Agenda and minutes

To receive any apologies for absence.

No apologies were received.

Cllr G Suttle attended virtually via MS Teams.

To confirm the minutes of the previous meeting, held on 30 September 2022 as a correct record.

The Minutes of the Meeting held on 30 September 2022 were signed and confirmed as a correct record.

There were no declarations of interest.

Representatives of town or parish councils and members of the public who live, work, or represent an organisation within the Dorset Council area are welcome to submit up to two questions or two statements for each meeting.  Alternatively, you could submit one question and one statement for each meeting.  

All submissions must be emailed in full to chris.harrod@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk by 8.30am on Wednesday 14 December 2022.

When submitting your question(s) and/or statement(s) please note that: 

• no more than three minutes will be allowed for any one question or statement to be asked/read  
• a question may include a short pre-amble to set the context and this will be included within the three-minute period 
• please note that sub divided questions count towards your total of two 
• when submitting a question please indicate who the question is for (e.g. the name of the committee or Portfolio Holder) 
• Include your name, address and contact details.  Only your name will be published but we may need your other details to contact you about your question or statement in advance of the meeting. 
• questions and statements received in line with the council’s rules for public participation will be published as a supplement to the agenda 
• all questions, statements and responses will be published in full within the minutes of the meeting.   

Dorset Council Constitution Procedure Rule 9 

No public statements or questions had been received.

To receive questions submitted by councillors.  

Councillors can submit up to two valid questions at each meeting and sub divided questions count towards this total.   Questions and statements received will be published as a supplement to the agenda and all questions, statements and responses will be published in full within the minutes of the meeting. 

The submissions must be emailed in full to chris.harrod@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk  8.30am on Wednesday 14 December 2022.

Dorset Council Constitution – Procedure Rule 13 

No councillor questions had been received.

To consider the draft Forward Plan.

The Forward Plan was noted.

To consider any items of business which the Chairman has had prior

notification and considers to be urgent pursuant to section 100B (4) (b)

of the Local Government Act 1972. The reason for the urgency shall be

recorded in the minutes.

There were no urgent items.

To move the exclusion of the press and the public for the following

items in view of the likely disclosure of exempt information within

meaning of paragraph(s) 3 of Part 1 of schedule 12 A to the Local

Government Act 1972 (as amended)

The public and the press will be asked to leave the meeting whilst the

item of business is considered.

It was proposed by Cllr S Flower and seconded by Cllr A Parry:

Decision

That the press and the public be excluded for the following 2 items in view of the likely disclosure of exempt information within the meaning of paragraphs 1 and 3 of schedule 12 A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

To consider a report of the Care Dorset Board.

The Managing Director for Care Dorset presented the report, which provided Committee Members with an overview of the work that had been undertaken, setting out some the key challenges that had been overcome since the previous meeting. The Board were confident that, going forward, there would be positive outcomes for both Care Dorset and, more importantly, its service users, as could already be evidenced in a number of cases.

Dorset Council officers confirmed that Care Dorset was proving to be an ongoing success and expressed optimism for its future and the positive outcomes that it would deliver for its service users. The Director of Legal and Democratic Services highlighted that he was in the process of resolving reserved matters relating to the shareholder’s agreement with Care Dorset and would amend the Council’s constitution once these matters had been agreed.

Following the presentation, the Chairman expressed his gratitude on behalf of the Committee towards the Managing Director for all that had been achieved in a short space of time and requested that the communications teams of both Dorset Council and Care Dorset ensured that public messaging was aligned.

Noted

To consider the report.

The Managing Director for Care Dorset presented the report which proposed the appointment of an Interim Chair of the Care Dorset Board, following the resignation of Mick Lowe.

Prior to the vote being taken on this item, the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Committee requested that they be introduced to the proposed Interim Chair of the Board at the earliest available opportunity.

Decision

1. Note the resignation of the Chair of the Board, Mick Lowe, from Friday 2nd December due to personal reasons;