23 February 2006

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SCRUTINY

MINUTES

Thursday, 23 February 2006 at 12.00pm

Chadwick Room, Selwyn College

Present: Dr Nick Holmes (Chair); DrElisabeth Leedham-Green (Secretary); Miss Emma Easterbrook (Support Officer);Mr Richard Stibbs; Mr Frank King; Mr David Yates; Dr Catherine Pitt; Mr NickDowner, Dr Nick Pyper, Dr John Little; and Dr Margaret Glendenning.

1.Apologies

-Mr Michael Kuczynski

-Position regarding David Phillipson needs to beconfirmed (he is on leave this term)

2.Minutes ofMeeting on 9 February 2006

-After some trivial corrections, these were approved

3.MattersArising

-Dr Mead had claimed that the Council gave permissionin 2004 to use the name of the University as a strap-line on stationery fromPapworth Hospital, but this is not noted in the relevant Minutes

4. Reporton EMBS meetings regarding North West Cambridge

- Chair and others hadmet with David Adamson (before his departure)and subsequently with the Acting Director of EMBS (Michael Bienias) regardingthe development of NW Cambridge

- A number of costing models had been madebut there were significant mistakes

- Joint planning framework between CambridgeCity Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council will proceed when thelocal plan is adopted and the inspector’s report is produced

- What will happen to the houses not sold onthe open market: University, developer, socially registered landlord?

- Need to consider the effects of theoptions: risk, cost, profit, shared ownership

5. Preparationsfor Annual Report

Probable topics might include:

- Finance:(awaiting allocations report)

-The RAM: (how is it being implemented, ifat all, below top level?)

-Building projects: (projected cost versusactual cost)

-Governance: (raise content of March AwayDay with Vice-Chancellor on 27 April)

- Pay and Grading: (await completionpotentially in April, alternatively next year’s report.Enquiries need to be made to the PersonnelDivision about red and green circles, and the progress of implementation.It was felt in some cases that thedescriptors were not good.)

- Professor Ian Leslie, Professor MelveenaMcKendrick and Professor Tony Minson : Delegations to be sent

- It was noted that Professor Minson would beglad to attend a meeting of the Board

- Cambridge Enterprise

6. AnyOther Business

- Support Officer to research costing andactual cost of recent major University projects

-The Chairwould try to arrange a meeting with the Pro-Vice Chancellor forEducation – David Yates and John Little volunteered to form the delegation(In the event that none of the dates offeredby Professor McKendrick were convenient, the Chair undertook to ask for furtherpossible dates.The Secretary expressedan interest in joining the delegation.)

7. NextMeeting

Thursday, 9 March 2006 at 12.00pm

Guest: Stephen Jolly

Emma Easterbrook

Support Officer

23 April 2006