Agenda and minutes

Any Member who is substituting for another Member should so indicate, together with the name of the relevant absent Member.

The following substitution was declared:

Councillor Patricia Warby for Councillor Frank Warby.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Sarah Stamp, Jim Thorndyke and Frank Warby.

Councillors Simon Brown and Andrew Speed were also unable to attend.

Members of the public who live or work in the Borough are invited to put one question/statement of not more than 3 minutes duration relating to items to be discussed in Part 1 of the agenda only.  If a question is asked and answered within 3 minutes, the person who asked the question may ask a supplementary question that arises from the reply.

A person who wishes to speak must register at least 15 minutes before the time the meeting is scheduled to start.  There is an overall limited of 15 minutes for public speaking, which may be extended at the Chairman’s discretion.

Public participation had been included within the previous informal discussions and there had been no questions/statements from members of the public.

Report No: OAS/SE/16/026

(For reference purposes Forest Heath District Council’s Report Number is OAS/FH/16/027)

Further to the informal joint discussions held prior to the meeting with Forest Heath District Council’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee, the Committee formally considered Report No: OAS/SE/16/026.

Members had scrutinised the report in detail and had asked questions to which responses were provided.

Councillor Patrick Chung moved the recommendation, this was duly seconded by Councillor Paula Fox and with the vote being 8 for and 4 abstentions, it was

          RECOMMENDED: That

The Overview and Scrutiny Committee wished to express its concerns to Cabinet regarding the veto vote of the Mayor.