Agenda and minutes

County Councillors Terry Brown and Graham Gooch replaced County Councillors Darren Clifford and Geoff Driver respectively for this meeting.

There were no apologies.

Members are asked to consider any Pecuniary or Non-pecuniary Interests they may have to disclose to the meeting in relation to matters under consideration on the Agenda.

There were no interests disclosed.

Resolved: That the minutes of the meeting held on 7 January 2015 be confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

The Committee considered the following reports to be presented for decision by Cabinet on 5 February 2015.

The committee received a report on the County Council's financial position for 2014/15.  The report set out the main financial risks facing the authority and actions undertaken to address these.  It also set out the County Council's projected financial position at the end of the financial year and assessed the over financial outlook.

Resolved: That the recommendations in the report to the Cabinet be noted and that no additional comments or suggested alternative recommendations be made.

The Committee received a report setting out the context for the budget proposals to be made by Cabinet to Full Council. It was confirmed that the full proposals would be presented at the Cabinet meeting. The Committee noted particularly the one-off resources identified, including the position on the capital financing budget. It was recognised, however, that such resources needed to be considered in the context of the £176m further savings required in addition to the £62m savings agreed in February 2014.

Resolved: That the recommendations in the report to the Cabinet be noted and that no additional comments or suggested alternative recommendations be made.

A report was presented setting out proposals for the consideration of cabinet on the Capital Investment Programme for 2015/16 and beyond.

Resolved: That the recommendations in the report to the Cabinet be noted and that no additional comments or suggested alternative recommendations be made.

The Committee received a report setting out the proposed Treasury Management Policy Framework for 2015/16.

Resolved: That the recommendations in the report to the Cabinet be noted and that no additional comments or suggested alternative recommendations be made.

The Committee considered the following key decisions due to be taken by individual Cabinet Members.

An item of urgent business may only be considered under this heading where, by reason of special circumstances to be recorded in the Minutes, the Chair of the meeting is of the opinion that the item should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency. Wherever possible, the Chief Executive should be given advance warning of any Member's intention to raise a matter under this heading.

There was no Urgent Business.

The next meeting of the Executive Scrutiny Committee will be held on Tuesday 3 March 2015 at 2pm at the County Hall, Preston

It was noted that the next meeting of the Committee would be at 2pm on Tuesday 3 March 2015.

The Committee is asked to consider whether, under

Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, it

considers that the public should be excluded from the

meeting during consideration of the following items of

business on the grounds that there would be a likely

disclosure of exempt information as defined in the

appropriate paragraph of Part 1 of schedule 12A to the

Local Government act 1972 as indicated against the

heading to the item.

Resolved: That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business on the grounds that there would be a likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the appropriate paragraphs of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972 and that in all circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

Report to follow

This item was deferred to a future meeting.

The Committee considered a report on the award of contracts following the completion of a tender process in relation to a partnering framework for mechanical and electrical engineering installation works.

Resolved: That the recommendation in the report to the Cabinet member be noted and that no additional comments or suggested alternative recommendations be made.