35.
MINUTES
RESOLVED :
THAT the Minutes of the meeting of the Executive held on 14 July 2004 be confirmed.
36.
ORGANISATIONAL REVIEW – SHORTLISING OF OPTIONS
(During the debate Mr G S Kendall declared a personal
interest as a non Executive Director of the Primary Care Trust).
The Executive received a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers which had been commissioned as a product of the Statement of Intent of July 2003 agreed by the Primary Care Trust, the IOW Healthcare Trust and the Isle of Wight Council and the Island's response to Healthfit.
Two options had
been shortlisted for the long term development of a single public service
organisation for the Isle of Wight.
·
Establishment of a Health and Social Care Trust on the Isle
of Wight that included commissioning
functions; and
·
The establishment of a Health and Social Care Trust on the
Isle of Wight that did not include
commissioning functions but that commissioning was undertaken in a separate
organisation.
Both options would need to determine how commissioning
would be delivered and clarification regarding the next steps required would be
the subject of a further report.
The Leader read out a letter from the Chairman of the Adult
and Community Services Select Committee and she invited the Select Committee to
express their view prior to the next report being considered by the Executive.
The Executive supported the concept in broad terms although
issues surrounding corporate governance and democratic accountability remained.
RESOLVED :
(i)
THAT the Price Waterhouse Cooper report be received
and the principle, in broad terms, of establishing a Care Trust and the
additional work that was required to enable a decision on the two options be
agreed
(ii)
THAT August and the early part of September
be used as an opportunity to involve stakeholders, including staff, in an
exchange of information and views about the short-listed options
(iii)
THAT a further report in September 2004 be
received to determine which, if any, of the short-listed options the Executive
wished to be pursued
(iv)
THAT as a long term aspiration, the
development of a single public service organisation for the Isle of Wight be
continued to be explored
37.
REINTERGRATION OF WIGHT LEISURE WITH THE COUNCIL
The Executive were reminded that at its meeting of 28
January 2004 it was resolved not to proceed with the externalisation of Wight
Leisure and to develop and deliver, through a project group, long-term service
development proposals for leisure services.
Furthermore, subsequent to that decision, Full Council at its meeting of
28 April 2004, had resolved to reorganise the Council to create a Children’s
Services Directorate and had asked the Project Group that any changes it was
proposing to make, could be included within the overall reorganisation of the
Council.
The Board created three categories into which the
individual services had been grouped according to their ability to contribute to
the Council’s six objectives. The Board
was of the view that if the leisure service was able to focus on the core and
secondary activities, then it would be better placed to achieve the aspirations
which the Council may have for its leisure function.
The Board had also considered the issue of accommodation
for the central Wight Leisure team together with the creation of a new health
and fitness facility in Ryde. The Board
indicated support to move both these proposals forward on the basis that the
whole of the central team for Community Development and Leisure was relocated
to the Westridge Centre. The Portfolio
Holder outlined the benefits that would be achieved.
During the debate an amendment was proposed and
seconded to delete an option regarding the provision of core and secondary
services, to enable the Project Board to make more specific recommendations
about future delivery of the three categories of service, to be reported to the
Executive in September 2004.
RESOLVED :
(i)
THAT as a gateway review, the
work undertaken by the Project Board be approved
(ii)
THAT the Project Board’s
analysis of the core, secondary and other Council services currently provided
through Wight Leisure, as set out in Annex 1 to be report be agreed
(iii)
THAT the co-location of the
Community Development and Leisure Services Unit with Tourism Services within
existing resources be agreed
(iv)
THAT the transfer of the
Community Development and Leisure Services Unit from the Children’s Services
directorate to the Adult and Community Services directorate be agreed with
effect from 6 September 2004
(v)
THAT the Project Board be asked
to undertake additional work which identified and make recommendations on the
future delivery and methods of delivery by the end of September 2004 in respect
of the services as detailed in Annex 1
38.
REPORT OF THE PORTFOLIO HOLDER FOR
CHILDREN’S SERVICES
(a)
Isle of Wight Cultural Strategy
Consideration was given to a local Cultural Strategy for the Isle of Wight. The Portfolio Holder outlined the key issues and themes contained in the Strategy. This would be supported by the production of an Annual Action Plan. Although the Council had been the lead body in producing the Strategy, it was recognised that it was not the sole agency capable of delivering such objectives and it was considered that the Local Strategy Partnership was the right delivery mechanism for it.
RESOLVED :
(i)
THAT
the Isle of Wight Cultural Strategy be adopted
(ii)
THAT the Local Strategic
Partnership be asked to take the lead role in the delivery of the strategy
through its Leisure and Tourism theme group.
(b)
14 -19 Area Inspection Action Plan
An
Action Plan had been produced in response to the 2003 Office for Standards in
Education and the Adult Learning Inspectorate inspection of 14-19 provision on
the Isle of Wight. It was a statutory requirement that the Learning and
Skills Council and the Local Education Authority prepared and presented
to the Department for Education and Skills an action plan within three working
months of the publication of the inspection report.
RESOLVED :
THAT
the Action Plan be approved
(c)
LEA OFSTED Action Plan
Members
were aware that OFSTED
undertook an inspection of the council’s functions as Local Education Authority
in September 2003 and the report was published in January 2004. It was a
statutory requirement that all Local Education Authorities prepared and
presented to OFSTED an action plan within seventy working days of the
publication of the inspection report. This must demonstrate the Local Education Authority’s
response to all recommendations
and have subsequent OFSTED approval.
RESOLVED :
THAT
the Action Plan be approved
CHAIRMAN