MEETINGS
15. Meetings of the Authority are normally held monthly, and during the period under review twelve such meetings were held.
16. In January 1960, draft Standing Orders were adopted, to come into effect on 1st April, 1960. These provide, inter alia, for meetings of the Authority to be held quarterly, in April, July, October and January, and that an Annual Meeting will be held which will be open to the public.
SELECT COMMITTEES
17. A comprehensive system of Select Committees, details of which are given in Appendix II, functioned throughout the year in order to deal with a wide variety of subjects. There is annual rotation of the Chairmanships. A good deal of responsibility is vested in these Com- mittees, which meet at frequent intervals, in order to expedite conduct of the Authority's affairs, and it is only in cases where very large expenditure is involved, or matters of policy must be resolved, that reference is made to the full Authority. During the period under review, 60 meetings of Select Committees were held.
18. It has been agreed that as from 1st April, 1960, there will be only three Select Committees, i.e. Sites & Buildings; Finance; and Management. A new Standing Committee, consisting of all members, has been set up to consider all routine business hitherto dealt with by the Authority. The Standing Committee will have power to appoint sub-committees as necessary, to deal with any matter concerning the Authority's affairs. The Management Select Committee will in future deal with tenancy selection, previously dealt with by the Tenancy Select Committee.
BUSINESS TRANSACTED
19. It may be of interest to see the following summary of the meet- ings held, and papers distributed to members, during the year ended 31st March, 1960:
Housing Authority
Sites & Buildings Select Committee Management Select Committee
Finance Select Committee
Tenancy Select Committee
Publicity Select Committee
Bye-laws Select Committee
Totals
Meetings
Papers
12
104
19
84
12
80
*
13
57
7
21
6
15
3
6
72
367
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