Leisure, Wellbeing and Health Committee - 29 November 2017

NOTICE AND AGENDA

For a meeting to be held in the Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House, Rickmansworth, on Wednesday 29 November 2017 at 7.30pm.

Members of the Leisure, Wellbeing and Health Committee:-

Councillors:-      Chris Lloyd (Lead Member for Leisure, Community and Wellbeing)

Diana Barber

Martin Brooks

Heather Kenison

Angela Killick      Alison Scarth (Lead Member for Health)

Stephen King

Alex Michaels

David Sansom

Alison Wall

Chris Whately-Smith

Steven Halls, Chief Executive

21 November 2017

Lead Member Responsibilities:

Health - Herts County Council health Strategy; Health and social care provision and access; Air pollution; Cemeteries and crematorium; Food inspection and disease control; Health and safety (for Health and Safety Executive and Council staff/contractors; Licensing activities covered by the Licensing Acts; Licensing and regulatory activities outside the Licensing Acts; Noise pollution.

Leisure, Community and Wellbeing – Arts development and grants; Charging; Grant aid, including the voluntary sector; Outdoor (woodlands, open spaces/grounds maintenance, play areas); Play development, schemes and rangers; Sport (pools, gyms, pitches, golf courses) and sports development; Public Health Strategy, Services for young and old people.

The Leisure, Wellbeing and Health Committee welcomes contributions from members of the public to its discussion on agenda items.   Contributions will be limited to one person speaking for and one against each item for not more than three minutes. Please note that, in the event of registering your interest to speak on an agenda item but not taking up that right because the item is deferred, you will automatically be given the right to speak on that item at the next meeting of the Leisure, Wellbeing and Health Committee. Details of the procedure and the list for registering the wish to speak will be available for a short period before the meeting.

In accordance with the Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014 any matters considered under Part I business only of the meeting may be filmed, recorded, photographed, broadcast or reported via social media by any person.

Recording and reporting the Council’s meetings is subject to the law and it is the responsibility of those doing the recording and reporting to ensure compliance. This will include the Human Rights Act, the Data Protection Act and the laws of libel and defamation.

1.      APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

2.      MINUTES

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday 6 September 2017.

3.      ANY OTHER BUSINESS

Items of other business notified under Council Procedure Rule 30 to be announced, together with the special circumstances that justify their consideration as a matter of urgency. The Chairman to rule on the admission of such items.

4.      DECLARATION OF INTERESTS

To receive any declarations of interest.

5.      BUDGET MONITORING REPORT – PERIOD 6 (end of September)

Attached is the Comprehensive period 6 (end of September) budget monitoring report for all the Council’s Committees.

LEISURE, COMMUNITY AND WELLBEING

6.      CITIZENS’ ADVICE SERVICE IN THREE RIVERS ANNUAL REPORT 2016 - 17

The Committee will receive a presentation from the Director of the Citizens’ Advice Service in Three Rivers (CASTR) highlighting their performance and achievements for the financial year 2016/17.

7.      LEISURE, COMMUNITY AND CAPITAL GRANTS APPLICATIONS

The Committee is asked to consider a Leisure & Community Grant for Chorleywood Community Initiatives.

The Committee is also asked to consider a Capital Grant for the Citizens’ Advice Service in Three Rivers.

8.      FEES AND CHARGES FOR LEISURE & COMMUNITY SERVICES IN 2018/19

The Committee is asked to consider the fees and charges set out below and shown in Appendices 1, 2 and 3 for Leisure and Community Services for 2018/2019 and to recommend accordingly to the Policy and Resources Committee.

9.      STRATEGIC, SERVICE AND FINANCIAL PLANNING 2018-2021

This report enables the Committee to comment to the Policy and Resources Committee on the Strategic Plan, the Committee’s service plans, and the growth bids to support them for the three years commencing on 1 April 2018.

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HEALTH

10.    REGULATORY SERVICES – REVIEW OF FEES AND CHARGES 2018/19.

To consider a review of discretionary fees and charges, with any adjustments to take effect from 1 April 2018.

11.    PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT OFFER 2018/19

This report outlines arrangements for agreeing the use of the Public Health District Offer for 2018-19 with Hertfordshire County Council’s Public Health Team and seeks committee agreement for the proportioning of budget use.

12.    STRATEGIC, SERVICE AND FINANCIAL PLANNING 2018-2021

This report enables the Committee to comment to the Policy and Resources Committee on the Strategic Plan, the Committee’s service plans, and the growth bids to support them for the three years commencing on 1 April 2018.

WORK PROGRAMME

13.    WORK PROGRAMME

To review and make necessary changes to the Committee’s work programme.

14.   OTHER BUSINESS – if approved under item 3 above.

15.   EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC

If the Committee wishes to consider the remaining item in private, it will be appropriate for a resolution to be passed in the following terms:-

“that under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined under paragraph 3 of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act. It has been decided by the Council that in all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.”

(Note: If other confidential business is approved under item 3, it will also be necessary to specify the class of exempt or confidential information in the additional items.)

1. OTHER BUSINESS – if approved under item 3 above