Agenda

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Items
No. Item

1.

MEMBERSHIP

To note that Council on 3 November 2021 made the following changes to the membership:

 

Councillors Dodd and Reid have replaced Councillors Oliver and Robinson as members of the Committee.

 

Councillor Reid has replaced Councillor Oliver as Chair.

 

10 Members (4:3:1:1:1) (I Con place to LD)

 

Quorum – 3

Chair: J. Reid

Vice Chair: M. Mather

 

Conservative

Labour

Independent Group

Liberal Democrats

Green Party

Ind Non Grouped

G. Castle

E. Cartie

S. Bridgett

J. Reid

N. Morphet

 

R. Dodd

B. Gallacher

 

 

 

 

C. Hardy

M. Richardson

 

 

 

 

M. Mather

 

 

 

 

 

 


2.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

3.

DISCLOSURE OF MEMBERS' INTERESTS

Unless already entered in the Council’s Register of Members’ interests, members are required to disclose any personal interest (which includes any disclosable pecuniary interest) they may have in any of the items included on the agenda for the meeting in accordance with the Code of Conduct adopted by the Council on 4 July 2012, and are reminded that if they have any personal interests of a prejudicial nature (as defined under paragraph 17 of the Code Conduct) they must not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must leave the room.

 

N.B. Any member needing clarification must contact Legal Services, monitoringofficer@northumberland.gov.uk.  Please refer to the guidance on disclosures at the rear of this agenda letter.

4.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 164 KB

Minutes of the following meetings of the Communities and Place OSC, as circulated, to be confirmed as a true record and signed by the Chair:

 

a)         6 October 2021

b)         27 October 2021

Additional documents:

5.

FORWARD PLAN OF CABINET DECISIONS pdf icon PDF 126 KB

To note the latest Forward Plan of key decisions.  Any further changes made to the Forward Plan will be reported to the Committee.

OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY REPORTS

The Cabinet Member requested to attend for the following item is Councillor John Riddle, Portfolio Holder for Local Services.

6a

Active Travel and Road Safety for the Journey to School pdf icon PDF 457 KB

To provide an overview of activities delivered across Northumberland to support more people to walk and cycle for the school journey.

Additional documents:

The Cabinet Member requested to attend for the following item is Councillor Colin Horncastle, Portfolio Holder for Community Services.

6b

Local Services - Neighbourhood Services pdf icon PDF 3 MB

To receive an overview of Neighbourbood Services from Paul Jones, Service Director - Local Services, and Greg Gavin, Head of Neighbourhood Services.

REPORT OF THE SCRUTINY CO-ORDINATOR

7.

Communities and Place Overview and Scrutiny Committee Work Programme and Monitoring Report pdf icon PDF 126 KB

The Overview and Scrutiny Committee operates within a work programme which is agreed at the start of the Council year.  The programme is reviewed at each meeting so that it can be adjusted to reflect the wishes of the Committee and take account of any changes to the latest Forward Plan (which outlines decisions to be taken by the Cabinet).  The Committee is asked to review and note its work programme for the 2021/22 council year.

8.

URGENT BUSINESS

To consider such other business as, in the opinion of the Chair, should, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency.

PART II

It is expected that matters included in this part of the Agenda will be dealt with in private.  Reports referred to are enclosed for members and officers only, coloured pink and marked "Not for Publication".

9.

EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC

The Committee is invited to consider passing the following resolution:

 

(a)    That under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item on the Agenda as it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A of the 1972 Act, and

 

(b)    That the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure for the following reasons:-

 

Agenda Items          Paragraph of Part I of Schedule 12A

 

10                             3

Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any?particular person (including the authority holding that information).

 

AND                         The public interest in maintaining this exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure?public interest in disclosure because disclosure would adversely affect confidentiality requirements with external partners.

SCRUTINY OF CABINET REPORT

The following report will be considered by the Cabinet on 7 December 2021.  The Committee’s comments will be presented to the Cabinet by the Chair when it determines the report.  The Committee is requested to consider issues arising from the report.

The Cabinet Member requested to attend for the following item is Councillor Cllr Jeff Watson, Portfolio Holder for Healthy Lives.

10.

Destination Management - Structure and Future Funding Arrangements

The report provides an overview of the current, and proposed management, arrangements for the strategic management and marketing of tourism in Northumberland.