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Declarations of Interest Minutes: There were no disclosable pecuniary interests. |
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Minutes: The Minutes of the meeting held on 28th September were agreed and signed as a true record.
There were no matters arising. |
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Resolution to Exclude Public Minutes: RESOLVED that the press and public be excluded under Sections 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 for the consideration of the item of business contained in Minute 24 below relating to “Coventry Municipal Holdings – Annual Performance Report Year Ended 31 March, 2022”on the grounds that the items involves the likely disclosure of information defined in Paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Act and that in all circumstances of the cases, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. |
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Scrutiny Management Councillor N Akhtar, Chair of the Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee, attended the meeting of Cabinet Member for Strategic Finance and Resources held on 4 October, 2022 for consideration of an item relating to “Coventry City of Culture Trust - Temporary Loan Funding Support” Councillor Akhtar agreed that the decision was urgent and that call in should not apply.
In accordance with the Constitution, this matter is reported to inform the Committee of the reason for urgency which is that that the loan was required to provide immediate cashflow support to the City of Culture Trust. If the decision was delayed, this would be a threat to the Trust being able to remain in a positive cashflow position. Minutes: The Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee noted that Cllr N Akhtar attended the meeting of Cabinet Member for Strategic Finance and Resources held on 4 October, 2022 for consideration of the item relating to “Coventry City of Culture Trust - Temporary Loan Funding Support”
Councillor Akhtar had agreed that the decision was urgent and that call in should not apply. In accordance with the Constitution, the matter was reported to inform the Committee of the reason for urgency, which was that the loan is required to provide immediate cashflow support to the City of Culture Trust. If the decision was delayed, this would be a threat to the Trust being able to remain in a positive cashflow position. |
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Coventry Municipal Holdings - Annual Performance Report year Ended 31 March, 2022 PDF 105 KB Briefing Note of the Managing Director for Coventry Municipal Holdings Limited Additional documents:
Minutes: Councillor Duggins, Leader of the Council, introduced the item by explaining the importance of understanding the workings of Coventry Municipal Holdings to the Council, in terms of makings sure that the business case was sound and that there was enough resource for the investment programme. This included making sure Tom White Waste Limited was cleaner and greener and fitted in with the climate change agenda and also making the most of Coombe Abbey Park Limited’s improved position to spread their wings elsewhere.
The Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee considered a presentation by the Director of Streetscene and Regulatory Services on the Performance Report of Coventry Municipal Holdings as required by the Group Governance Agreement. The presentation covered the following areas:
The Committee questioned officers and received responses on the following range of issues:
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Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee Work Programme and Outstanding Issues 2022/23 PDF 355 KB Report of the Director of Law and Governance Minutes:
RESOLVED that the Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee note the Work Programme and Outstanding Issues. |
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Any Other Items of Public Business Any other items of public business which the Chair decides to take as a matter of urgency because of the special circumstances involved. Minutes: There were no additional items of urgent public business. |
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Coventry Municipal Holdings - Annual Performance Report year Ended 31 March, 2022 Minutes: Further to Minute 24 above, the Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee noted confidential commercially sensitive information in relation to this item.
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