Agenda item

The Chairman moved that Council receive and note the under mentioned minutes as listed in the separate Minutes Book and this was duly seconded by the Vice-Chairman.

Meeting                                                                      Date

Cabinet                                                                      26 July, 19 August, 13 September, 6 & 18 October 2011

Cabinet Capital Assets Committee                       26 July, 14 September 2011

Overview and Scrutiny Organisation                   14 July, 15 September 2011

and Resources Select Committee

Children’s Services Select Committee                22 July, 27 September 2011

Health and Adult Social Care Select                   7 July, 6 October 2011

Committee

Environment Select Committee                            21 July, 6 September 2011

Licensing Committee                                              7 September 2011

Northern Area Planning Committee                     13 July, 3 August, 5 October 2011

Eastern Area Planning Committee                       14 July, 4 & 25 August

Southern Area Planning Committee                    7 & 28 July, 18 August, 8 & 29 September, 20 October 2011

Western Area Planning Committee                      6 July, 17 August, 7 & 28 September, 19 October 2011

Strategic Planning Committee                              31 August, 28 September 2011

Standards Committee                                             20 July, 21 September 2011

Audit Committee                                                      28 September 2011

Officer Appointment Committee                            14 July, 31 October, 1 November 2011

Staffing Policy Committee                                      20 July, 21 September 2011

Wiltshire Pension Fund                                         22 July, 29 September 2011

The Chairman then invited questions from Councillors on points of information

or clarification on the above mentioned minutes and gave the Chairmen of those meetings the opportunity to make any important announcements on the work of their respective committees.

Organisation and Resource Select Committee – 14 July 2011

Minute no. 176 – Benefit Service Inspection

Cllr Ricky Rogers asked whether any progress had been made on ensuring a joined up approach between Revenue, Benefits and Housing in order to deal with concerns which had been raised. Cllr Jeff Osborn explained that there was ongoing work in this area particularly with regards the Council’s own housing stock and that implementation of new software would assist. He further added that further detailed work was required in this area which was difficult to undertake given that the scrutiny area was currently short staffed.

Organisation and Resources Select Committee – 15 September 2011

Minute no. 195 – Task Group Update

Cllr Jeff Osborn, Chairman of the above Committee updated Council on the workk of the S.106 Task Group. He explained that a print out of outstanding S.106 commitments for each Area Board area was now available and encouraged local members to provide input to validate the list for their respective areas. This had been achieved following a considerable amount of hard work by the Task Group and said the exercise had been a good example of scrutiny work. Cllr Tony Trotman, Chairman of the Task Group explained that a full report on this would be presented to the next meeting of the relevant Scrutiny Select Committee. Cllr Chris Williams, Portfolio Holder for Communities assured Council that he would raise the matter at the meeting of Area Board chairmen.

Licensing Committee – 7 September 2011

Minute no. 20.3 – Protocol for informing local members on Licensing Act applications

Cllr Jonathon Seed, Chairman of the Licensing Committee drew Councillors’ attention of the above mentioned protocol.

Southern Area Planning Committee

Cllr Fred Westmoreland informed Council that the meeting scheduled for 10 November 2011 had been cancelled.

Western Area Planning Committee

Cllr Jon Hubbard enquired as to whether an application for a swingers’ club had gone through the appropriate planning channels. Cllr Peter Fuller, Chairman of Western Area Planning Committee confirmed that he was not aware of any such application.