MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE SCRUTINY COMMITTEE HELD AT COUNTY HALL, NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT ON THURSDAY, 19 APRIL 2007 COMMENCING AT 6.00 PM

 

Present :

 

Cllrs Geoff Lumley (Chairman), William Burt, Barbara Foster, Deborah Gardiner, Heather Humby, Brian Mosdell

 

Co-opted Member (voting):

 

Mrs Sue Poston, Mr Charles Rogers

 

Co-opted Member (non-voting):

 

Mr Bob Blezzard

 

Apologies:

 

Cllr Anne Bishop

 

 

 


The Chair welcomed Cllr Foster to the Committee. Cllr Foster had been appointed to the Scrutiny Committee by the Full Council on 18 April 2007.

 

1.                  MINUTES

 

RESOLVED:

 

THAT the minutes of the meeting held on 22 March 2007 be agreed.

 

2.                  DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

 

Mr Bob Blezzard declared a personal interest in Minute 3 - 8 as he was a Member of Sandown Town Council.

 

3.                  PUBLIC QUESTION TIME

 

There were no public questions.

 

4.                  PUBLIC ACCESS TO COUNCIL SERVICES

 

The Committee agreed to defer this item. Cabinet Member responsibilities had changed following a delegated decision by the Leader on 18 April 2007 which resulted in the responsibility for ‘the Customer’ being passed from Cllr Tim Hunter-Henderson to Cllr Jilly Wood. It was therefore agreed that deferral of the item would allow the Cabinet Member time to adjust to the new role.

 

RESOLVED:

 

THAT the item be deferred to a later meeting.

 

5.                  USE OF OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS BY THE COUNCIL SC10/06

 

The Committee agreed to defer this item to allow all Members of the task and finish group for the enquiry the chance to incorporate any amendments into the final report.

 

RESOLVED:

 

That the item be deferred to a later meeting.

 

6.                  CAR PARKING SC13/06

 

Mr Bob Blezzard, the lead Member for the enquiry, presented the report to the Committee. The purpose of the enquiry had been to review the effectiveness of the Council’s policies for on street/off street and residents parking to ascertain whether these were meeting the needs of all Island residents, businesses and visitors taking account of the balance between financial and environmental considerations, and to ensure the practical, environmental and financial viability of the Council’s parking policies.

 

The Committee agreed the report and invited the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport to attend a Scrutiny Committee meeting in approximately three months time to provide an update on the recommendations of the Committee. 

 

RESOLVED:

 

That the report be agreed and the Cabinet Member for the Environment and Transport be invited to attend a Scrutiny Committee meeting in approximately three months time to provide an update on the recommendations of the Committee.

 

7.                  PROGRESS REPORT ON CURRENT ENQUIRIES

 

There were no issues to report. 

 

8.                  FORWARD PLAN

 

Members considered the Forward Plan for the period May 2007 to September 2007. It was noted that the Cabinet Members’ names, titles and responsibilities were now inaccurate due to the Cabinet reshuffle.

 

RESOLVED:

 

That the Forward Plan be noted.

 

 

CHAIRMAN