Agenda and minutes

To approve as a correct record and sign the Minutes of the meeting held on 22 April 2015.

The Minutes (copies of which had been circulated) of the meeting held on 22 April 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.

To consider whether it is in the public to exclude the public during consideration of agenda item XXXX (title) which contains information “not for publication by virtue of Category 3 ‘Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority)’ as set out in the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

RESOLVED – That in order to prevent the disclosure of information which was not for publication relating to the financial or business affairs of the any particular person (including the authority), the disclosure of which would not be in the public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would be in breach of Data Protection principles, the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the ‘not for publication’ agenda item 6 ‘Life Leisure Quarterly Performance Update’

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.

No public questions were submitted.

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

A representative of the Managing Director, Life Leisure submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) outlining the management accounts for the year ended 31 March 2015 which would be considered and approved by the Life Leisure Board at their AGM on 29 September 2015.

The report also summarised performance year to date with specific information relating to areas of the business including swimming, sport & recreation and health & fitness. The following comments were made issues raised:-

·         Swimming lesson take up and public swimming at Grand Central had picked up in recent months after a significant effort to win back customers.

·         Houldsworth Village was performing extremely well since the creation of the new performance zone and membership income was ahead of target.

Officers further made a presentation in respect to the facilities on offer at the Houldsworth Village site following the extension of the gym facilities and the activities of British Weightlifting at their newly modelled centre based at the Houldsworth Village centre.

RESOLVED – That the reports be noted and officers thanked for their attendance and presentation.

The next meeting of the Funding Committee will be held on Wednesday 21 October 2015 at 10.00am.

RESOLVED – That the next meeting be held on Wednesday 21 October at 10.00am