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Apologies for Absence Minutes: There were no apologies for absence. |
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Declarations of Interest To provide an opportunity for Members and Officers to declare any personal and/or prejudicial interests in any item on the agenda. Minutes: Item 7 (Appointments to Outside Organisations) Councillors Rachel Bailey, D Brown, H Gaddum and J Macrae all declared personal interests in this item by virtue of being named in the report. |
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Public Speaking Time/Open Session In accordance with Procedure Rules Nos. 11 and 35 a total period of 10 minutes is allocated for members of the public to address the Cabinet on any matter relevant to its work.
Individual members of the public may speak for up to 5 minutes but the Chairman will decide how the period of time allocated for public speaking will be apportioned where there are a number of speakers. There is no requirement to give notice of the intention to make use of the public speaking provision but, as a matter of courtesy, a period of 24 hours’ notice is encouraged.
To enable an informed answer to be given, where a member of the public wishes to ask a question of a Cabinet Member, three clear working days’ notice must be given and the question must be submitted in writing.
Minutes: There were no questions from members of the public. |
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Minutes of Previous Meeting To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the Meeting held on 18 October 2010. Minutes: RESOLVED
That the minutes of the meeting be approved as a correct record. |
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Key Decision 53 - 16/19 Learning Needs Commissioning The report of the Director of Children’s Services details the current position in terms of 16-19 commissioning arrangements with effect from mid-October 2010.
Additional documents: Minutes: Consideration was given to this report which detailed the position regarding 16-19 commissioning with effect from mid October 2010. This followed further changes to the national arrangements which, in July 2010, had culminated with the Local Authority retaining its strategic role for all 16-19 learners and the Young Peoples Learning Agency taking on the majority of arrangements to institutions and training providers as well as the management of contracts and grant agreements.
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2010-2011 Quarter Two (Mid-Year) Performance Report The joint report of the Borough Treasurer and Head of Assets and the Head of Policy and Performance provides detailed information about the Council’s financial and non-financial performance at the mid-year stage of 2010-2011.
Cabinet is invited to approve supplementary revenue estimates; reductions in approved capital budgets; and, deferrals in approved capital budgets, as indicated in Annex 1 of the report.
Additional documents:
Minutes: Consideration was given to the joint report of the Borough Treasurer and Head of Assets, and the Head of Policy and Performance, which provided detailed information regarding the Council’s financial and non-financial performance for mid year 2010-2011.
The report included details of the key financial pressures the Council was facing and the progress in identifying significant remedial measures, the use of central budgets and provisions to mitigate potential overspend. The report concentrated upon areas of high financial risk to the Council and included updates on the Capital Programme, Treasury Management, Debt and in-year collection rates for Council Tax and Business Rates.
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· The Supplementary Revenue Estimate of £229,000 in respect of exceptional inflation on Household Waste Recycling contracts and Bus contracts in Places directorate, to be funded from the central Inflation contingency (Annex 1, Section 3.3 of the report);
· The Supplementary Revenue Estimate of £588,000 in respect of the Total Transport Project in Places directorate to be funded from the Invest to Save earmarked reserve (Annex 1, Section 3.3 of the report) ;
· Reductions in approved capital budgets, as shown in Annex 1, Appendix 3a of the report;
· Deferrals in approved capital budgets, as shown in Annex 1, Appendix 3b of ... view the full minutes text for item 86. |
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Appointment to Outside Organisations The report of the Borough Solicitor invites Cabinet to make appointments to casual vacancies on the Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE) and Dane Housing; consider re-designating SACRE as a Category 2 organisation; and add PATROL (Parking and Traffic Regulations Outside London) Adjudication Joint Committee to the list of approved outside organisations with Councillor Macrae as the Council’s representative. Minutes: Councillors Rachel Bailey, D Brown, H Gaddum and J Macrae had all declared personal interests in this item.
Consideration was given to appointments to a number of casual vacancies on various outside organisations, and to the designation of some such organisations.
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North-West Evergreen Fund The report of the Strategic Director, Places, gives details of the North-West Evergreen Fund which is to be established by the Local Authorities in the Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire and Cumbria sub-regions.
Cabinet is asked to approve the proposal as detailed in the report. Minutes: Consideration was given to the establishment of the North-West Evergreen Fund by Local Authorities in the Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire and Cumbria sub-regions.
The aim of the fund was to secure long-term access to finance to support economic growth across the North West. The partnership between the public and private sectors would balance a commercial approach with the need to invest in local areas to release the economic value in the longer term; it would also provide an opportunity for Cheshire East Council to become a Limited partner in a new venture that would provide access to much needed finance in an environment where public resources are severely limited.
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Exclusion of the Press and Public The report relating to the remaining item on the agenda has been withheld from public circulation and deposit pursuant to Section 100(B)(2) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that the matters may be determined with the press and public excluded.
Cabinet may decide that the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item pursuant to Section 100(A)4 of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 and the public interest would not be served in publishing the information.
Minutes: RESOLVED
That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item pursuant to Section 100(A)4 of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 and the public interest would not be served in publishing the information.
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Managing Workforce Change - Severance Provision
To report informs Cabinet of the current position in respect of the severance scheme within Cheshire East Council. Minutes: Consideration was given to the report of the Head of Human Resources on Organisational Development. In considering the report it was noted that there was an error in respect of the calculations for the employees listed at 40 and 41 of the Appendix; it was confirmed that this would be corrected.
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