Issue - meetings

That the Forward Work Programme be updated accordingly.

The Housing & Learning Overview & Scrutiny Facilitator introduced a report to enable the Committee to consider the Forward Work Programme.

Following previous discussion at the Committee, items on domestic abuse (with the showing of a DVD suggested by Councillor Peter Curtis) and the Responsible Pet Ownership Policy would be included on the Forward Work Programme, together with an item on Vibrant and Viable Places.  The Facilitator would liaise with the Chair and Head of Housing on scheduling these three items for the meetings in March and April 2014.

The Facilitator suggested that the scheduled items on Universal Credit Implementation Update and Welfare Reform be considered together at the meeting on 21 May 2014 and that the energy efficiency item, suggested earlier in the meeting, be included as a future item on the Forward Work Programme.

Councillor George Hardcastle’s proposal that the quarterly update on the Sheltered Housing Improvement Project be removed from the Forward Work Programme was supported by the Committee.

In response to a query, it was confirmed that the Member workshops on the review of garage sites had been arranged for 27 and 31 March 2014.  The joint meeting with Environment Overview & Scrutiny Committee to consider the Housing Supply Task Force would be arranged for a later date.

RESOLVED:

That the Forward Work Programme be updated accordingly.