Agenda and minutes

To deal with any executive appointments, as required.

Cabinet agreed to the following appointments:

Councillor Moulton to replace Councillor Samuels on the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Local Government Association.

Councillor Smith to replace Councillor Samuels on:

Hampshire Senate

Local Government Association Urban Commission

Local Government Information Unit

Southampton Partnership

Councillor Baillie to replace Councillor P Williams on:

  Eastpoint Centre – Company Members

  Major Cities Housing Group

  Southampton Housing Partnership

Councillor Fuller to replace Councillor Stevens on Plus You Limited from 28^th September 2010

Councillor White be reappointed for a further term on Plus You Limited from 29^th September 2010. 

Report of the Cabinet Member for Resources and Workforce Planning summarising the General Fund Revenue financial position for the Authority for the 3 months to the end of the 1^st financial quarter of 2010 and highlighting any key issues by Portfolio which need to be brought to the attention of Cabinet, attached.

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Resources and Workforce Planning and having received representations from Members of the Council, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  To note the current General Fund revenue budget monitoring position for the General Fund 2010/11 as at Month 3 (June), which is a forecast over spend at year end of £1,123,600 against the budget approved by Council on 17^th February 2010, as outlined in paragraph 4.

(ii)  To note that the baseline forecast over spend for portfolios is £8,443,400;

(iii)  To note that the impact of in year cuts announced by the Government on the City Council was in excess of £4.6M and that measures have been implemented to manage this and maintain a balanced budget, as outlined in the Mini Budget report approved by Council on 14^th July;

(iv)  To note that action plans for remedial action have been requested from those areas with significant over spends; Adult Social Care & Health and Children’s Services;

(v)  To note that the Risk Fund includes £5.9M to cover service related  risks , and that the estimated draw at Month 3 is £6,971,100 to cover expenditure which is included within the baseline forecast portfolio over spend of £8,443,400.  The Risk fund is therefore forecast to be in deficit by £1.1M against the £5.9M available, subject to recommendation (vi) below;

(vi)  To note that the Risk Fund also includes a separate amount of £1M as a pay award contingency to cover the yet to be finalised pay award, based on a 1% pay award.  On the basis that there is a proposed public sector pay freeze in 2010/11, Cabinet is asked to agree that this £1M is added to the £5.9M available to cover service risk.  This will increase the sum available within the Risk Fund to cover service risk to £6.9M, and will therefore leave a small forecast deficit of £0.1M on the Risk Fund against the forecast draw of £7.0M;

(vii)  To note that the Revenue Development Fund now totals £4.9M following the allocation of a further £1.0M so far in 2010/11 to portfolios.  At this stage of the year it has been prudently assumed that the remainder of the Fund will be fully utilised, with the exception of £450,000.  This was earmarked for the Building Schools for the Future Programme which has been halted by the Government;

(viii)  To note that it has been assumed that the contingency of £250,000 will be fully utilised by the end of 2010/11;

(ix)  To note the performance to date with regard to the delivery of the agreed savings proposals approved for 2010/11;

(x)  To note the performance against the financial health indicators detailed in Appendix 10;

(xi)   To note the performance outlined in the Quarterly Treasury Management Report attached as Appendix 11 and specifically that the indicator relating to the ratio of financing costs to the net revenue stream will be reviewed and any amendments will be reported as part of quarterly financial and  ...  view the full minutes text for item 30.

The report of the Executive Director for Corporate Policy and Economic Development outlining the progress made at the end of June 2010 (Quarter 1) against the targets and commitments contained within the 2010/11 Corporate Plan, attached.

On consideration of the report of the Executive Director of Corporate Policy and Economic Development and having received representations from a Member of the Council, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  To note that 64% of Performance Indicators that are the responsibility of the Council and 97% of the Commitments set out in the 2010/11 Corporate Plan are reported to be on target at the end of June 2010; and

(ii)  To ensure that appropriate actions are in place by the end of September 2010 for all areas where significant variances have been reported, where no targets have been set, or where monitoring information was not available at the end of June 2010.

Report of the Leader of the Council, seeking approval for the Cabinet’s response to the scrutiny inquiry report on the City’s night time economy, attached.

