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FILMING AT MEETINGS Please note that this meeting may be filmed or recorded by the Council for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council’s internet site or by anyone attending the meeting using any communication method. Although we ask members of the public recording, filming or reporting on the meeting not to include the public seating areas, members of the public attending the meeting should be aware that we cannot guarantee that they will not be filmed or recorded by others attending the meeting. Members of the public participating in the meeting (e.g. making deputations, asking questions, making oral protests) should be aware that they are likely to be filmed, recorded or reported on.
By entering the meeting room and using the public seating area, you are consenting to being filmed and to the possible use of those images and sound recordings.
The chair of the meeting has the discretion to terminate or suspend filming or recording, if in his or her opinion continuation of the filming, recording or reporting would disrupt or prejudice the proceedings, infringe the rights of any individual or may lead to the breach of a legal obligation by the Council. Additional documents: Minutes: The Chair referred Members present to agenda Item 1 as shown on the agenda in respect of filming at this meeting, and Members noted the information contained therein. |
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Apologies for Absence Additional documents: Minutes: There were no apologies for absence. |
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Urgent Business The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of urgent business. (Late items will be considered under the agenda item where they appear. New items will be dealt with at item below). Additional documents: Minutes: There were no items of urgent business. |
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Declarations of Interest 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 interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct Additional documents: Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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Deputations/Petitions/Presentations/Questions To consider any requests received in accordance with Part 4, Section B, paragraph 29 of the Council’s constitution. Additional documents: Minutes: There were no deputations, petitions, presentations or questions received. |
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To agree the minutes of the meeting on 11th January 2018. Additional documents: Minutes: The minutes of the meeting on 11th January were agreed as an accurate record. |
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MINUTES OF SCRUTINY PANEL MEETINGS PDF 122 KB To receive and note the minutes of the following Scrutiny Panels and to approve any recommendations contained within:
Children and Young People Scrutiny Panel - 18 December 2017. Environment and Community Safety -21 December 2017. Adults & Health Scrutiny Panel – 14 December 2017 (to follow). Housing and Regeneration Scrutiny Panel – 19 December.
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Minutes: The minutes of the following scrutiny panel meetings were agreed as an accurate record: Children and Young People Scrutiny Panel on 18 December 2017; Environment and Community Safety on 21 December 2017: Adults & Health Scrutiny Panel on 14 December 2017 and Housing and Regeneration Scrutiny Panel on 19December.
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Treasury Management Strategy Statement 2018/19 - 2020/21 PDF 109 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Committee considered the Treasury Management Strategy Statement 2018/19 - 2020/21. Thomas Skeen, Head of Pensions introduced the report; OSC was requested to scrutinise and make comments prior to its submission to Corporate Committee and then Full Council for final approval. The following points were raised in discussion of the report.
The Following comments were agreed by OSC to be passed on to Corporate Committee for their consideration:
* Clerks Note – revenue implications set out in below table*
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Budget Scrutiny Recommendations PDF 174 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: The Cabinet Member for Finance and Health introduced the Budget Scrutiny Recommendations report.
The Committee were asked to agree a series of recommendations on the budget and MTFS, following their review by the individual scrutiny panels. The final recommendations from OSC would then be taken to Cabinet for consideration along with the final MTFS proposals which would then be put to Council on 26 February for approval. In response to the discussion of the report the following points were noted:
a. In response to a query around the number of properties in the borough that were in council tax bands G & H, officers advised that it was around 5500 which was about 5%. The Committee raised a further question around whether using differential council tax rates to subsidise council tax benefit was legal. In response, the Cabinet Member advised that he thought that it would be legal depending on how that change was implemented; such as the introduction of different categories within band levels. However, it was suggested that this would create additional administrative costs and that this was likely to be opposed by the current government. b. In response to a question, officers confirmed that the implementation of 3% increase in social care precepts would prevent the authority from increasing it the following year. The Cabinet Member advised that there was no information currently available from the government about the long-term possibilities of implementing a year-on-year increase. c. In response to a question around the General Fund reserves level, the Cabinet Member advised that the figure was around £14m in April 2017 and that this was impacted by the agreed use of £8.8m of reserves in the MTFS. However, this reduction was offset by a surplus in council tax collections of around £6m which resulted in General Fund reserve of around £12m. It was anticipated that reserves would be around £15m at the beginning of the financial year. d. In response to a query around the impact of employing agency staff on the overspend within the Children’s Services budget, the Cabinet Member advised that an improved recruitment and retention package had been implemented to make Haringey a more attractive place to work. However, it was still necessary to employ agency staff to fill gaps in the provision of a statutory service. e. The Cabinet Member advised that the costs from adoption and fostering services were monitored regularly by Cabinet. f. In response to a question around the new models of care saving, the Cabinet Member acknowledged that there was more work to do to achieve the £1m saving, and that the saving proposal was likely to involve some degree of shared service provision. g. In response to a query around the total saving position within P2, officers advised that the MTFS set out an agreed saving of £2.4m for 2018/19, which reflected an agreed reduction of around £800k from 2017/18. In addition, there was a carried forward budget pressure of around £3.5m for 2018/19 which would also need to ... view the full minutes text for item 57. |
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Revised Scrutiny Panel Membership PDF 141 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Committee considered a report on Revised Scrutiny Panel Membership.
RESOLVED
I. That Overview and Scrutiny Committee agreed the revised membership of the Adults and Health Scrutiny Panel as outlined in section 6.4 of the report. |
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New Items of Urgent Business Additional documents: Minutes: N/A |
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Future meetings Additional documents: Minutes: The next meeting was noted as taking place on 26th March 2018. |