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His Worship the Mayor advised that he had been made aware of three items of urgent business for the meeting as follows :-
(1) Housing Allocations Scheme.
Councillor Grant as Chairman of the Housing and Neighbourhoods Committee reported to Council that a new proposed Housing Allocations scheme had been produced to replace the current scheme which was no longer meeting the requirements of the Council. The new scheme had a number of differences to the existing scheme which are designed to improve the allocation process and address current issues of low demand properties. To maximise the effective use of the affordable housing stock, the scheme includes a transfer quota to increase the number of tenants who are able to move through the scheme.
Councillor Grant advised that the Housing and Neighbourhoods Committee recommended that Council approved and adopts the Housing Allocations Scheme with two changes, firstly that the residence qualification criteria was changed from one year's residence to residence of three out of five years and secondly that the scheme is clearer that applicants who need help to apply online will be supported to do so. These changes had been made to the scheme and he therefore proposed that Council approve and adopts the Housing Allocations Scheme.
Proposer : Councillor Grant
Seconder : Councillor Flaxman-Taylor
That the Housing Allocations Scheme be approved and adopted.
CARRIED
(2) Strategic Director Appointments
Council considered the Chief Executives report which sought ratification of the
recommendations from the Employment Committee following the recruitment and
selection process undertaken by the Committee for the post of Strategic
Director.
It was recommended that Paula Boyce be appointed as Strategic Director.
Proposer : Councillor Smith
Seconder : Councillor Wainwright
That Paula Boyce be appointed as Strategic Director.
CARRIED
(3) Service Committee Decision List - Housing and Neighbourhoods 16 December 2019
His Worship advised that this item would be discussed alongside the Service Committee Decision List.