1.    Each ordinary meeting of Council shall receive a written report concerning the work of one of the partnerships on which the Council is represented.

On behalf of Councillor Pricethe OSP Manager and Principal Economic Development Officer has submitted a report on the work of The Oxford Strategic Partnership.

Council is invited to comment on and note the submitted report.

2.    The programme of reporting at future meetings will be:

September 2015: Oxfordshire Health Improvement Board

December 2015: Report on Oxfordshire Partnerships

February 2016: Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership

April 2016: Oxfordshire Growth Board

July 2016: Community Safety

September 2016: Environmental and Waste

3.    Members who are Council representatives on external bodies or Chairs of Council Committees who consider that a significant decision or event has taken place, will give notice to the Head of Law and Governance by 1.00 pm on 16 July that they wish present a written or oral report on the event or the significant decision and how it may influence future events.

The Lord Mayor proposed and Council agreed to suspend procedures and allow Councillor Sinclair to report on the meeting of the Police and Crime Panel on 17 July 2015.

Councillor Sinclair referred councillors to selected reports to the panel (circulated with the minutes) and outlined the pressures on police budgets resulting from the Government’s budget. She encouraged councillors to attend their local NAG meeting and read the reports.

Council had before it the report of the Leader of the Council outlining the work of the Oxfordshire Strategic Partnership.

Councillor Tanner moved the report and asked for Council’s support in writing to local members of parliament to express concern about the direction the Government was taking on climate change.

Council noted Councillor Sinclair’s update, the report, and Councillor Tanner’s proposal without comment.