NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING
COMMITTEE: PERFORMANCE
AND OVERVIEW
(ORGANISATION)
DAY/DATE: MONDAY,
25TH JUNE 2007
TIME:
2.30PM
VENUE:
COUNCIL CHAMBER
MUNICIPAL
BUILDINGS
EARLE STREET,
CREWE
Despatch
date: 14th June 2007
Enquiries to: Carol
Jones
Tel: 01270 537598
Fax: 01270 537605
Chair : Councillor A C
Johnson
Tel : 01270 820124
Fax: 01270 628204
E-mail: agendas@crewe-nantwich.gov.uk
To: Members of
the Performance and Overview Committee (Organisation)
(Councillors W T Beard, J A Beech (Deputy
Chair), D H D Charlesworth, H W Curran, R E Dodd, B
Evans, K Healey, A C Johnson (Chair), Z S Krizanac, J Lewis , A
Moran (Deputy Chair), D J Straine-Francis)
Other Members of Council
Chief Executive, Executive Directors,
Assistant Chief Executive
Other recipients of the agenda
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 or in the Public Gallery, other than beverages
offered by the Council during Committee breaks. 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
Declaration of Interests
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
Whipping Declarations
Members to declare in respect of items where
the whip has been applied.
4
Wulvern Housing – Governance Arrangements
4.1
At its meeting held on 31st May 2007, the Board
considered the report of the Portfolio Holder for Planning which
set out Wulvern Housing’s proposed change in governance
arrangements.
The Board made the following decision –
“DECISION:
(A)
That, in the light of the comments made by the Performance and
Overview Committees, a decision on this matter be deferred;
(B)
That the Performance and Overview Committee (Organisation) be asked
to review this matter;
(C)
That a representative of Wulvern Housing be asked to attend the
Performance and Overview Committee meeting to advise on the issues
involved; and
(D)
That the Performance and Overview Committee (Organisation) be asked
to make a recommendation to Board at the earliest meeting, to
inform Wulvern’s decision on its governance arrangements at its
Annual General Meeting on 13th September 2007.”
4.2 To
assist the Committee in reaching a conclusion, the following
representatives from Wulvern Housing will be in attendance to
explain the rationale behind its proposals -
+
Sue
Lock
- Chief Executive
+
Mark
Thrasher
- Director of Resources
+
David Beardmore -
Legal Services Manager
+
David
Williams
- Chair of Wulvern Housing Board
(drawn from tenant representatives)
4.3
The following documents are enclosed to assist the Committee-
- Report submitted to Board on
31st May 2007
- Briefing Paper on Voting
Rights, tabled at the Board meeting
4.4
Appointments to Wulvern Housing - Background Information
On 15th July 2004, the Board
appointed four elected Members (Councillors Beard, C Bratherton,
Dykes and Westwood) to the Wulvern Housing Board, with David Marren
as its fifth representative. They were appointed for 2-years
to ensure continuity of experience and knowledge.
In 2006, the Council was informed that Wulvern
Housing was reviewing the size of its Board and had been advised by
the Housing Corporation that it should be reduced to 12
Members. As a consequence, the Council was invited to
nominate only four representatives and Wulvern Housing had
expressed the view that it would prefer the four current elected
Members to be re-appointed by the Board to ensure
continuity.
Councillor C Bratherton lost her seat in the
May 2006 elections, and at its meeting on 15th June
2006, the Council’s Board re-appointed the remaining 3 elected
Members and David Marren (Officer representative), to comprise the
four appointees.
These appointments were made for 2-years and
are not due for review until May 2008.
This agenda can
be made available in larger text on request