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Work Programme Progress Report

 

 

Meeting: 01/02/2011 - Corporate Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Item 82)

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To consider a report of the Borough Solicitor.

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Minutes:

The Committee considered a report of the Borough Solicitor setting out the 2010/2011 work programme.

 

            The Business Generation (BGC) Task and Finish Group had undertaken site visits on 18 January 2011 to the 4 Council owned BGC’s at Brierley Business Centre Crewe, Scope House Crewe, Congleton Business Centre and Sandbach Enterprise centre, Wesley Avenue Sandbach. At its next meeting the group would be engaging with various stakeholders including Chambers of Commerce, Town Councils and the private sector. The group intended to conclude its investigations in March 2011.

 

            The Budget Consultation Group had reviewed its original objectives for the 2011/12 budget largely due to the tight deadlines imposed on the Council as a result of the Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review.The group had acknowledged that it would not now be possible to achieve any of the four objectives. The objectives had been to:

 

  1. Disaggregate budgets to fit in with the Council’s Overview and Scrutiny arrangements in relation to budget setting.

 

  1. Give each of the 5 Overview and Scrutiny Committees an opportunity to have an input in setting budget priorities for the 2011/2012 budget.

 

  1. Submit an advisory report to Cabinet, containing the preliminary views of Corporate Scrutiny on the budget challenge process, in light of the Government’s funding announcement.

 

  1. Organise a cycle of dedicated O&S meetings in early January to formally comment on the budget.

 

The pre-budget report had been released for consultation purposes on the 19 January 2011 and the Budget Consultation Group had taken an opportunity to question Cabinet and Heads of Service about the emerging budget prior to its public release on 13 January 2011. The Chairman informed the Committee that on 13 January 2011,  there had only been sufficient time to consider the revenue budget the Group had been reconvened on 11 February 2011 to consider the capital budget proposals.

 

The Committee was also reminded that at an informal mid-point meeting held on 11 January, Members had supported a proposal to dedicate a future meeting of this committee to consider the future of Council owned farms.

 

The Committee then reviewed the schedule of work programme items.

 

RESOLVED –

 

(a)   That the Head of Policy and Performance be requested to submit a progress report on Risk Management to the Committee in the new civic year;

 

(b)   That the Head of Regeneration be requested to submit a report to the next meeting on proposals to deal with Highways and Transportation matters through LAP’s;

(c)    That the Head of Assets be requested to submit a report to the next meeting on the future of Council owned farms;

 

(d)   That the Head of Policy and Performance be requested to provide a presentation to the next meeting on the operation of Customer Points in Cheshire East Libraries.

 

(e)   That the Head of Wellbeing be requested to ensure that the report expected to be submitted to Cabinet in June 2011 in relation to the future of the Lyceum Theatre Crewe and Knutsford Cinema, is presented to this Committee before  ...  view the full minutes text for item 82