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North Lanarkshire Partnership minutes of the board meeting held on Wednesday 30 November 2005
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Present:
Attending:
Apologies:
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Cllr James McCabe, Chair
Cllr Jim Smith
Gavin Whitefield, Mary Castles
James Hunt, Crawford Kirkwood
Brian Lister
Tim Davison
Iain Hair
David Smith
Roger Popplewell
Liz Connolly
David Collie
Sandie Mackay, Simon Carey,
Gregor McKenzie
Tom McKenzie
Stephen Rankin
Ken Wilson
Nicky Munro
Chief Superintendent Anne McGuire
Ken Corsar |
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NL Voluntary Sector
FE Colleges
NHS Lanarkshire
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Strathclyde Fire and Rescue
Communities Scotland
Scottish Enterprise Lanarkshire
Jobcentre Plus
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NLC Housing & Property
NLC Housing & Property
NLC Community Services
Scottish Executive
Strathclyde Police
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Introduct ion
Cllr McCabe welcomed all to the meeting, particularly Tom McKenzie, Ken Wilson and Stephen Rankin who, as key officers leading the Community Plan's Housing and the Environment theme, were attending to deliver a presentation on progress to date.
He noted apologies from Ken Corsar, NHS Lanarkshire, Nicky Munro, Scottish Executive and Chief Superintendent Anne McGuire, Strathclyde Police.
Minutes of the Last Meeting
These were agreed as an accurate record.
Matters Arising
Antisocial Behaviour Outcome Agreement - Mary Castles advised that we awaited a response from the Scottish Executive on our amendments to the latest Antisocial Behaviour Outcome Agreement submission. An update will be made at the next NLP Board meeting in December.
Item 1: Housing and the Environment theme progress
Tom McKenzie, the Housing and Environment theme Leader, gave a presentation (to request a copy, click on the Community Planning link at the side of this page) to the Board on progress. He summarised the long-term aims, key objectives and priorities and gave examples of areas where significant impact has been made from this year's Action Plan.
Ken Wilson, Head of Land Services within the Council, updated on progress with the Waste Management Strategy's recycling and waste management issues.
Stephen Rankin, Strategy Manager, Housing & Property Services, concluded on the subject of tackling fuel poverty.
James Hunt, Voluntary Sector, asked if there was an annual target for public access footpaths being improved in North Lanarkshire. A written response will be given after the meeting.
Cumbernauld Town Centre improvements was raised. S Mackay confirmed that an evening meeting has been arranged for 13 December with representatives from Cumbernauld Community Forum and Cumbernauld Community Council to discuss the issues affecting the area. An update from this meeting will be available for the next NLP Board meeting.
G Whitefield advised that investment in private sector housing grants currently stand at £3.4million for 2005/06; however re-allocation of funding has resulted in this figure reducing to £2.5million for 2006/07. Discussions are currently ongoing with Communities Scotland relating to this.
Item 2: Community Plan Mid-Point Review
S Carey reminded the Board that at the last meeting, agreement was made to a mid-point review of the Community Plan to be completed by March 2006. The Council will also be the subject of a Best Value review of Community Planning. To prepare for this, current arrangements around delivery require to be reviewed to ensure the Community Planning theme priorities, targets and action plans are relevant and effective.
A morning session in late January 06 (draft Programme included in the papers issued) is being organised with key players from the main theme groups being invited to discuss targets, aims and objectives. The results from the session will allow amendments to the Community Plan document with Action Plans for 2006/07 being produced as soon as possible after this.
The Board agreed the proposals as outlined.
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