Agenda and minutes

Venue: Council Chamber, Civic Offices, Reading, RG1 2LU

Contact: Simon Hill - Committee Services  Email: simon.hill@reading.gov.uk

Link: webcast of meeting

Items
No. Item

38.

Minutes

Minutes:

The Minutes of the meeting held on 24 September 2018 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

39.

Petitions and Questions pdf icon PDF 92 KB

To receive any petitions from the public and any questions from the public and Councillors.

 

Minutes:

Questions on the following matters were submitted by members of the public:

 

 

Questioner

Subject

Reply

 

1.

Roger Lightfoot

Sale of Arthur Hill pool site

Cllr Lovelock

2.

Peter Burt

Leisure Procurement Timetable

Cllr Hoskin

3.

Jim Vincent

Social Care Direct Payments

Cllr Jones

 

Questions on the following matters were submitted  ...  view the full minutes text for item 39.

40.

Thames Valley Police - Chief Constable and Police & Crime Commissioner pdf icon PDF 1 MB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Anthony Stansfeld, Thames Valley Police & Crime Commissioner (PCC), and Francis Habgood, Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police (TVP), attended the meeting to give presentations and answer questions from members of the Committee.  Superintendent Stan Gilmour also attended to answer questions on local issues.

 

The presentation by the Police & Crime  ...  view the full minutes text for item 40.

41.

Local Authority New Build Housing Phase 3 - Approval of Funding Bid pdf icon PDF 128 KB

Councillor Ennis / Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services

 

This report summarises and seeks retrospective approval for bids for additional borrowing capacity within the Housing Revenue Account and supporting grant funding from the Homes England Affordable Housing Programme.

Minutes:

The Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services submitted a report seeking retrospective approval for bids for additional borrowing capacity within the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) and for supporting grant funding from the Homes England Affordable Housing Programme.

 

The report summarised the bids submitted for an additional £33,180,400 of borrowing capacity  ...  view the full minutes text for item 41.

42.

Community Hubs Spend Approval: Sun Street Youth and Community Centre pdf icon PDF 45 KB

Councillors James & Terry / Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services

 

This report sets out a proposal to extend the community hubs programme to include Sun Street Youth and Community Centre and seeks spend approval for improvements to the Centre.

Minutes:

Further to Minute 114 of the meeting held on 10 April 2017, the Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services submitted a report setting out a proposal to extend the community hubs programme to include a scheme to improve Sun Street Youth and Community Centre, and enable the centre to operate  ...  view the full minutes text for item 42.

43.

Public Health and Wellbeing Budget Re-profiling 2019-21 pdf icon PDF 956 KB

Councillor Hoskin / Director of Adult Care & Health Services

 

This report sets the context for the required re-profiling of the Public Health budget from 2018-19, summarises proposed budget changes for 2018-19 and gives indications of options for further changes from 2019, subject to consultation feedback.

Minutes:

The Director Of Adult and Health Care Services submitted a report setting out the context for the required re-profiling of the Public Health budget from 2018-19, summarising proposed budget changes for 2018-19, and giving indication of options for further changes from 2019, subject to feedback from a proposed consultation.

 

The  ...  view the full minutes text for item 43.

44.

Appointment of Remuneration Panel Members pdf icon PDF 32 KB

Councillor Lovelock / Monitoring Officer

 

This report asks the Committee to appoint to the Council’s Independent Remuneration Panel.

Minutes:

The Monitoring Officer submitted a report asking the Committee to appoint to the Council’s Independent Remuneration Panel.

 

The report explained thatthe independent Remuneration Panel carried out an annual review of the Council’s scheme for Councillors’ Allowances, and had been set up to include at least three and no more  ...  view the full minutes text for item 44.