Present:-

Devon County Council

Councillors McInnes (Chairman), Marsh, Sanders and Sellis

Apologies

Councillors Garton and Dumpleton

*50 Minutes

RESOLVED that, subject to the deletion of Councillor Sanders from the list of Members present, the minutes of the meeting held on 19 November 2010 be signed as a correct record.

*51 The Don t' Stop Me Now Subsidy

Ms Chrissie Hunt, Extended Schools Local Co-ordinator, and Ms Jackie Shrimpton, Extended Services - Programme Support Officer, passed around a written update to Members and made a brief presentation and answered Members questions on the Subsidy. The presentation outlined the background to the Extended Schools Subsidy which has the primary aim of enabling financially disadvantaged children to access after school clubs that they otherwise couldn t afford. Funding of up to 300 was available to access after school and holiday activities, to include transport and uniform if necessary. The paper analysed the Okehampton Learning Community on the basis of eligible pupils and percentage take-up and also reported the local benefits. A similar analysis was set out for Tavistock although the take up figures were unavailable due to staff redundancies.

Members discussed future of the scheme beyond the August 2011 deadline for Government funding.

It was MOVED by Councillor McInnes, SECONDED by Councillor Sellis and

RESOLVED that officers from the Tavistock and Okehampton Learning Community be invited to the next meeting of this Committee to explain to Members the opportunities for future funding of the scheme.

*52 Public Transport Provision in West Devon

The Committee received a presentation from Mr Bruce Thompson, Transport Co-ordination Service Manager, updating Members on the effects of reduced funding to support bus services which were not commercially viable. He also advised the Committee about the transfer of the concessionary fares scheme from District Council to County Council control on 1 April 2011. He told the Committee that there was a 5m funding gap and Cabinet had agreed an option for dealing with the under-funding. The Government had also allocated a one off sum of 424,000 for Community Transport in Devon.

Members suggested that officers consult parish councils over which bus services to cut in the next round of reductions although Mr Thompson suggested that consultation carried out on a route-by-route basis would not be helpful in the overall context of the Spending Review and that the resources required to consult every individual parish in Devon could be better used in other ways. Mr Thompson also updated Members on the partnership to improve access to health services and advised that there would be a partnership meeting in the near future.

It was MOVED by Councillor McInnes, SECONDED by Councillor Sellis and

RESOLVED

(a) that it is this Committee s view that Cabinet must find ways of engaging with the community when dealing with future changes to public transport;

(b) that a public meeting be held in West Devon in Autumn 2011 regarding public transport and that Parish Links meetings be involved in the process.

*53 Devon Minerals and Waste Development Framework

The Committee considered the report of the Executive Director of Environment, Economy and Culture (EEC/11/65/HQ - text only | pdf EEC/11/65/HQ) on the development plans within a Minerals and Waste Development Framework. This covered the Minerals Core and the Waste Core Strategies. Councillor McInnes, Chairman of the County Council s Development Management Committee presented the report and Members discussed the disposal of asbestos and whether supermarkets were referred to in the documents. Copies of the consultation documents were available from Mr Andy Hill (Minerals) and Mr George Marshal (Waste).

*54 Feedback/Representations

There were no issues raised from individual Members serving on other bodies as a representative of the County Council.

*55 West Devon County Committee Locality Budget for Financial Year 2009/10 - Confirmation of Spending Proposals and Spend to Date

The Committee considered the report of the County Community Strategy Officer (CX/11/40).

Ms Burgess, Locality Development Officer, drew Members attention to the new spending proposals set out in paragraph 2 of the report.

It was MOVED by Councillor McInnes, SECONDED by Councillor Sellis and

RESOLVED

(a) that the Committee confirms approval of new spending proposals set out in paragraph 2 of the report, including those agreed by the Chairman/Vice Chairman since the previous meeting;

(b) that the current budget position for 2010/11 be noted.

*56 Member Development Steering Group

The Committee noted the minutes of the meeting held on 12 January 2011.

*57 Date of Next Meeting

The next meeting on the DCC web calendar is due to be held on Thursday 14 July 2011 at 2pm at the offices of Okehampton Town Council.

*DENOTES DELEGATED MATTER WITH POWER TO ACT

The meeting started at 2.00pm and finished at 3.40pm

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