Issue - meetings

Report to follow.

Consideration was given to the report of the Borough Treasurer and Head of Assets, a copy of which was circulated at the meeting.  The report detailed the agreement reached between Cheshire East Council and Cheshire West and Chester Council with regard to the disaggregation of the Cheshire County Council Balance Sheet, in accordance with the Department of Communities and Local Government deadline of 31 December 2008, and also the work that remained to be completed in order to achieve a full Local Agreement by 31 March 2009.

RESOLVED

For the reasons set out in the report: -

1. That the agreement made between Cheshire East Council and Cheshire West and Chester Council submitted to the Department of Communities and Local Government on 19 December 2008 with regard to the disaggregation of Cheshire County Council’s balance sheet, detailed in Section 5 of the report, be noted.

2. That it be confirmed that the delegation of the local agreement of the County Balance Sheet disaggregation package to the Borough Treasurer and Head of Assets, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Resources, the Leader of the Council and the Performance and Capacity Portfolio Holder, will continue up to 31 March 2009.