Agenda and minutes

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at the meeting.

It was noted that the meeting would be recorded for live or future web-casting on the Council’s website.

Apologies for absence were received from Helena Kaia (LINk Co-optee), Yvonne Denny (Education Co-optee) and Councillor Aitken who was substituted by Councillor Butcher.

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. New items of exempt business will be dealt with at item below).

There were no urgent items.

A member with a personal interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered must disclose to that meeting the existence and nature of that interest at the commencement of that consideration, or when the interest becomes apparent.

A member with a personal interest in a matter also has a prejudicial interest in that matter if the interest is one which a member of the public with knowledge of the relevant facts would reasonably regard as so significant that it is likely to prejudice the member's judgment of the public interest and if this interest affects their financial position or the financial position of a person or body as described in paragraph 8 of the Code of Conduct and/or if it relates to the determining of any approval, consent, licence, permission or registration in relation to them or any person or body described in paragraph 8 of the Code of Conduct.

Councillors Bull and Winskill declared personal interests as Haringey leaseholders.

Councillor Butcher declared personal interests as a Haringey leaseholder and a School Governor.

Councillor Adamou declared a personal interest as one of her daughters was a social worker and one of her daughters was a teacher.

To consider any requests received in accordance with Part 4, Section B, paragraph 29 of the Council’s constitution.

There were no deputations/petitions/presentations/Questions

To update Members on the financial planning position and to consider the Pre Business Plan Reviews (PBPR) 2010/11 to 2012/13 (TO FOLLOW).

The Committee requested further information on the following aspects of the budget:

General Questions for all Cabinet Members

1. Fees & Charges – where budgets are under pressure, for example due to the recession, how is the pressure being dealt with if no investment bid has been made?

2. Specific Grants – where grant levels are due to change in 2010/11 (substantial increase or decrease) how is the variance being dealt with?
   
   
3. Are services challenging suppliers in these recessionary times on price? Have any price reductions been secured?

Portfolio specific requests for the Committee on 7^th december 2009

1.         Leader and Performance Portfolio

Pre Agreed Revenue Investments

Pre Agreed Revenue Efficiency Savings

New Revenue Efficiency Savings Proposals

2.         Resources Portfolio

General

There were no items of urgent business.

Forth coming Budget Scrutiny meetings will be held on:

Monday 7 December 2009

Wednesday 16 December 2009

The next Overview & Scrutiny Committee meetings to consider the Budget will be held on Monday 7^th December and Wednesday 16^th December 2009.