Agenda and minutes

To provide an opportunity for Members and Officers to declare any personal and/or prejudicial interests in any item on the agenda

No interests were declared.

In accordance with Procedure Rules Nos.11 and 35 a period of 10 minutes is allocated for members of the public to address the meeting on any matter relevant to the work of the meeting. 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. Members of the public are not required to give notice to use this facility. However, as a matter of courtesy, a period of 24 hours’ notice is encouraged.

Members of the public wishing to ask a question at the meeting should provide three clear working days’ notice, in writing, in order for an informed answer to be given.

There were no members of the public present.

To consider a report on proposed prices for Care4CE services to be used in accordance with Cheshire East Council’s Resource Allocation System-generated Personal Budgets.

The Cabinet Members for Adult Services and Resources considered a report setting out proposed prices for Care4CE services to be used in accordance with Cheshire East Council’s Resource Allocation System-generated Personal Budgets.

At its meeting on 16^th June 2009, the Council approved the phased implementation of Adult Social Care Redesign along a personalised model in accordance with Government policy and legislation. This included the implementation of a formula-based Resource Allocation System (RAS), and associated ‘prices’ for those customers wishing to access internally-provided Council services (since branded ‘Care4CE’).

The proposed prices for implementation were set out in Appendix C to the report.

RESOLVED

That the Cabinet Members for Adult Services and Resources approve the schedule of prices in Appendix C to the report, to be used for customers who wish to access Care4CE services through a managed Personal Budget under Cheshire East Council’s Resource Allocation System, due to go live in Macclesfield in early July and shortly thereafter in the rest of the Borough.

To consider a report on a proposed reduction in the published charge for Telecare.

The Cabinet Member for Adult Services considered a proposed reduction in the published charge for Telecare.

At its meeting on 25^th February 2010, the Council approved the 2010/11 Budget Report, including the schedule of Fees and Charges, save to the extent that the setting of fees and charges was exercised by other Committees, Panels or individuals under the scheme of delegation or otherwise (Appendix B, Para 199 and Annex 7 of the report).

An amendment to the schedule was now required to reflect cost savings.

RESOLVED

That the Cabinet Member for Adult Services approves the reduction of the charge for Telecare from £9.71 per week to £1.05 per week, in line with the reduction in the cost of provision.