Agenda and minutes

That the minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 5 September 2011 be confirmed and signed as an accurate record of the proceedings, and that the outstanding actions be noted.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Carlebach and Loveday.

If a Councillor has any prejudicial or personal interest in a particular report he/she should declare the existence and nature of the interest at the commencement of the consideration of the item or as soon as it becomes apparent.

At meetings where members of the public are allowed to be in attendance and speak, any Councillor with a prejudicial interest may also make representations, give evidence or answer questions about the matter. The Councillor must then withdraw immediately from the meeting before the matter is discussed and any vote taken, unless a dispensation has been obtained from the Standards Committee.

Where members of the public are not allowed to be in attendance, then the Councillor with a prejudicial interest should withdraw from the meeting whilst the matter is under consideration, unless the disability has been removed by the Standards Committee.

There were no declarations of interest.

The Leader announced that the post of  Bi-borough Executive Director (previously known as Executive Director ‘B’ in the Bi-borough Environment Services proposals) will be entitled Bi-borough Executive Director of Transportation and Technical Services (para. 2.2 of the report).

RESOLVED:

1.         That approval is given to the new structure as set out in section 2 of this report.

2.         That Full Council be recommended to amend the Council’s Constitution to reflect the new job titles and job roles.

1.         That the changes to the capital programme as set out in Appendix 1 be approved.

2.         That the changes to the General Fund and Housing Revenue Account revenue budgets as set out in Appendix 2 be approved.

1.                  That the minimum user charge be increased by £1 per trip from £1.50 to £2.50 from January 2012.

2.                  That the Council’s subsidy contribution be reduced by £2 per trip from January 2012.

3.                  That the automatic eligibility criteria be expanded and non-automatic eligibility from January 2012 be removed, as set out in paragraph 4.1 of the report.

4.                  That in response to the public consultation, to maintain double swiping until April 2014.

5.                  That in response to the public consultation, to maintain the current annual trip limit until April 2014 when a monthly trip limit of 8 trips per month, as set out in paragraph 3.4 of the report, will be introduced.

6.                  That the eligibility of Taxicard users be reviewed and send the Taxicard database to the national fraud initiative every two years be approved.

7.                  That any unused contingency be carried over in the taxicard scheme budget until 2014/15 be approved.

8.                  That the Leader transfers Cabinet responsibility for the Taxicard scheme from the portfolio of the Cabinet Member for Children’s Services to the portfolio of the Cabinet Member for Residents Services under the Council’s Scheme of Delegation.

9.                  That the Leader transfers responsibility for the Taxicard scheme from the Director of Children’s Services to the Director of Finance and Corporate Services under the Council’s Scheme of Delegation. 

That the proposed swap of land within Wormholt Park with land at Sawley Road and Bryony Road as detailed in Appendix 2 of the report be approved.

1.         That the Government’s revised Prevent Strategy and its objectives be noted.

2.         That the work with the Home Office and RBKC to develop a Prevent Programme be approved.

3.         That the Leader of the Council, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Residents Services, signs off the Council’s Prevent Programme and use of any funding allocated to the borough for 2011/12 and 2012/13 by the Home Office.

That the report be noted.

That approval be given to place an order in the sum of £292,796 to Ayerst  Environmental Ltd for the removal of asbestos to the roof compartments of selected blocks situated at Riverside Gardens.

That the Executive Response to the Children’s Oral Health Task Group set out at Appendix 1 of the report and that Cabinet commend the Task Group report and recommendations to the NHS Primary Care Trust (PCT) for consideration be approved.

The Forward Plan was noted.

The summary was noted.

The summary was noted.

The Cabinet is invited to resolve, under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, that the public and press be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the following items of business, on the grounds that they contain the likely disclosure of exempt information, as defined in paragraph 3of Schedule 12A of the said Act, and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption currently outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

That under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and press be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the remaining items of business on the grounds that they contain information relating to [enter relevant reason here, i.e. the financial or business affairs of a person (including the authority)] as defined in [enter relevant paragraph(s) here, i.e. paragraph 3] of Schedule 12A of the Act, and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption currently outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

[The following is a public summary of the exempt information under S.100C (2) of the Local Government Act 1972.  Exempt minutes exist as a separate document.]

That the minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 5^th September 2011 be confirmed and signed as an accurate record of the proceedings, and that the outstanding actions be noted.

That the recommendation on the exempt report be approved.

That the report be noted.

The summary was noted.

The Summary was noted.