Meeting documents

Governance and Standards Scrutiny Panel 2018/19
Thursday 17th January 2019

Chairman: Councillor Robinson
Venue: Function Room 1, Civic Centre, Ashby Road, Scunthorpe
Time: 6 p.m.
E-mail: matthew.nundy@northlincs.gov.uk

AGENDA

1. Substitutions.

2. Declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests and personal or personal and prejudicial interests and declarations of whipping arrangements (if any).

3. To take the minutes of the meeting of the panel held on 29 November 2018 as a correct record and authorise the chairman to sign.

4. Public speaking requests, if any.

5. Local Action Taken to Manage Flood Risk in North Lincolnshire

5.1 Discussion and questions with Mike Simpson, Group Manager – Transport Asset Management and Sam Cross, Flood Risk Engineer.

5.2 Next stages (if any).

6. Added Item (if any).

7. Any other items that the Chairman decides are urgent by reason of special circumstances that must be specified.

MINUTES

PRESENT: – Councillor Robinson in the chair.

Councillors Gosling (Vice-Chair), Clark, Longcake and Swift.

The panel met at the Civic Centre, Scunthorpe.

95 DECLARATIONS OF DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTERESTS AND PERSONAL OR PERSONAL AND PREJUDICIAL INTERESTS AND DECLARATIONS OF WHIPPING ARRANGEMENTS (IF ANY) - There were no declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests and personal or personal and prejudicial interests.

No whip was declared.

96 MINUTES - Resolved - That the minutes of the proceedings of this panel held on 29 November 2018, having been printed and circulated amongst the members, be taken as read and correctly recorded and signed by the chairman.

97 LOCAL ACTION TAKEN TO MANAGE FLOOD RISK IN NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE COUNCIL. The Chairman welcomed Mike Simpson and Sam Cross to the meeting, the council's Group Manager - Transport Asset Management and Flood Risk Engineer respectively. The Chairman explained that the officers had been invited to give an overview of local efforts to minimise the risk of floods across North Lincolnshire to assist and inform elected members, in accordance with the recommendations arising from the 2008 Pitt Review.

The Group Manager gave a comprehensive overview of this work, providing a detailed explanation of the statutory duties, ongoing work across the council and with partner organisations, the compilation of a Register of Significant Infrastructure, and developing work to strengthen flooding prevention as part of the planning process.

Members discussed a number of localities across North Lincolnshire, asking relevant questions throughout, including on topics such as maintenance of pumping stations, liaising with the Environment Agency, scheme modelling and prioritisation, and the Local Flood Risk Management Strategy.

Resolved - (a) That the Group Manager - Transport Asset Management and Flood Risk Engineer be thanked for their attendance, presentation and for answering scrutiny panel members' questions; (b) that the situation be noted, and (c) that officers be invited back in twelve months to provide a further update.

98 ADDED ITEM – There was no added item for consideration at the meeting.