Resolved-

(1)          That the establishment of a new Local Council in the Shipley area be supported – as a consequence of meeting the tests in the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, as outlined in paragraph 3.4 of Document “V”.

(2)          That with no significant opinion against a smaller or larger boundary,  the Local Council follow the boundary as proposed and set out in the Community Governance Review Terms of Reference.

(3)          That the new Local Council being named Shipley Town Council, as set out in the petition received in May 2019 be supported.

(4)          That the Local Council area being split into wards as outlined at paragraph 3.17 of Document “V”, along with the suggested numbers of local councillors per Local Council ward be supported.

(5)          That it be noted that it is a requirement of the 2007 Act that the Council must make available a document setting out the reasons for the decisions it has taken at the conclusion of a Community Governance Review and to publicise those reasons.

(6)          That final approval for the establishment of a new Local Council in the Shipley area be referred to Council at its meeting on 14 January 2020.

Action:           City Solicitor

(Damian Fisher – 01274 437062)

Resolved-

That the Committee:

(1)       Takes assurance from the results to date that show that the control environment, risk management and governance processes of the Council are effective.

(2)       Endorses the anticipated coverage and changes of Internal Audit work during the year.

(3)       Require Internal Audit to monitor the control environment, risk management and governance arrangements and continues to assess areas of control weakness and the ability of management to deliver improvements to the control environment when required.

(4)       Requests that a progress report relating to Direct Payments be submitted to the Corporate Management Team in six months time and subsequently to this Committee to determine the level of progress being made.

Action:  Director of Finance

                                                            (Mark St Romaine – 01274 432888)

Resolved-

That the Committee takes assurance from the result of the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman’s Annual Review of Local Government Complaints 2018/19, that the Authority’s complaints process is overall satisfactory.

                                                                          (Irina Arcas – 01274 435269)

Resolved-

That the minutes of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund Local Pension Board held on 8 October 2019 were considered.

                                                            (Caroline Blackburn – 01274 434523)

Resolved-

That the minutes of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund Joint Advisory Group held on 25 July 2019 were considered.

(Rodney Barton – 01274 432317)

Resolved-

(1)          That the Executive Commissioning Board and the Integration and Change Board updates be noted.

(2)          That a development session be arranged to consider:

·         further information in relation to the logic models to include a focus on the actions and their outputs, in addition to the long term outcomes for people. Where possible to highlight differences in data at locality level as well as for the whole District.

·         update from Community Partnerships at a locality level

Action:  Health and Wellbeing Partnership Manager

                                                            (Sadia Hussain – 01274 435872)

Resolved-

That the Board supports:

·         The formation of a District wide out-of-hours co-ordinated function.

·         The formation of a District Wide all age “front door” hub.

·         A pilot to be run in the Keighley area with the creation of a locally based all age Prevention and Early Help Centre which will have 3 related work streams, Place, People and developing integrated locality services. This  will then be evaluated with a view to rolling it out to other parts of the District alongside the Keighley pilot.

·         That in terms of the Early Help and Prevention Programme Governance the Prevention and Early Help Programme Board report to ICB (Integration and Change Board) and then the Health and Wellbeing Board through the ICB.

·         A commitment to supporting the Early Help and Prevention project.

Action:           Chief Executive

                                                            (Sally Fryer – 01274 376418)