Public Services and Health Policy and Scrutiny Committee - 8 March 2012

Councillors:-

Stephen Giles-Medhurst (Chairman)

David Sansom

Chris Ayrton (Vice-Chairman)

Russell Smith

Leighton Dann

Len Tippen

Pam Hames

Brian White

Helen Lehrle

The Policy and Scrutiny Committee welcomes contributions from members of the public to its discussion on agenda items.  Contributions will be limited to one person speaking for and one against each item for not more than three minutes.  Please note that, in the event of registering your interest to speak on an agenda item but not taking up that right because the item is deferred, you will automatically be given the right to speak on that item at the next meeting of the Policy and Scrutiny Committee.  Details of the procedure and the list for registering the wish to speak will be available for a short period before the meeting.

1.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

2.

MINUTES

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on Thursday 12 January 2012.

12 01 12 PS mins DOWNLOAD

3.

NOTICE OF OTHER BUSINESS

Items of other business notified under Council Procedure Rule 31 to be announced, together with the special circumstances, which justify their consideration as a matter of urgency.  The Chairman to rule on the admission of such items.

4.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

To receive any declarations of interest.

POLICY

5.

COMMUNITY CENTRE RECYCLING

To receive a verbal update.

SCRUTINY

6.

HEALTH UPDATE

This report provides members with a further update on current changes in the National Health Service (NHS) and the work of the Watford and Three Rivers Health and Wellbeing Partnership.

12 03 08 PS i - (06) health update - DOWNLOAD

12 03 08 PS i - (06) hvccg update jan12 v02-app 1 - DOWNLOAD

12 03 08 PS i - (06) transition jan 12 board paper v03-app 2 - DOWNLOAD

12 03 08 PS i - (06) hcc joint working update jan 12-app 3 - DOWNLOAD

7.

WEEKLY ORGANIC WASTE COLLECTION

To review the impact that the introduction of weekly organic waste has had upon refuse and recycling collections across the District.

12 03 08 PS i - (07) wow update - DOWNLOAD

8.

COMMUNITY TOILETS - UPDATE

This report provides an update on the progress to date of the Community Toilets scheme.

9.

COUNCILLOR CALL FOR ACTION – CHERRY HILLS, SOUTH OXHEY

At the Public Services and Health Policy and Scrutiny Committee meeting held on 3 November 2011 the Committee considered a petition of 62 signatures received to the Council requesting that they “carry out their duties as a responsible local authority and cut down the overgrown amenity land in Cherry Hills, South Oxhey immediately.”

The report also set out the Committee’s powers to deal with a matter referred by a Member under Section 21A, paragraph (c) of the Local Government Act 2000 as amended by the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007.

12 03 08 PS i - (09) petition - DOWNLOAD

WORK PROGRAMME

10.

WORK PROGRAMME

To agree the Committee’s work programme.

12 03 08 PS i - (10) work prog - DOWNLOAD

12 03 08 PS i - (10) work prog-app a - DOWNLOAD

11.

OTHER BUSINESS – if approved under item 3 above.

12.

EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC

If the Committee wishes to consider the remaining item in private, it will be appropriate for a resolution to be passed in the following terms:-

“that under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined under Paragraphs (1-7) of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act.  It has been decided by the Council that in all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.”

(Note: If other confidential business is approved under Item 3, it will also be necessary to specify the class of exempt or confidential information in the additional item(s).

1.

OTHER BUSINESS - if approved under item 3.