Agenda item - Minutes

To consider (a) the minutes of the last meeting held on 21 May, 2013 and (b) matters arising from the minutes.

28.1 The record of attendees at 21 May OPC meeting was amended to include Jessica Sumner and Sue Howley.

28.2 It was clarified at para 3, section 12 that the Local Authority is required to ensure that pay and allowances are non-discriminatory.

28.3 At section 21 Sue Howley reported a successful celebration at People’s Day of 22 years of Pensioner Action. Activities would continue, and issue number 45 of The Pensioner magazine would be published on 8^th July – the last produced by Pensioner Action. Jessica Sumner told the meeting that to try to protect the publication, the Age UK Brighton & Hove board had agreed to host The Pensioner for a year, not to bear the full cost of production, and then to review the situation.

28.4 Other possible sources of future funding for The Pensioner including the private sector were suggested and potential compatibility of The Pensioner with the Healthwatch magazine was discussed.  On behalf of OPC Chair would approach Healthwatch (Action: Scrutiny team)