Agenda and minutes
Venue: Committee Room 1 - Wallasey Town Hall. View directions
Contact: Mark Delap Principal Committee Officer
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Members' Code of Conduct - Declarations of Interest/Party Whip Members are asked to consider whether they have any disclosable pecuniary interests and/or any other relevant interest in connection with any item(s) on this agenda and, if so, to declare them and state the nature of the interest.
Members are reminded that they should also declare, pursuant to paragraph 18 of the Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rules, whether they are subject to a party whip in connection with any item(s) to be considered and, if so, to declare it and state the nature of the whipping arrangement. Minutes: Members were asked to consider whether they had any disclosable pecuniary interests and/or any other relevant interest in connection with any item(s) on this agenda and, if so, to declare them and state the nature of the interest.
Members were reminded that they should also declare, pursuant to paragraph 18 of the Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rules, whether they were subject to a party whip in connection with any item(s) to be considered and, if so, to declare it and state the nature of the whipping arrangement.
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The following documents are attached for Members’ consideration –
· ‘What Really Matters?’ Budget Options Questionnaire
· Summary Paper for Regeneration and Environment Specific Options for consideration by this Committee – o Pre Planning Advice o Apprentice Programme o Handy Person Service o Restructure of Regeneration, Housing and Planning o Home Insulation Scheme o BME Support Programme o Supporting People Service o Invest Wirral
· Summary Paper for Transformation and Resources Specific Options for consideration by this Committee – o Marketing and Public Relations o Destination Marketing o Tranmere Rovers Sponsorship Additional documents:
Minutes: The Chief Executive presented for Members’ consideration the ‘What Really Matters?’ Budget Options questionnaire, together with the Budget Options summary papers for both Regeneration and Environment and Transformation and Resources, which had been developed by Council Officers. The questionnaire had informed the option papers, which had been published to indicate where savings might be found for Councillors, Partners, staff and the public to consider.
The Committee considered a presentation on the two stage budget consultation process, which indicated that the initial process had the highest level of consultation response in the UK and had guided the development of the savings options. As part of stage two of the budget consultation, over 70 budget options had been published, which included 25% more savings than was needed, in order to give genuine choice. So far, some 4000 responses had been received.
The Chair commented that this was an opportunity for the Committee to inform the Cabinet of its views, to seek further information on the options and to make suggestions for alternative and/or additional savings. Specific Options with associated savings/income generation from the summary papers, which fell within the remit of the Economy and Regeneration Overview and Scrutiny Committee, had been highlighted for consideration by Members, viz:
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