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Apologies for Absence and to report the presence of any substitute Members Minutes: Councillor Kerri Prince and Mr Tony Little sent their apologies. There were no substitutes. |
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Declarations of Interest in Matters coming before this meeting Minutes: No interests were declared by Members present. |
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To receive the minutes of the meeting held on 13 February 2020 Minutes: The minutes of the meeting held on 13 February 2020 were approved as a correct record. |
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Exclusion of Press and Public 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. Minutes: All items were considered in public. |
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Follow-up: Matters for clarification from the last meeting To receive the responses on any information requests or clarifications on matters from the previous Cabinet meeting and associated reports. Minutes: The Committee noted the responses provided by officers on the clarifications on the Cabinet reports from the last meeting. |
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Consideration of Executive Decisions Taken and any Call-Ins 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.
Minutes: Members gave consideration to the Cabinet reports of the 12 March 2020 meeting and the decisions made by Cabinet on them earlier that evening.
The Committee agreed to seek clarification on the current staff vacancy factor across the Council, what front-line services were experiencing higher levels of vacancies to the Council average and whether there were any underspending service areas currently under a recruitment freeze.
Additionally, the Committee sought further details on the £8,141k worth of planned savings during 2019/20, noting that £7,891k had already been banked.
RESOLVED: – That the decisions made by the Cabinet at their meeting on 12 March 2020 be endorsed and that no call-in be made. |
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