Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Councillors Denys and Riley. Councillor R. Mills was present as Councillor Denys’ substitute.

None.

RESOLVED:  That the minutes of the meeting held on 20 June 2019 be approved as a correct record.

To confirm that the items of business marked Part I will be considered in public and that the items marked Part II will be considered in private.

Items were considered and public and private as set out on the Cabinet agenda.

To receive the responses on any information requests or clarifications on matters from the previous Cabinet meeting and associated reports.

The Committee noted the responses provided by officers on the clarifications on the Cabinet reports from the last meeting.

To undertake the statutory scrutiny role of executive decision-making by the London Borough of Hillingdon, and in particular to review decisions made by the Cabinet prior to this meeting. Members should consider any other decision taken by a Cabinet Member(s) or key decision taken by an Officer published in the five working days before this meeting.

Members gave consideration to the Cabinet reports of the 25 July 2019 meeting and the decisions made by Cabinet on them earlier that evening.

On the Revenue and Capital Month 2 Budget Monitoring Report, Members requested further detail on the Council’s Deficit Recovery Plan. It was confirmed that the matter was still in progress, and that further information on the plan could be shared once it had been finalised.  Members requested that paragraph 155 of the report be explained in layman’s terms.

Considering a confidential report towards the end of the meeting relating to the procurement of caged tipper vehicles, Members requested that officers provide detail on why, of the eleven suppliers invited to tender, only four registered interest.

RESOLVED: – That the decisions made by the Cabinet at their meeting on 25 July 2019 be endorsed and that no call-in be made.