Meeting documents

Cabinet
Thursday 17 November 2005 6.30 pm

Date:
Thursday, 17th November, 2005
Time:
6.30 pm
Place:
Reception Room, Civic Centre, Arnot Hill Park, Arnold
 

Attendance Details

ItemDescriptionResolution
137 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE.
Business for item 137
 
138 TO APPROVE AS A CORRECT RECORD THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 7 NOVEMBER 2005.
 RESOLVED;

That the minutes of the above meeting, having been circulated, be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman subject to St. Albans Road being included for consideration of Permit or resident only parking adjacent to Arnold Town Centre.
139 DECLARATION OF INTERESTS.
Business for item 139
 
140 PRESENTATION BY DAVID EVANS, CABINET OFFICE, ON COMMUNITY PROFILES.
Business for item 140
RESOLVED:

To thank David Evans for the presentation.
141 CHILDREN ACT 2004
Business for item 141
RESOLVED:

i. That the Head of Housing Services is appointed as the Lead Officer for the Safeguarding Children Agenda.

ii. Than an action plan is developed to ensure that the required actions are achieved.

iii. That the Housing Portfolio Holder is nominated as the Council's representative on the Strategic Partnership Group.

iv. To thank Lyn Clayton for the presentation.
142 YOUTH BUDGET 2005-2006
REPORT OF LEADER OF THE COUNCIL
Business for item 142
RESOLVED:

To agree the projects detailed in the report.
143 REPORT FROM YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHAMPION
YOUTH ACTION GROUP RESPONSE TO YOUTH MATTERS GREEN PAPER
Business for item 143
RESOLVED:

To note the response to the Green Paper.
144 AMENDMENT TO BUDGET RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT BID SCORING METHODOLOGY
Business for item 144
RESOLVED:

To approve the amendment of the Resource Development Bid Scoring Methodology to incorporate a weighting, as detailed in paragraph 2, for those schemes meeting the Council's priorities which are to be delivered within the most deprived areas of the Borough.
145 PRUDENTIAL CODE INDICATOR MONITORING 2005/06 AND QUARTERLY TREASURY ACTIVITY REPORT
Business for item 145
RESOLVED:

To note the Prudential Indicator Monitoring at Appendix 1 and the Treasury Activity Report at Appendix 2 to the report.
146 QUARTERLY BUDGET MONITORING REPORT AND PERFORMANCE DIGEST AND VIREMENT REPORT
Business for item 146
RESOLVED:

i. To approve the budget changes across the General Fund Portfolios as detailed at Appendix 1;

ii. To approve the budget changes in the Housing Revenue Account as detailed at Appendix 3;

iii. To approve the budget changes in the capital programme as detailed in paragraph 4.8 and Appendix 2;

iv. To approve the changes to Improvement Task targets as detailed in paragraph 3.10 of the report, as an amendment to the Council's agreed Budget/Service Plan.

v. To forward the Quarterly Budget Monitoring Information to the Personnel and Resources Committee;

vii. To include details of budget and performance monitoring in a quarterly performance digest, for circulation to all members and for publication on the Council's website and Intranet;

viii. To note the virements as detailed in Appendix 4.
147 ANY OTHER ITEMS WHICH THE CHAIRMAN CONSIDERS URGENT.
Business for item 147
 
148 PROPOSED RESTRUCTURING OF POLICE FORCES - CONSULTATION
Business for item 148
RESOLVED:

To note the correspondence and that a copy be sent to all Members.
149 DISTRICT AUDIT
Business for item 149
 
The meeting closed at 8.05 pm

Attendance Details

Present:
I.S. Gollop (Chairman), P. Feeney, W.H. Golland, V. McCrossen, R.J. Nicholson, R.A. Poynter, R.F. Spencer (a), A.J. Gillam (Observer), G.J. Griffiths (Observer), J.M. Parr (Observer).

Business

Business
ItemBusiness
137An Apology for absence was received from Councillor Spencer.
139None Declared.
140David Evans from the Cabinet Office, gave a presentation on Community Profiles.
141The Head of Housing Sevices gave a Presentation and submitted a report on the implications for the Authority of the Children Act 2004.

In order to ensure that the Authority complied with the act the following actions were required:-

i. Appointment of a Lead Officer within the Authority for the Safeguarding Children Agenda.

ii. Nomination of the Authority's representative on the Local Strategic Partnership Group.

iii.The undertaking of an audit of all services to assess where and how, either directly or indirectly the Authority services come into contact or deal with children.

iv. Action to ensure that services are managed safely via appropriate recruitment processes, and other policies and procedures.

v. Action to ensure that such standards are applied to all partner agencies which deal, either directly or indirectly with children.

vi. Review of the Authority's child protection policy and reporting protocols

vii. Identification of training needs for staff and delivery of appropriate training to all relevant staff
142Consideration was given to a copy of a report of the Community Partnerships Manager on behalf of Leader of the Council requesting Cabinet approval for the proposed spending of the Youth Budget of £50,000. Details of the proposal were included in the report and were as follows:-

i. Football Coaching Sessions;
ii. Contribution to Youth Worker post at Netherfield LOCO Project;
iii.Youth Arts Projects
iv. Outreach Adventurous Activities;

The proposed projects would fall within existing performance management arrangements. Outcomes and outputs would focus on a wide range of indicators including numbers of young people involved and reductions in anti-social behaviour within the immediate area.
143Councillor Viv McCrossen the Youth Champion informed Cabinet of the response made to the "Youth Matters" Green Paper by Gedling Partnership's Youth Action Group.

A response had now been compiled by the Chair of the Youth Action Group. The detail of this response was highlighted in the report to the Gedling Partnership Executive (Appendix A) for the information of Cabinet Members.
144The Head of Finance sought approval to make an amendment to the Budget Resource Development Bid Scoring Methodology in respect of Super Output Areas and Areas Based Initiatives.
145The Head of Finance submitted a report that informed Members of the performance monitoring of the 2005/06 Prudential Code Indicators, and advised Members of the quarterly treasury activity as required by the Treasury Management Strategy.
146The Head of Finance submitted a report that updated Cabinet on the likely outturn of the Revenue and Capital Budgets for the 2005/2006 financial year. The budgets included all carried forward amounts from the 2004/2005 financial year.

After consideration it was:-
147With the approval of the Chair, the following item was considered as a matter of urgency.
148Consideration was given to a copy of a letter dated 11 November 2005 received from the Chief Executive of the Police Authority regarding the proposed restructuring of police forces in the East Midlands.

A copy of the reply by the Chief Executive on behalf of the Borough Council dated 18 November was submitted for Members information.
149The Leader of the Council reported that following the visit of the District Auditor to the Authority, it appeared that they intended to promote aspects of the Council's work nationally as examples of good practice particularly with regard to the budget resource develpment bid methodology and profiles, financial management arrangements and value for money projects.