Agenda

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Contact: Nichola Turnbull 

Items
No. Item

1.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

2.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 118 KB

Minutes of the meeting of the Communities and Place OSC, held on 31 August 2022, as circulated, to be confirmed as a true record and signed by the Chair.

3.

DISCLOSURE OF MEMBERS' INTERESTS

Unless already entered in the Council’s Register of Members’ interests, members are required?where a matter arises at a meeting;

 

a)      Which?directly relates to?Disclosable Pecuniary Interest (‘DPI’) as set out in Appendix B, Table 1 of the Code of Conduct, to disclose the interest, not participate in any discussion or vote and not to remain in room. Where members have a DPI or if the matter concerns an executive function and is being considered by a Cabinet Member with a DPI they must notify the Monitoring Officer and arrange for somebody else to deal with the matter.

 

b)      Which?directly relates to?the financial interest or well being of a Other Registrable Interest as set out in Appendix B, Table 2 of the Code of Conduct to disclose the interest and only speak on the matter if members of the public are also allowed to speak at the meeting but otherwise must not take part in any discussion?or vote on the matter and must not remain the room.

 

c)      Which?directly relates to?their financial interest or well-being? (and is not? DPI) or the financial well being of a relative or close associate, to declare the interest and members may only speak on the matter if members of the public are also allowed to speak. Otherwise, the member must not take part in discussion or vote on the matter and must leave the room.

 

d)      Which?affects?the financial well-being of the member, a relative or close associate or a body included under the Other Registrable Interests column in Table 2, to disclose the interest and apply the test set out at paragraph 9 of Appendix B before deciding whether they may remain in the meeting.

 

e)      Where Members have or a Cabinet Member has an Other Registerable Interest or Non Registerable Interest in a matter being considered in exercise of their executive function, they must notify the Monitoring Officer and arrange for somebody else to deal with it.

 

NB Any member needing clarification must contact monitoringofficer@northumberland.gov.uk. ?Members are referred to the Code of Conduct which contains the matters above in full.?Please refer to the guidance on disclosures at the rear of this agenda letter.

4.

FORWARD PLAN OF CABINET DECISIONS pdf icon PDF 138 KB

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

SCRUTINY

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

5a

Endorsement of the Northumberland Destination Management Plan 2022-2032 pdf icon PDF 174 KB

The purpose of the report was to request that the County Council endorse the Vision, Partnership Principles, Strategic Aims, and Priorities of the 10-year Destination Management Plan for Northumberland.

OVERVIEW

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

6a

Storm Arwen, Community Resilience Update pdf icon PDF 104 KB

The purpose of this report is to provide the Community and Place OSC with an update on progress about the Community Resilience workstream prior to the winter and in line with the recommendations from the Storm Arwen review task and finish group.

The Cabinet Member requested to attend for the following item is Councillor Richard Wearmouth, Deputy Leader and Portfolio Holder for Corporate Services.

6b

Winter Emergencies Communications Plan pdf icon PDF 210 KB

To consider the Winter Emergencies Communications Plan, a key recommendation of the Storm Arwen Review.

REPORT OF THE SCRUTINY CO-ORDINATOR

7.

Communities and Place Overview and Scrutiny Committee Work Programme and Monitoring Report pdf icon PDF 131 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 2022/23 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.