Issue - meetings

That the draft Forward Work Programme be agreed on the basis outlined above.

The Facilitator introduced the report which gave Members the opportunity to consider and update the Committee’s Forward Work Programme.

A suggestion was made by the Facilitator that the next meeting of the Committee on 27 June 2012 receive reports on the Private Sector Housing Renewal Policy, the Quarterly Performance Report and the Welsh Government (WG) White Paper on homes for Wales.  The Cabinet Member for Housing pointed out that the latter document was available on the WG website and the Facilitator offered to provide hard copies to Members on request.

The Facilitator also proposed that the meeting arranged for 25 July 2012 be changed to a workshop open to all Members to consider the Common Housing Register and for a workshop to be arranged to discuss the Committee’s Forward Work Programme for the coming year which could be informed by the Cabinet’s Priorities.

Councillor A.M. Halford referred to previous discussion by the Committee on the collection of water rates from Council tenants and asked that this be included for consideration as a priority, together with loans/mortgages for home owners and the tracker system.  Councillor R. Hughes asked that garage surveys also be included.

Following a query by Councillor R. Dolphin on the proposed changes to grass cutting collections, the Head of Housing confirmed that this service would be tendered.  Councillor J.E. Falshaw asked if mulching had been discussed and the Head of Housing agreed that this would be taken into consideration.

The Facilitator said that all items listed as ‘to be scheduled’ in the inherited Programme, together with any new items would be considered by Members at the Forward Work Programme workshop.

RESOLVED:

That the draft Forward Work Programme be agreed on the basis outlined above.