Agenda item

To agree the public minutes of the previous meeting held on 23 January 2013.

The minutes of the meeting held on 23 January 2013 were agreed as a correct record.

Matters Arising

Local Pharmacies Presentation – Members queried whether further consideration had been given to allocating resources towards advertising services provided by pharmacies to residents and workers in the City. Officers informed the Board that contracts for services would be settled by 31 March 2013, after which it would be clearer as to which services would require advertising.

Governance Arrangements – The Board was informed that the Chairman of Policy and Resources Committee would be nominating a Member to represent him on the Board in due course. Members were also informed that the Community and Children’s Services Committee had agreed to delegate authority as follows:

·       Delegated to the Director of Community and Children’s Services (or, pending commencement of his post, the Interim  Director of Community and Children’s Services) authority to enter into (i) the Service Level Agreement with LB Hackney in respect of the contracts for services; (ii) the City contracts for services; and (iii) the partnership agreements in respect of arrangements, all in order to ensure that the City has in place appropriate arrangements for the exercise of its public health functions when they are transferred to the City on 1^st April 2013. 

·       Delegated to the Town Clerk in consultation with the Chairman of Community and Children’s Services authority to agree the appointment of the Director of Public Health (jointly with LB Hackney and LB Newham, as part of a joint appointment panel).

RECEIVED.