Meeting documents

Cabinet
Thursday 19 June 2008 5.30 pm

Date:
Thursday, 19th June, 2008
Time:
5.30pm
Place:
Reception Room, Civic Centre, Arnot Hill Park, Arnold
 

Attendance Details

ItemDescriptionResolution
16 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE.
Business for item 16
 
17 TO APPROVE AS A CORRECT RECORD THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 5 JUNE 2008.
 RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the above meeting, having been circulated, be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.
18 DECLARATION OF INTERESTS.
Business for item 18
 
19 GEDLING COLLIERY CHASE FARM DEVELOPMENT BRIEF
Business for item 19
RESOLVED:

That the Gedling Colliery and Chase Farm Development Brief be approved as a Supplementary Planning Document as part of the Local Development Framework for Gedling Borough.
20 HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING ALLOCATIONS
Business for item 20
RESOLVED:

That responsibility for homelessness strategy and the allocations policies be transferred to the Strategy and Performance Department and the responsibility for dealing with individual applicants for assistance under the Council's homelessness and allocations responsibilities be transferred to the Customer Services and Organisational Development Department with effect from the completion of the Housing Stock Transfer.
21 THE ANNUAL INTERNAL AUDIT REPORT 2007-08
Business for item 21
RESOLVED:

To note the report.
22 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS AT GEDLING BOROUGH COUNCIL
  • (Attachment: 9)Report of Head of Corporate Services and Head of Democratic & Community Services
  • (Attachment: 10)Appendix A
  • (Attachment: 11)Appendix B
  • (Attachment: 12)Appendix C
Business for item 22
RESOLVED:

1. To note the work undertaken in relation to Corporate Governance, Risk Management and the Assurance Statement.

2. To note that points raised in the Assurance Statements will feed into the Annual Governance Statement and forms part of the Published Statement of Accounts.
23 CARBON FOOTPRINT REPORT
Business for item 23
RESOLVED:

1. To note the results of the Carbon Footprint assessment.

2. To agree the Energy Policy as the basis for public consultation.
24 ANY OTHER ITEMS WHICH THE CHAIRMAN CONSIDERS URGENT.
Business for item 24
 
The meeting closed at 6.50pm.

Attendance Details

Present:
R.F. Spencer (Chairman), J.M. Parr, A.S. Bexon, G.V. Clarke, W.H. Golland, R.J. Nicholson (a), V.C. Pepper (a), W.J. Clarke, A.J. Gillam, G.E. Withers

Business

Business
ItemBusiness
16Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Nicholson and Pepper.
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19The Gedling Colliery Development Brief, together with associated documents detailing consultation undertaken, was submitted for Cabinet approval.
20The chief Executive submitted a report about the future delivery of the Council's homelessness and allocations functions following the recent decision of the Cabinet that these functions should be retained in-house.
21The Manager of Resource Services submitted the above annual report on the activity of the Internal Audit section during the 2007-08 financial year.
22A report was submitted to update members on the Corporate Governance arrangements at Gedling Borough Council.
23The Head of Planning & Environment reported that the Carbon Trust had been commissioned to undertake an assessment of energy saving opportunities for the Civic Centre campus and Leisure Centres. As part of this, an accurate Carbon Footprint for the Council had been calculated. The Carbon Trust report then set out a number of recommendations to reduce carbon emissions, the financial cost of these and the payback period after which the improvements will have paid for themselves through reduced energy usage. The work undertaken had also been used to develop an Energy Policy to bring about short, medium and long term improvements to performance.
24None