Agenda item

The Minutes of the meetings held on 24 July and 13 August 2012 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

Matters Arising

24 July 2012

The Principal Overview and Scrutiny Officer referred to the minutes of the meeting relating to the Momentum Project.  He informed the Committee that an approach had been made to the Chair of Hartlepool Health Scrutiny Forum regarding the establishment of a joint Health Scrutiny Committee involving Hartlepool Borough and Durham County Councillors.  The Chair of Hartlepool Health Scrutiny Forum had responded to the approach indicating that he did not feel it necessary to formally establish such a joint Health Scrutiny Committee and that current informal arrangements should continue.  As a consequence of the response, an approach had been made to Alan Foster, Chief Executive of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, who would be attending the meeting of the Committee on 26 November to provide an update on the Momentum Project and explain progress regarding consultation.

The Principal Overview and Scrutiny Officer referred the Committee to Minute Number 9 and reported that a special meeting of the Committee had been arranged for 15 October 2012 at which the first agenda item would be the strategic approach to budgeting and the Quarter 1 revenue report for 2012/13.

13 August 2012

The Principal Overview and Scrutiny Officer referred to Minute A2 and informed the Committee that a response had been submitted on behalf of the Committee to the recommendations of Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation (ACRA), but no acknowledgement of the representations had been received.  Details of the membership of ACRA had been circulated to Committee Members.