Agenda item

(i)                 Report of the Assistant Chief Executive.

(ii)               Action Plan – presented by Simon Bartlett, Durham City Homes Manager, Regeneration and Economic Development.

The Chair introduced the Principal Overview and Scrutiny Officer and the Manager, DCH to give an update in relation to the recommendations contained within the Scrutiny Review Report from 2010 (for copy, see file of minutes).

Members noted the progress made against the report recommendations, with the inclusion of performance reporting from Quarter 2 of DCH, DVH and EDH.  The Committee also noted the reference to specific meetings to allow Members to input into the Stock Option Appraisal project, which had resulted in the Special Meeting of the Committee held on 28 September 2011 with Members’ views being fed into the consultation process.

Members noted the progress in relation to the recommendations and Councillor M Wilkes noted that a particular issue he had raised during the review in respect of Local Members being informed about “estate walkabouts” had been resolved and that he was telephoned on the morning of such walkabouts and kept well informed, a definite improvement.

Resolved:    

That the report and Action Plan in relation to the progress against the specific review recommendations be noted.