Agenda and draft minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Gallagher.

A Member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:

(i)        Must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and

(ii)       May not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.

A Member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.

Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interest and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct.

There were no declarations of interest.

To agree the minutes of the Committee meeting held on 13 March 2014 as an accurate record.

The minutes of the meeting held on 13 March 2014 were approved as a correct record.

To take forward any issues raised during the Area Forum.

The Committee noted the discussions that had taken place during the forum and identified the following actions:

Finsbury Park

Councillor Arthur agreed to talk with the Cabinet Member for Environment with regards to the Council providing transparency in terms of financial information.  It was noted however that there would be limitations in terms of what information could be in the public domain, for example due to commercial sensitivity, but where this was the case an explanation would be provided as to why the information could not be shared.

ACTION: Councillor Arthur.

An update on the next Finsbury Park Stakeholder Group meeting would be provided for the next forum.

ACTION: Clerk / Chair

Veolia

Further information was required with regard to the contract with Veolia – what services the public should and shouldn’t expect, and when the current contract was due to expire.  It would also be useful to hear some ‘good news stories’, rather than just complaints.

It would be useful to have a timetable for the bin collection audit.

ACTION: Councillor McNamara

The dates for the 2014/15 Municipal Year are as follows:

30 October 2014

15 January 2015

19 March 2015

NOTED the dates of future meetings.

It was agreed that the Committee would informally meet after the meeting to discuss a work programme for the remainder of the year.

There was no such business.