Issue - meetings

The Leader of the Council:-

1. Announced that the Council had received £81.4m funding from the Regional Growth Fund, which included funding for the Poynton relief Road and a commitment to work with the Council to invest in a new train station at Crewe. Discussions were ongoing with network Rail in respect of this.

2.    Reported that the Alternative Service Delivery Vehicles ANSA and Orbitas, which had gone live on 1 April were working well and that there had been positive feedback from residents and staff. ESAR and CoSocius had gone live on 1 May and there had, again, been positive feedback.

3.    Commended those staff who did not go on strike during the recent strike, whilst recognising staff’s right to strike.

4.    Referred to Cabinet’s approach to openness and transparency and reported that there had not been any part 2 exempt items since October 2013.

5.    Referred to the television programme “Alan’s Challenge”. A campaign to save the country’s road verges and reported that the Council had already taken the proactive decision to enhance the biodiversity along its highway verges in the previous year in advance of the programme.

6.    Announced that the Council was looking to produce a balanced budget for the following year and was already working to produce this.