Meeting Details

Meeting Summary
Homes Overview and Scrutiny Committee
25 Jan 2024 - 14:00 to 16:05
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Agenda

Public Agenda
1 Notice of Recording/Webcast

The Chair to advise/meeting to note that this meeting will be webcast for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council's Public-I microsite (please click this linkand that members of the press/public may record and take photographs except where there are confidential or exempt items.

2 Apologies
To receive any apologies.
3 Declarations of Interests

Members are reminded they must declare all relevant  pecuniary and other registerable interests arising from any business to be discussed at this meeting.

 

If a disclosable pecuniary interest is declared a Member must not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must not remain in the room unless they have been granted a dispensation.

 

If other registerable interests are declared a Member may speak on the matter only if members of the public are allowed to speak at the meeting but otherwise must not take part in any discussion or vote on the matter and must not remain in the room unless they have been granted a dispensation.    

 

If it is a ‘sensitive interest’, Members do not have to disclose the nature of the interest, just that they have an interest.

 

Information on the Local Government Association’s Model Councillor Code of Conduct is set out via http://bit.ly/3WtGQnN. This includes, at Appendix 1, an interests flowchart which provides a simple guide to declaring interests at meetings.  

 

 

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 23 November 2023.
To note the action tracker.
For the Committee to note the attached comments on the agenda.

To provide oversight, scrutiny and productive challenge to City Housing while moving towards compliance with the requirements under the Social Housing Regulation Bill and the recommendations from the Housing Ombudsman special report.

Councillor Jayne Francis, Cabinet Member for Housing and Homelessness; Paul Langford, Strategic Director, City Housing; Guy Chaundy, Assistant Director, Housing Strategy and Enabling; Wayne Davies, Director, Asset Management; Stephen Gabriel, Director, Housing Management; Stephen Philpott, Director, Housing Solutions and Support Service; and Naomi Morris, Head of Strategic Enabling, in attendance.

8 Date of the Next Meeting
To note the date of the next meeting on Thursday 22 February at 1400 hours in Committee Room 6.

To consider any request for call in/councillor call for action/petitions (if received).

 

9a - Request for Call In: Contract Award for the Provision of Repairs & Maintenance 2024-2026

 

To consider the 'Request for Call-In'. 

 

Councillor Jayne Francis, Cabinet Member for Housing and Homelessness and Wayne Davies, Director for Asset Manager will be in attendance for this item.

 

The following documents are attached:-

 

Request for Call-In Cover Report - Contract Award for the Provision of Repairs and Maintenance 2024-2026

 

Appendix A: Call-In Procedure – Briefing Note

 

Appendix B: Executive Decision Record

 

Appendix C: Request for Call 

 

Appendix D: Commissioners Comments on the report.

 

Appendix D1- D5:  Cabinet Report and its appendices (Appendix D2 and D5 are exempt)

 

10 Other Urgent Business
To consider any items of business by reason of special circumstances (to be specified) that in the opinion of the Chair are matters of urgency.
11 Authority to Chair and Officers
Chair to move:-

'In an urgent situation between meetings, the Chair jointly with the relevant Chief Officer has authority to act on behalf of the Committee'.

Attendance

Attended - Other Members
Name
No other member attendance information has been recorded for the meeting.
Apologies
NameReason for Sending Apology
No apology information has been recorded for the meeting.
Absent
NameReason for Absence
Councillor Lauren Rainbow 

Declarations of Interests

Member NameItem Ref.DetailsNature of DeclarationAction
No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting.

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