With the consent of the meeting the Chair varied the order of the agenda to allow item 8 to be taken as the last item of business.

Councillor Andrew Judge advised that, in respect of recommendation C in the report, initial discussions suggested that a six month pilot project would cost £12,000 and he recommended this approach to Cabinet.

At the invitation of the Chair Councillor Peter Southgate addressed the meeting, explaining that the figures considered by the task group suggested noise nuisance is a growing problem.  It was felt important that arrangements are established and in place before the shared service becomes operational.

The Chair thanked scrutiny members for their work on this review.

At the request of Councillor Maxi Martin Chris Lee undertook to look into whether incidents of domestic violence are included in the noise nuisance statistics and how reports of such incidents are dealt with.

RESOLVED:  That Cabinet

(1) take account of the Commission’s discussions relating to the noise nuisance service, set out in section 3 of the report;

(2) request further analysis of the pattern of calls to the noise nuisance service by hour of day and day of week for 2012/13 and 2013/14;

(3) noting that the Commission has suggested that a pilot with increased out of hours coverage would demonstrate whether there is actual demand for such a service and that some members of the Commission pressed for a 24/7 service to be commenced as soon as possible, agree to a six month pilot for an increased out of hours service, the costs of approximately £12,000 to be met from the corporate contingency fund, to demonstrate the demand for the service; and

(4) formally report back its decision on the above recommendations and any action taken to the Overview and Scrutiny Commission.

RESOLVED: That Cabinet

(1) note the financial reporting data relating to revenue budgetary control, showing a forecast underspend at year end of £1.07million (which is 0.65% of the gross Council Budget) after allowing for a £299k transfer to the Capital Programme and consider any relevant action they may wish to take in respect of variations;

(2) note the adjustments made to the Capital Programme in Appendix;

(3) note the contents of the Debt Report contained in Appendix 8;

(4) note current progress to date on savings and review for the budget update for August 2013, along with impact on future savings already in the MTFS; and

(5) approve the virement of £235,000 from the £441,864 Social Work Improvement Fund reserve proposed by CSF department.

To RESOLVE that the public are excluded from the meeting during

consideration of the following report on the grounds that it is exempt

from disclosure by virtue of Part 4B, Paragraph 10.4 and Category 3 of the

constitution.

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