Agenda item

RESOLVED:

(1)    That Councillors Clarke, Mildren and Hawkins be granted leave to address Cabinet on Item 5A, “Recommendations of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee – to Investigate the Facilities for Older Children and Young Adults and What Further Facilities and Activities are Required”.

(2)    That Councillors Clarke, Mildren and Hawkins be granted leave to address Cabinet on Item 6, “Outcome of Government’s Quinquennial Review of West Northamptonshire Development Corporation (WNDC)”.

(3)    That Mrs Beverley Mennell, Mr Chris Swinn and Councillors Clarke and Mildren be granted leave to address Cabinet on Item 7, “Approval of Introductory and Secure Tenancy Agreements”.

(4)    That Councillors Clarke, Mildren and Hawkins be granted leave to address Cabinet on Item 8, “Definition of Town Centre Primary Retail Frontages and Primary Retail Area”.

(5)    That Councillors Clarke and Hawkins be granted leave to address Cabinet on Item 9, “Wootton Conservation Area Re-Appraisal”.

(6)    That Mr Norman Adams, Mr Chris Swinn and Councillors Clarke and Mildren be granted leave to address Cabinet on Item 10, “Award of Build Contract on the Local Authority new Build Scheme”.

(7)    That Councillors Clarke, Mildren and Hawkins be granted leave to address Cabinet on Item 11, “Leisure and Sport Strategic Business Review – Facilities Strategy”.

(8)    That Councillors Clarke, Mildren and Hawkins be granted leave to address Cabinet on Item12A, “Performance Monthly Report – December 2009”.

(9)    That Councillors Clarke, Mildren and Hawkins be granted leave to address Cabinet on Item 12B, “General Fund Revenue Budget Monitoring – December 2009”.

(10)          That Councillors Clarke and Mildren be granted leave to address Cabinet on Item 12C, “Housing Revenue Account Monitoring – December 2009”.

(11)          That Councillors Clarke and Mildren be granted leave to address Cabinet on Item 12D, “Capital Programme Monitoring, Project Appraisals and Variations – December 2009”.

(12)          That Councillors Clarke, Mildren and Hawkins be granted leave to address Cabinet on Item 14, “The Service and Maintenance of Hard Wired Sheltered Housing Schemes and Private Life Lines”.

Ms B Mennell addressed Cabinet on Item 7. She repeated comments that she had made to a recent Overview and Scrutiny meeting in that she was happy with the content of the new agreement.  She was disappointed, however, that only three of the seven members of the tenants’ forum had attended a consultation meeting. She then commented on the wording in the document claiming that it did not reflect the independent eye of the tenant.  She further commented on the late arrival of the Cabinet’s paperwork for this item

Mr N Adams then addressed cabinet on Item 10 and referred to the proposed building of council houses at Kings Heath.  He referred back to a question he had posed at a previous Council meeting in relation to the investigations into a number of contractors accused of ‘cover pricing’. Although he accepted that the contract could legally be awarded to these companies, he was of the opinion that it was morally wrong.

Mr C Swinn addressed Cabinet. He stated that the agreement had been a long time in coming and he described the consultation timeline suggesting that there had been no public meetings and that the document had undergone no version control.  He further commented that tenants had not been given the opportunity to comment on the final document as presented to this meeting.  He claimed that his e-mail to Legal Services on the matter had not been responded to.