Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from County Councillor Sandra Perkins

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.

None declared

Resolved: - That the minutes of the meeting held on 7 March 2017 be confirmed and signed by the Chair

The Committee considered the following reports on Key Decisions due to be taken by individual Cabinet Members, as indicated:

The Committee considered a report to be presented to the Deputy Leader of the County Council and the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport in relation to the commencement of two procurement exercises for:

  i.  The provision of insurance services in respect of the Farington and Thornton Waste Recovery Parks and;

  ii.  The supply and delivery of street lighting materials.

The procurement exercises will be undertaken in line with European Union (EU) Regulations, the County Council's Procurement Rules, and as outlined in Appendix 'A' to the report.

Resolved: - That the recommendations set out in the report to the Deputy Leader of the County Council and the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport be noted and that no additional comments or suggested alternative recommendations be made.

(Appendix 'A' is not for publication - Exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.)

The Committee considered a report to be presented to the Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Schools on the proposals for the allocation of schools capital funding to address a further phase of high priority building condition repairs on Community, Voluntary Controlled and Maintained Schools in Lancashire.

Resolved: - That the recommendations set out in the report to The Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Schools be noted and that no additional comments or suggested alternative recommendations be made.

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 to consider

The next meeting of the Executive Scrutiny Committee will be held on Tuesday, 13 June 2017 at 2pm at the County Hall, Preston.

It was noted that the next meeting of the Executive Scrutiny Committee would be held on Tuesday, 13 June 2017 at 2pm at the County Hall, Preston

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 paragraph of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972 and that in all circumstances of the case of the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

The Committee considered the following reports on Key Decisions due to be taken by individual Cabinet Members, as indicated

(Not for Publication – Exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information).

(Not for Publication – Exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. It was considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information)

The Committee considered a report to be presented to the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport in relation to the award of a two-supplier framework agreement for professional and technical services.

Resolved: That the recommendation, set out in the report to the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport, be noted and that no additional comments or suggested alternative recommendations be made.

(Not for Publication - Exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.)

(Not for Publication – Exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. It was considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information)

The Committee considered a report to be presented to the Leader of the County Council on the requirements for new systems to support activity across the whole of children's services

Resolved: That the recommendations, set out in the report to the Leader of the County Council, be noted and that no additional comments or suggested alternative recommendations be made.