DECISION MADE: (Ref: CAB 10/11 4056)

On consideration of the report of the Leader of the Council and having received representations from a Member of the Council, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  To approve the response to the 10 recommendations set out in Appendix 1.

(ii)  That the role of coordinating actions and liaising with various partnerships to implement proposed actions to be delegated to the Head of City Development and Economy.

Report of the Solicitor to the Council, setting the PUSH Business Plan 2010-2012 and changes to constitutional arrangements for approval, attached.  

DECISION MADE: (Ref: CAB 10/11 4105)

On consideration of the report of the Leader of the Council and having received representations from a Member of the Council, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  That a short supplementary legal agreement is entered into in accordance with Appendix 1 to this report.

(ii)  To approve the PUSH Business Plan 2010-12 in accordance with Appendix 2 of this report as a basis for the operations of the PUSH Joint Committee. 

Report of the Cabinet Member for Housing, seeking approval for expenditure for various projects within the approved Capital Programme, attached.

DECISION MADE: (Ref: CAB 10/11 4058)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member forHousing, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  To approve, in accordance with Financial Procedure Rules, spending of £1,010,000 on replacing the lifts at Neptune Court and Rozel Court, provision for which exists in the Housing Revenue Account Capital programme for 2011/12.

Record of the decision making held on 2 August 2010, attached.

The record of the Executive decision making held on 2 August 2010 were received and noted as a correct record.

Report of the Cabinet Member for Resources and Workforce Planning, seeking approval to surrender and renew the leases on premises in Tickleford Drive and Canford Close, attached.  

DECISION MADE: (Ref: 10/11 4079)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Resources and Workforce Planning, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  To authorise the surrender and re-grant of new leases at £1pa to the Scout Groups occupying premises at Canford Close and Tickleford Drive requiring the Scouts to underlet to a nursery provider.

(ii)  To delegate authority to the Head of Property and Procurement to authorise any similar future proposals for lease renewals to Scout or Guide groups or other community or charitable organisations which include any underlet for any purpose authorised by s.2 Local Government Act 2000 at rents less than best consideration where it is proposed to underlet to a nursery provider or similar community use.  

Report of the Cabinet Member for Children’s Services and Learning, seeking approval for pre-statutory consultation on proposals relating to the future provision of primary school places throughout the City from September 2011, attached. 

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Children’s Services and Learning and having received representations from Members of the Council, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  To add, in accordance with Financial Procedure Rules, a sum of £1 million to the Children’s Services and Learning Capital Programme, £690,000 for Primary Review Phase 2, an additional £125,000 for Primary Review Phase 1 increased places at Foundry Lane Primary and an additional £185,000 for Primary Review Phase 1 increased places at St Mary’s Church of England Primary school, funded from the Department for Education’s Emergency Basic Need Safety Valve grant.

(ii)  To approve, in accordance with Financial Procedural Rules, capital expenditure in the sum of £1 million including fees from the Children’s Services and Learning Capital Programme for the addition of Primary school places throughout the City;

(iii)  To authorise the Executive Director for Children’s Services and Learning to conduct pre-statutory consultation on a range of school organisation and admissions options for primary education in the city including (but not limited to) those options set out in Appendix 1.

(iv)  To delegate authority to the Executive Director for Children’s Services and Learning, following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Children’s Services and Learning, to determine the final form of the consultation including the addition or deletion of such options as may be considered appropriate and to bring forward a further report on proposals arising out of these options for statutory notice and/or consideration in accordance with Admissions legislation as appropriate, including details of the costs and funding requirements of these proposals.

(v)  To delegate authority to the Executive Director for Children’s Services and Learning, in consultation with the Solicitor to the Council and following consultation with the Executive Director of Resources, to do anything necessary to give effect to the recommendations in this report

Report of the Cabinet Member for Children’s Services and Learning, detailing the Wessex Youth Offending Team Annual Youth Justice Plan, attached.

DECISION MADE: (Ref: CAB 10/11 3844)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Children’s Services and Learning and having received representations from Members of the Council, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  To recommend the Wessex Youth Justice Plan 2010/11 to Council for adoption as part of the Policy Framework.