Issue - meetings

(a)       That the Forward Work Programme be updated accordingly; and

(b)       That the Facilitator act on behalf of the Committee in passing on best wishes to Judy Evans on her retirement.

The Environment and Social Care Overview & Scrutiny Facilitator introduced a report to enable the Committee to consider the Forward Work Programme, which had been formulated at the workshop held in July 2013.  In providing an overview of current items, she highlighted the following:

§         Members were requested to contact Sue Dolman in Community Services to confirm their attendance at the workshop on Double Click as a Social Enterprise on 2 October 2013;

§         the Social Services Improvement Agency report due to be considered at this meeting had been deferred to 24 October 2013;

§         the meeting scheduled for 28 November had been moved to 25 November 2013 at 1pm;

§         the date for the Committee’s budget consultation meeting was confirmed for 5 December 2013 at 10am.  All Members would receive written confirmation of all Overview & Scrutiny budget consultation meeting dates; and

§         a Task and Finish Group would be established for a one-off session to consider the Annual Council Reporting Framework (ACRF).

The Director of Community Services advised the Committee of the impending retirement of Judy Evans, who had worked for the Council for 20 years.  The Chair asked that the Facilitator pass on the best wishes of the Committee.

RESOLVED:

(a)       That the Forward Work Programme be updated accordingly; and

(b)       That the Facilitator act on behalf of the Committee in passing on best wishes to Judy Evans on her retirement.