Issue - meetings

Councillor Westley submits a report which includes recommendations of the cross party Member Working Group with regard to the fundamental  challenge stage of the Best Value Reviews of the following areas:-

Services to Homeless People

Highways and Transportation

The full reports on each Review are available with the agenda published on the Council’s Intranet and Internet site (www.leicester.gov.uk).  A copy is also available for Councillors in the Members’ Library.

If you do not have access to any of the above, a copy can be obtained from Frances Wake, Committee Secretariat Tel No, 252 6028

Councillor Willmott submitted a report which detailed the recommendations of the cross-party Best Value Member Working Group with regard to the fundamental challenge stage of the Best Value Reviews of "Services to Homeless People" and "Highways and Transportation".

RESOLVED:

that the following be approved:-

Services to Homeless People

(a)that this service area, which covered housing advice and re-housing and hostels and community care follow the performance management route of the Council's Best Value process;

(b)that the original scope of the review remain unchanged but that the title of the review be changed from 'Homelessness' to 'Services to Homeless People', to more accurately reflect the issues within the review;

(c)that no services be recommended for decommissioning at this stage;

Highways and Transportation

(a)that all services within this review be reviewed under the service assessment route of the Council's Best Value process on the basis that a full performance management framework was not yet in place;

(b)that the scoping exercise be amended, as detailed in the report and that the review should be concluded within the Year 3 Best Value timescale; and

(c)that no services be recommended for decommissioning at this stage.