The Assistant Director of Business Services to present the draft market brief for the Riviera International Conference Centre.

The Elected Mayor to answer the Board’s questions.

The Board to consider making any comments, conclusions and/or recommendations to the Council.

The Board considered a report setting out a Market Brief for the Riviera International Conference Centre site and the surrounding area.  This was in line with the previous decision of the Council in order to establish a clear strategy for the site post April 2020.  The Market Brief would be used to identify a Strategic Development Partner to bring forward development options and solutions for the site.

The Board raised a number of points including that it was hoped that any public realm works would go wider than the boundary included in the Brief, that potential and alternative uses for the site should be considered as part of the process.

The Board requested that updates be provided via the appropriate Monitoring Group.

The Joint Director of Children Services for Plymouth and Torbay to present her briefing on the re-inspection of Children Services by Ofsted.

The Elected Mayor and Executive Lead for Children and Housing to answer the Board’s questions.

The Board received a briefing note from the Director of Children’s Services on the outcome of the recent Ofsted inspection which had found that Torbay’s Children’s Services remained Inadequate.  The inspection had found that, overall, the pace of change meant that not enough improvement had been made since then previous inspection in 2015, and there were some areas showing serious weakness.  It was noted, however, that there had been significant improvements in some areas, in particular in relation to adoption.

The Executive Lead for Children’s Services explained that the Improvement Plan would be completed by November 2018 and that this would sit within the wider Children’s Partnership.

The Director of Public Health to present the draft Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy (Policy Framework document).

The Elected Mayor and Executive Lead for Health and Wellbeing to answer the Board’s questions.

The Board to make any comments and/or recommendations as part of the consultation process.

The Board considered the draft Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy which had been prepared by the Health and Wellbeing Board.

The Director of Corporate Services to present the Quarter 1 Budget monitoring report.

The Elected Mayor and the Executive Leads to answer the Board’s questions.

The Board to consider making any comments, conclusions and/or recommendations to the Mayor and/or the Council.

The Board considered the Budget Monitoring Report for the first quarter of the 2018/2019 financial year which showed that the revenue budget was predicted to be £2.9 million overspent by the end of the year.  This was primarily as a result of demand pressures in Children’s Services.

As a result the Senior Leadership Team had put in place arrangements for a moratorium on all spend which was not urgent or required to meet statutory duties.

The Board would continue to monitor the budget position.

In accordance with the Council decision made on 19 July 2018 regarding the formation of the above Committee, the Overview and Scrutiny Board be requested to nominate two Members to represent the Council on the Heart of the South West LEP Joint Scrutiny Committee.

Resolved:  that the Chairman and Vice-chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Board be appointed as Torbay Council’s representatives of the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership Joint Scrutiny Committee.

To consider passing a resolution to exclude the press and public from the meeting prior to consideration of the following item on the agenda on the grounds that exempt information as defined in Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) is likely to be disclosed.

Prior to consideration of the item in Minute 24, the press and public were formally excluded from the meeting on the grounds that discussion involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

The Assistant Director of Customer Services to present his report on the future of ICT services.

The Elected Mayor and Executive Lead for Customer Services to answer the Board’s questions.

The Board to consider making any comments, conclusions and/or recommendations to the Council.

The Board considered the draft report to the Council on the future of ICT services.

Resolved:  (i)  that a task and finish group be established to meet urgently, with the Leader of the Conservative Group to provide feedback to the Group, ahead of the Council meeting scheduled to take place in September 2018; and

(ii)        that the task and finish group continue to meet throughout the due diligence process should the Council approve the proposal in relation to the future of ICT service.