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Contact: Deb Breedon 01902 551250 or Email: deborah.breedon@wolverhampton.gov.uk
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Apologies Minutes: Apologies were submitted on behalf of Cllrs Barry Findlay, Bhupinder Ghakal and Malcolm Gwinnet.
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Declarations of Interest Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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Minutes of the Previous Meeting (10 April 2014) PDF 64 KB Minutes: Resolved: That the minutes of the previous meeting (10 April 2014) be approved and signed as a correct record. |
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Matters arising Minutes: Work Programme 2014/15
Cllr Andrew Wynne referred to item 5 in the minutes relating to neighbourhood wardens and requested an update report to 2 October meeting. Cllr Richard Whitehouse requested that the report should cover issues relating to noise and other issues raised at the previous meeting. Keren Jones confirmed that an update report would cover all of the issues referred to.
Cllr Stephen Simkins referred to the minute relating to work programme and advised that he had met with Tim Johnson and Nick Edwards to consider a list of work programme items from Scrutiny Board. Panel considered the relevance and timeliness of each item and agreed that the following items
The Chair informed the Panel that, in addition to the work items highlighted by Scrutiny Board, Panel can add pre-decision items (that fall within the panel remit) and raise any other emerging issues, but that these must be passed to Scrutiny Board for approval.
Councillor Wynne asked for confirmation which Panel would consider Regeneration matters.
In response to questions Kenny Aitchison confirmed that Cabinet (Performance Management) Panel considers reports relating to performance of Wolverhampton Homes.
Resolved:
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Sustainability Improvement Plan PDF 694 KB [To receive a progress report of the first year of the council’s joint Sustainability Implementation Plan and Climate Local Action Plan, including the monitoring report for 2013-14 and to comment on the priority actions for the future to inform the review of the Implementation Plan.] Minutes: Cllr John Reynolds introduced the report. Ric Bravery and Keren Jones provided a report to inform the Scrutiny Panel of progress in the first year of the Council’s joint Sustainability Implementation Plan and to seek comments on the priority actions to inform the review of the Implementation Plan which is currently being undertaken.
During consideration of the report several points were considered: · The Sustainability Advisory Group meets three or four times a year to consider and provide guidance on the promotion of sustainability in the City. The group has met for two years and is making good progress. · The Sustainability Strategy and Implementation Plan was approved by Cabinet in July 2014 and replaced a number of documents. · The Strategy remains relevant and the Implementation Plan is being reviewed to make it more focussed on a few key areas and take advantage of opportunities provided by partnerships and funding, in particular through Black Country LEP · Attention was focussed upon the red and amber indicators outlined in the report. · Two red indicators relate to the Green Deal. The Green Deal was launched in October 2012 to allow residents to self-fund energy efficiency measures to their own homes supported by the Energy Company Obligation, however has failed to take off. Subsequent changes announced in the Autumn Statement in December 2013 changed the emphasis of ECO away from “hard to treat” properties back to cavities and lofts with ECO funding spread over four years rather than two. This has meant that Council’s plans to develop a city-wide coordinated offer has not been possible and the programme to improve the Council’s own housing stock has been delayed. The remaining red indicator related to a sustainable procurement policy; this was now being addressed in discussions with the Acting Head of Procurement.
Keren Jones outlined the proposed outcomes and measures for sustainability:
The debate that followed raised several points of interest:
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Next Meeting [To consider the focus of items to the next meeting 2 October 2014] Minutes: Resolved: Items to the next meeting are as follows:
· ASB Review update · Anti-social, Crime and Policing Act 2014. This comes into effect from 1 October 2014. There is a need to brief Councillors on local implementation of the new ASB tools and powers and also seek their views on the proposed process for the Community Trigger
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