Issue - meetings

Cllr Winskill raised the issue of the Tech Refresh overspend, and the figures that the Executive Member for Organisational Development provided regarding this in an answer to a question in November 2005. It was commented that there was a discrepancy between this answer and the Audit Commission’s estimate of the total cost of the tech Refresh programme and the overspend. Cllr Winskill also commented that the questions on this issue at Full Council were not answered, and requested that the Executive Member be invited to the next meeting of Overview and Scrutiny answer questions on Tech Refesh.

The Chair commented that the schedule for the next meeting was extremely full, with five reviews to be discussed and questions for the Executive Member for Environment, and that the meeting would already be starting earlier than planned. The Chair suggested that due to time constraints and the likelihood that the discussion would be wide-ranging, that it would be preferable to explore other avenues where this could be raised.

Cllr Winskill commented that the Overview and Scrutiny Committee should deal with this as it was its role, and suggested the possibility of the Executive Member providing written answers to questions submitted through the Chair. It was suggested that further discussions on the options could take place by email between the Members present at the meeting to find a solution.

RESOLVED:

That the Members present discuss further by email whether it would be possible to invite the Executive Member for Organisational Development to the next meeting of Overview & Scrutiny Committee to answer questions on the Tech Refresh overspend.

Notes:

The meeting ended at 21:30HRS