Agenda item

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 17 January 2013.

(a)       That the word ‘part’ be changed to ‘party’ in the first paragraph after the bullet points on page 8; 

(b)       That subject to the suggested amendment, the minutes be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman; and

(c)        That the thanks of the Committee be passed on the Jane Davies, the Committee Officer, for the detailed set of minutes. 

The minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 17 January, 2013 had been circulated to Members with the agenda.

Accuracy

            Councillor A. Woolley referred to the first paragraph under the bullet points on page 8 and suggested that the word ‘part’ should read ‘party’.   

Matters Arising

            Councillor M. Bateman thanked officers for the answer that she had received to her question on the overspend of £0.044m in relation to additional superannuation costs.  In response to a question from Councillor Bateman, the Head of Finance said that the cost was for people who had been granted additional years.  It was a variance on a budget as a result of the amount of payments going through.  She added that she would provide more detail on the additional superannuation costs. 

            Councillor G.H. Bateman explained that he had received further information on the problems with the gas engines at landfill sites and asked for more details on the consequences of contamination.  The Chief Executive responded that the equipment had been inherited by Flintshire County Council and the gas produced by the waste had reduced in quality.

            Councillor A. Woolley said that he had not yet received an answer to his question on the update on the early introduction of P2P in Leisure Centres.  The Chief Executive said that the original P2P roll-out plan scheduled a ‘go live’ date of September/October 2013 for Lifelong Learning but that the capacity to bring this forward for Leisure Services was being explored.  The Member Engagement Manager advised that the answer had been provided in the information sent out to Members by email on 13 February 2013.  Following a discussion, it was agreed that in future the information to Members would be sent to both their Flintshire County Council and private email addresses. 

            Councillor P.G. Heesom referred to the minute on Asset Management.  He asked for assurance that vacating County Hall was not being considered as it was a central point for all council services.  He also referred to an external Facilities Management service which he felt was critical and suggested that it was worthy of further discussion.  In response the Chief Executive said that updates on Flintshire Futures were reported to Members and that even though there would be differing views on the use of County Hall, some services were being moved out to other council locations with others being brought in to make better use of the remaining space.  He added that the design and future of the building was a major asset liability for the future. 

            The Member Engagement Manager reminded Members that they had agreed to have six monthly updates on the Flintshire Futures Workstreams. 

            Councillor Heesom welcomed the detailed set of minutes and askedthat his thanks be passed on.  The Member Engagement Manager confirmed that he would speak to Jane Davies, the Committee Officer who had prepared the minutes to let her know of the comments that had been made. 

RESOLVED:

(a)       That the word ‘part’ be changed to ‘party’ in the first paragraph after the bullet points on page 8; 

(b)       That subject to the suggested amendment, the minutes be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman; and

(c)        That the thanks of the Committee be passed on the Jane Davies, the Committee Officer, for the detailed set of minutes.