10. MINUTES
The Minutes of the meeting held on 3 June 2004 were confirmed.
11. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
Mrs M J Lloyd declared a personal interest as her daughter worked for Wight Leisure
12.
FORWARD
PLAN
The Chairman asked the Select Committees Lead Member for the
Forward Plan, Councillor Margaret Lloyd, to update Members on any forthcoming
items relating to the Select Committees remit. Cllr Lloyd advised Members that
there were a number of items, including :
To agree the process for delivering the Local Development
Framework
Implementation of the Sandown Bay Regeneration Strategy
EU expansion and cohesion
Isle of Wight Economic Partnership – Quarterly Report
Concerns were raised that a number of the items contained in the
plan were new entries which made it difficult for the Select Committee to
monitor the work of the Executive effectively. The Select Committee were
advised that some discussions had taken place regarding the integration of the
Councils Forward Plan with Select Committee workplans which might address this
difficulty.
4.
PROGRESS
REPORT – “WHERE HAS THE REVIEW BOARD GOT TO?”
(During the meeting Mrs M J Lloyd took no part in the debate and
left the meeting room)
The Portfolio Holder for Tourism and Leisure presented the Select
Committee with the latest progress report on the work of the Wight Leisure
Board. It was reported that the Review Board had met on six occasions during
the last three months. The Board had progressed through three stages in
undertaking the review of Wight Leisure :
·
A Focus for
Wight Leisure – to retain Wight Leisure as a core activity of the Council.
·
Wight
Leisure serving the Island Community and visitors as a public good.
·
To determine
what would be evaluated as core business and what was not, and what should
happen to those areas of activity.
The Select Committee were advised that an interim progress report
of the Review Board was due to be considered by the Executive at its meeting on
28 July 2004.
During discussion Members questioned how ‘core’ and ‘not core’
services had been determined. It was noted that a scoring matrix had been
devised by the Review Board in which all wight leisure services had been scored
against the Councils six Corporate Objectives. On completion of this process
there would be better clarity on where services should continue to be delivered
by the Council. This process would also help identify services which would be
better delivered elsewhere. Some members considered that the recent cycle of
budget cuts and lack of investment, as well as disproportionate amounts of
staff time, were slowly reducing the service level of Wight Leisure. It was
suggested that new innovative ways be sought to determine if part of the
service could be operated in a different way.
In addition members asked what the economic impact would be of any
reduction on the councils annual events programme. The Portfolio Holder advised
the meeting that this had not yet been discussed but the board were hoping to
safeguard the programme against reductions.
Members asked that a briefing be arranged with the Select
Committee and Review Board prior to the Executive meeting on 28 July to
consider the proposals and to determine areas of work that the Select Committee
could assist the Review Board.
ACTION REQUIRED BY THE HEAD OF SELECT COMMITTEE AND BEST VALUE
SUPPORT :
That
an informal briefing of the Review Board and Select Committee be arranged in
mid July 2004 to discuss the report of the Board due to be considered by the
Executive at its meeting on 28 July 2004.
CHAIRMAN