Questions to Board members about the minutes of the Board meetings. This item has a time limit of 15 minutes.

1.    Minutes of the meeting held on 29 January 2015.

2.    Minutes of the meeting held on 12 February 2015.

3.    Minutes of the meeting held on 12 March 2015.

Council had before it the minutes of the City Executive Board meetings of 29 January, 12 February and 12 March 2015.

On Minute 130 bullet point 5, Councillor Wolff asked for clarification of the intent and cost of the commentary that graffiti would be removed from private property free. Councillor Tanner said that it not the policy to remove graffiti from private property for no charge: offensive graffiti would be removed the day it was reported; other graffiti is removed from the Council’s property; there would be an officer recruited to work with private owners to establish procedures to remove graffiti; and advice on removal, or removal at a charge, was offered to private owners.

Council noted that the approved Minute130 contained a typographical error in the commentary and that £250,000 (not £250M) was available for youth ambition work.

On Minute 146, Councillor Simmons commented that resolutions 4 and 5 would be challenging to implement but the council was keen to see the Oxford living wage supported by all employers.

On Minute 148 Councillor Fooks asked how many social rented houses would be built this year and how much of the discretionary housing payment grant was returned. Councillor Seamons said that 107 further council homes and other affordable homes would be completed this year; figures for the second part were not to hand.

On Minute 148 Councillor Benjamin asked about the social housing tenure; Councillor Seamons said that six were ‘affordable rent’ and the majority of proposed houses would be social rents.