Agenda and minutes

There were no apologies of absence.

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the Leisure and Community  Scrutiny Panel meeting held on the 23 September 2019.

RESOLVED that the minutes of the Leisure and Community Scrutiny Panel meeting held on 23 September 2019 be confirmed and signed as a correct record.

There were no Chairman’s announcements made at this meeting.

To receive and declarations of interest from Members in accordance with the Standing Orders and the Council’s Code of Conduct and disclosures of advice or directions received from Group Leaders or Political Groups, in accordance with the Council’s Constitution.

There were no declarations of interest made at this meeting.

To receive any deputations of which notice has been lodged.

There were no deputations made at this meeting.

To consider whether it is in the public interest to exclude the public and representatives of the press for this item on the grounds that, the matter to be dealt with under item 13 of the agenda involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act.

RESOLVED that in accordance with Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and representatives of the press be excluded from the meeting for next item as the Panel considered that it was not in the public interest to consider the matter in public on the grounds that involved the disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

To receive a report from the Director of Leisure and Community on the award of contract for the Fareham and Holly Hill Leisure Centres.

The Panel considered a report by the Director Leisure and Community on the Award of Contract of the Leisure Centre Operator.

The Panel noted the recent changes in borrowing costs that has affected Local Government. Officers are currently investigating options for alternative borrowing methods that may be available to the Council. They will also revisit the capital fund to see if there are any capital savings that can be made elsewhere.

RESOLVED that the Panel recommend the contents of the report for endorsement to the Executive when it consider this item at its meeting on 4 November 2019.

To consider any items of business dealt with by the Executive since the last meeting of the Panel, that falls under the remit of Leisure and Community  Portfolio. This will include any decisions taken by individual Members during the same time period.

The Panel considered the Executive items of business which fall under the remit of the Leisure and Community Portfolio, including Executive Member decisions and Officer delegated decisions, that have taken since the last meeting of the Panel on 23 September 2019.

The Panel considered the decisions shown at Items 8 (1) and 8 (2) of the agenda.

RESOLVED that the leisure and Community Scrutiny Panel considered the following items of Executive Business.

No comments were received.

No comments were received.

To provide an opportunity for Members to consider the Scrutiny Panel priorities for Leisure and Community.

The Chairman invited the Panel to consider the Scrutiny Priorities for the Leisure and Community Scrutiny Panel.

The Chairman informed the Panel that the next scheduled meeting of the Panel on 8 January 2020, is to be cancelled, however if any items of business come forward at that time then another date for the Panel may be set in January 2020.

Members had no additional items that they wished to bring forward at this time.