Agenda, decisions and minutes

Decision Session - Cabinet Member for Environmental Services, Planning and Sustainability - Tuesday, 17 January 2012 4.30 pm

Venue: The Guildhall, York

Contact: Laura Bootland

Items

No.

Item

17.

Declarations of Interest

At this point Members are asked to declare any personal or prejudicial interests they may have in the business on this agenda.

Minutes:

At this point in the meeting the Cabinet Member is asked to declare any personal or prejudicial interests he may have in the business on the agenda. None were declared.

18.

Minutes PDF 47 KB

To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 23^rd November 2011.

Minutes:

RESOLVED: That the minutes of the Decision Session held on the 23^rd November be approved and signed by the Cabinet Member as a correct record.

19.

Public Participation - Decision Session

At this point in the meeting, members of the public who have registered their wish to speak at the meeting can do so. The deadline for registering is 5:00 pm on Monday 16^th January 2012.

Members of the public may speak on item on the agenda, an issue within the Executive Member’s remit, or an item that has been published on the Information Log for the current session. There are no items on the Information Log for this session.

Any written representations should be with the Democracy Officer for this meeting by 5pm on Friday 13^th January 2012.

Minutes:

It was reported that there had been no registrations to speak under the Councils Public Participation Scheme.

Councillor Reid was in attendance at the meeting.

20.

Adopting the Food Standard Agency's Food Hygiene Rating Scheme PDF 91 KB

The Cabinet Member is being asked to approve moving from the current Score on the Doors food hygiene rating scheme to the Food Standard Agency’s Food Hygiene Rating Scheme.

Additional documents:

Annex A , item 20. PDF 185 KB

Decision:

RESOLVED: That the Cabinet Member approved Option 17(i) and agreed to the adoption of the Food Standards Agency’s Food Hygiene Rating Scheme.

Minutes:

The Cabinet Member considered a report which asked him to approve the adoption of the Food Standard Agency’s Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) in place of the current Score on the Doors scheme.

Officers outlined the report and advised that the Food Standards Agency is keen to have a single national scheme operating in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

In response to the Cabinet Members query, Officers advised that the FHRS would provide more incentive for business owners to improve their premises quickly as a re-visit can be requested.

RESOLVED: That the Cabinet Member approved Option 17(i) and agreed to the adoption of the Food Standards Agency’s Food Hygiene Rating Scheme.

REASON: To allow the food and safety unit to migrate to a food hygiene scheme that is more cost effective to operate and will offer an improved service for businesses and consumers.