Venue: Sparkenhoe Committee Room, County Hall, Glenfield. View directions
Contact: Mrs. A. Smith (0116 305 2583) Email: angie.smith@leics.gov.uk
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Question Time. |
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Questions asked by members under Standing Order 7(3) and 7(5). |
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To advise of any other items which the Chairman has decided to take as urgent elsewhere on the agenda. |
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Declarations of interest in respect of items on the agenda. |
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Declarations of the Party Whip in accordance with Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rule 16. |
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Presentation of Petitions under Standing Order 35. |
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Care Home Sustainability and Quality Report. Decision: RESOLVED: That the Care Home Sustainability and Quality report be noted. |
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Managing Demand in Adult Social Care. Additional documents:
Decision: RESOLVED: That the report on Managing Demand in Adult Social Care be noted. |
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Charging for Social Care and Policy Support. Additional documents:
Decision: a)
That the report on proposed changes to the
Council’s Charging for Social Care and Support Policy be noted and supported. b)
That the Director of Adults and Communities be
requested to check that property owned abroad for the purposes of meeting the
threshold for residential care was taken into account
and to amend the Policy as necessary to make reference to this. [Subsequent to the meeting, the Director of Adults and
Communities confirmed that capital could include property and land in the UK or
abroad and appropriate reference has now been made in the Policy to address
this as requested by the Committee.] |
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Lightbulb Service Business Case Additional documents:
Decision: RESOLVED: a) That the report on the Lightbulb Service Business Case be noted and welcomed; b) That the Cabinet be advised that the Committee unanimously supported Option 3: All in as the preferred approach. c) That the Cabinet be asked to make representation to Government seeking a change in the rules to allow for more flexibility in how local authorities could use Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs) monies to better support residents. |
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Update on Archives, Collections and Learning Centre. Additional documents: Decision: RESOLVED: a) That the update report on Archives, Collections and Learning Centre be noted and welcomed; b) That the Cabinet be advised that the Committee unanimously supported the proposals for the new Centre, but suggested that the project commence at the earliest possible stage to enable savings on leased and owned buildings to be made. |
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Date of next meeting. The next meeting of the Commission is scheduled to take place on Monday 22 January 2024, at 2.00pm. |
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Any other items which the Chairman has decided to take as urgent. |