Decision

The Chairman, Cllr. Nick Brown welcomed the
Leader of the Council Cllr. Terry Richardson and the Chief
Executive to the meeting.
 
 
Members questioned the Leader and the Chief
Executive on the following topics:
 

·        
Developing a long term vision, priorities and Corporate Plan for
Blaby District. Members considered the strategic framework for
developing the Corporate Plan and how performance would be
reported. 

·        
The increased number in temporary accommodation in the
District.

·        
Success of external funding grants and grants officer.

·        
Blaby Growth Plan – which protects the identity and interests
of Blaby District, including place-shaping and the need to build
more houses in designated spaces.

·        
Continuing the net zero drive, reducing the carbon footprint and
supporting residents to ‘go green’. Working with
developers and partners to deliver sustainable housing.

·        
Commercialisation and opportunities for income
generation. 

·        
Considering the impacts of the Waste Strategy and how this will be
funded.

·        
Further examination of the Lightbulb Partnership.

·        
Homelessness and Housing Strategy

·        
The number of landfill sites in the district and risks.

·        
Performance management and the Pentana system.

·        
Workforce – reviewing how jobs are advertised, recruitment
challenges for specialised services and staff retention.

·        
Current I.T system. 

·        
Members requested early sight of the Parks and Open Spaces Strategy
to consider its priorities for the future and the Economic
Development Strategy.
 
The Chairman
thanked the Leader, Cllr. Terry Richardson and the Chief Executive
for attending the meeting.
 
Members then
identified the following topics for further examination by
scrutiny:
 

1.   
Economic Development Strategy - That the ED Strategy is brought to
Commission to allow Members to feed into the Strategy and comment
on it before it is considered by Council in September.
 

2.   
Scrutiny Workshop – Corporate Plan Priorities - That all
non-executive members be invited to a workshop to consider the new
corporate plan priorities and vision for the Council.
 

3.   
Performance - That quarterly meetings be arranged for Performance
reports to be brought before Commission.
 

4.   
I.T - To examine the current I.T provision to the authority and its
resilience.
 

5.   
Waste Strategy - What is the impact of the Strategy on Council
budgets and residents?
 

6.   
Landfill Sites - Information on how many sites there are in the
District, risks and incident plans, including lessons learned from
Huncote landfill site.
 

7.   
Green – What are the Council’s risks and resilience
plans, needs clear identification of where targets for net zero are
and how it is measured.