Agenda and minutes

To approve as a correct record and sign the Minutes of the meeting held on 21 January 2015.

The Minutes (copies of which had been circulated) of the meeting held on 21 January 2015 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

Councillors and officers were invited to declare any interests they had in any of the items on the agenda for the meeting.

No declarations of interest were made.

RESOLVED – That in order to prevent the disclosure of information which was not for publication relating to the financial or business affairs of the any particular person (including the authority), the disclosure of which would not be in the public interest, would not be fair and would be in breach of Data Protection principles, the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of agenda items 6 and 7 (see minutes 6 and 7 below)

Members of the public are invited to put questions to the Chair on any matters within the powers and duties of the Committee, subject to the exclusions set out in the Code of Practice.  (Questions must be submitted prior to the commencement of the meeting on the card provided.  These are available at the meeting. You can also submit via the Council’s website at www.stockport.gov.uk/publicquestions)

Members of the public were invited to put questions to the Chair on any matters within the powers and duties of the Area Committee, subject to the exclusions set out in the Code of Practice.

X questions were submitted.

No public questions were submitted.

Representatives of Baker Tilly Accountants will attend the meeting and make a presentation.

Keith Ward, Head of Social Impact, Baker Tilly attended the meeting and made a presentation to the Committee in respect to an evaluation exercise which had been undertaken in relation to the wider benefits to Stockport from selected Life Leisure services.

The following comments were made/issues raised:-

·         Benefits of carrying out social impact studies included making better informed decisions during times of scarce resources, better maximising services and demonstrating cost savings and wider benefits of the services delivered.

·         The implications of the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012.

·         Areas evaluated included the physical activity referral scheme, swimming, community sports, Avondale Recreation Centre and Weightlifting and associated financial valuations for each.

·         The impact study would be used to shape the Community Partnership Plan.

·         The final cost for carrying out the study had yet to be confirmed.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted and Keith Ward be thanked for his attendance and presentation.

To consider a report of the Managing Director, Life Leisure.

The Committee are invited to consider and comment on the report.

Officer Contact: Malcolm Mcphail – malcolm.mcphail@lifeleisure.net

The Managing Director, Life Leisure submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) providing for comment the year end finance report and a summary of key performance data. The report provided information in respect to:

·         Total income and expenditure

·         Swimming – teaching and coaching/public swimming fees

·         Sports and Recreation including club fees and artificial pitch hire

·         Health & Fitness including memberships and casual users.

·         Expenditure relating to staff costs and utilities

·         The role and involvement of the trust in the Investing In Stockport programme, capital investment and the impact of budget gyms.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.