Meeting documents

            Meeting: Communities Scrutiny Sub-Committee (County Hall, Durham - Committee Room 1a - 02/12/2002 12:00:00 AM 30/12/1899 10:00:00 AM)

                  Item: A8 Forward Plan

Scrutiny Sub-Committee to Promote Strong, Healthy and Safe Communities 2 December 2002 Forward Plan
Report of Head of Overview and Scrutiny

1 To report the sections of the Council’s Forward Plan which are within the Sub-Committee’s jurisdiction.

Background

2 Under the Constitution, the Executive is required to produce a Forward Plan indicating key decisions covering a four month period.

3 The key decisions relevant to this Sub-Committee included in the Forward Plan are set out in the attached documentation.

4 The information in the Forward Plan provides the Sub-Committee with the opportunity of considering whether it wishes to seek to influence any of these key decisions or to seek further information.

5 If the Sub-Committee wishes to consider any of the key decisions, this could be included in the Work Programme which needs to be considered.

Recommendation

6 You are recommended to give consideration to the Forward Plan.

Subject	Content
Topic	Review of library opening hours (throughout the county)
Lead Cabinet Member	Alan Cox, Alan Barker, Christine Smith
Decision maker	Cabinet
Date of decision	November 2002
Consultation	Community consultation will be undertaken, commencing January.
Contacts	Nigel Canaway, Assistant Director, Arts, Libraries and Museums, Tel: 0191 383 3596
Background Documents	Public Library Standards, Annual Library Plan, DCMS Libraries for All report
Additional Comments

Subject	Content
Topic	Review of mobile libraries
Lead Cabinet Member	Alan Cox, Alan Barker, Christine Smith
Decision maker	Cabinet
Date of decision	November 2002
Consultation	Consultation in rural communities completed 2001
Contacts	Nigel Canaway, Assistant Director, Arts, Libraries and Museums, Tel: 0191 383 3596
Background Documents	Survey results and officers reports, Annual Library Plan
Additional Comments

Subject	Content
Topic	Future roll out of Achieving Better Community Development Training (ABCD)
Lead Cabinet Member	Alan Barker
Decision maker	Cabinet
Date of decision	November 2002
Consultation	Member Area Panels, Participants of Phase 1 of the ABCD Training
Contacts	Linda Clark, Senior Community Support Officer Tel 0191 384 4242
Background Documents	ABCD Report to Cabinet May 2002. Evaluation of Phase 1 of ABCD in Durham County Council (Report to be produced in August/September)
Additional Comments