Agenda item - Health and Wellbeing Board

117.1.     Councillor J. Kitcat introduced the report which had been referred from the Policy & Resources Committee meeting on the 1^st May 2014.  He was pleased to note that it had been fully supported at the Policy & Resources Committee meeting and drew Members attention to the clarification paper from the Monitoring Officer that had been circulated as part of the addendum papers.  He also welcomed the partnership working with the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and believed it would lead to better outcomes for residents in the city and therefore commended it to the Council.

117.2.     Councillor K. Norman noted the changes detailed in the clarification paper and that there was a significant changes to how the council would procure services and welcomed the move forward to joint working with the CCG.

117.3.     Councillor Wealls referred to paragraph 8.2 of the report and stated that he felt it was a sensible move but noted that the addition of 4 voting co-optees to the Children & Young People Committee would have an impact on how education matters were dealt with in the future.

117.4.     Councillor Littman noted that the Council were being asked to agree the proposals as detailed in paragraphs 7 to 11.4 rather than 6.7 as was shown in the extract from the proceedings of the Policy & Resources Committee.

117.5.     Councillor Randall welcomed the report and noted that matters had gone full circle with health functions coming back under the remit of the local authority.  He also referred to paragraph 7.7 of the report and welcomed the recognition of the importance of the Arts in influencing the health & wellbeing of people.

117.6.     Councillor Meadows stated that she had previously served on the Health & Wellbeing Board and noted the changes meant that it had become a very powerful body.  Having been told it was the route that the council had to follow, she would wait with anticipation to see how well it worked but expressed concern over the democratic arrangements in relation to the committee system that the council had adopted.

117.7.     Councillor J. Kitcat noted the comments and stated that the changes had resulted from deliberative debate between councillors and health colleagues.  He also noted that the council had five Members in line with proportionality and that most other cities of a similar size only had 1 representative on their Health & Wellbeing Boards.  He also noted that the Health & Wellbeing Overview & Scrutiny Committee had been retained.  He accepted the point raised by Councillor Wealls but noted that previous Children’s Committees had had co-optees and stated that it was important to have relevant representatives on the appropriate committees.  He also suggested that the arrangements could be kept under review as part of the regular updates to the Constitution.

117.8.     The Mayor then put the recommendations to the vote.

117.9.     RESOLVED: