follow-up request has been made and it is expected that information
will be available at the meeting. (to be
tabled)
8.2 Police
Service Review
At the previous meeting, the Assistant Chief
Executive undertook to –
(a) Verify the ability of the
Committee to scrutinise Police Services, having regard to the
provisions in the new White Paper; and
(b) Contact Superintendent Mick
Garrihy about the most appropriate method of scrutinising the
provision of local Police Services.
The Assistant Chief Executive will report
progress to the meeting.
8.3 Other Potential
Reviews
The Committee is invited to consider other
potential areas for review. A copy of the A-Z of Portfolios
and P & O Responsibilities 2007/2008 is attached, together with
a Scrutiny Form. (8) For the benefit of new
Members to the Committee and as a reminder to other Members, the
scrutiny form is used to define the scope of any review,
identifying perceived reasons for a review, the way in which it
should be conducted and the intended outcome.
9. Next
Meeting
9.1
Date: 18th July 2007
9.2 Agenda
Items:
(a) Annual
report on Air Quality Monitoring
(b) Educational Attainment
This
agenda can be made available in larger text on request
Note:
In accordance with the Health and Safety at
Work Act, the Council is required to notify those attending
meetings of the fire evacuation procedures. A copy has
previously been distributed to Members and instructions are located
in all rooms within the Civic Suite.