Agenda and minutes

Cabinet - Tuesday 16 March 2010 2.00 pm

Venue: COUNCIL HOUSE, PLYMOUTH

Contact: Nicola Kirby, Senior Democratic Support Officer (Cabinet)  Email: nicola.kirby@plymouth.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

134.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

Members will be asked to make any declarations of interest in respect of items on this Agenda.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest in accordance with the Code of Conduct from Members in relation to items under consideration at this meeting.

135.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 57 KB

To sign and confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 9 February 2010.

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 9 February 2010 were signed as a correct record.

136.

QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC

To receive questions from the public in accordance with the Constitution.

Minutes:

There were no questions from the public for this meeting.

137.

CHAIR'S URGENT BUSINESS

To receive reports on business which, in the opinion of the Chair, should be brought forward for urgent consideration.

Minutes:

There were no items of Chair’s Urgent Business.

138.

CABINET RESPONSE TO OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY MANAGEMENT BOARD SCRUTINY REVIEW REPORT 2010 pdf icon PDF 48 KB

CMT Lead Officer: Assistant Chief Executive

Minutes:

The report of the Assistant Chief Executive was submitted.

 

Resolved that –

 

(1)

thanks be extended  as follows –

 

(a)       to the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board for the work and commitment they have demonstrated in their scrutiny of the Council’s budget 2010/11;

 

(b)       to the partners who were seconded onto the Management Board and have given up their own time to work with the Council;

 

(c)        to staff who have supported and facilitated this process;

 

(2)

the responses appended to the report are agreed as the Cabinet’s formal response to the panel’s recommendations. 

 

139.

PLACE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY pdf icon PDF 158 KB

CMT Lead Officer: Director for Development and Regeneration

Minutes:

The report of the Director for Development and Regeneration was submitted.

 

Resolved that –

 

(1)

Cabinet approve the overall partnership architecture for Place Management as set out in this report;

 

(2)

the Assistant Director for Economic Development to be delegated authority to work with the Chairman of the City Centre Company, the Chairman of Visit Plymouth, Plymouth City Development Company, the Chamber of Commerce and in consultation with the relevant Ward Councillors, to develop an effective governance structure to enable the creation of the Strategic Place Management Organisation and legal relationship with the Barbican, Hoe and Waterfront Partnership and City Centre Company;

 

(3)

approval of the recruitment of a Place Manager for the Barbican, Hoe and Waterfront on terms set out in this report and subject to formal confirmation of the £60,000 private sector match funding from the Barbican, Hoe and Waterfront Partnership (evolving from Visit Plymouth);

 

(4)

approval of the Council contribution of £60,000 over 2010/11 and 2011/12, to the Barbican, Hoe and Waterfront Partnership (evolving from Visit Plymouth), towards employment costs of the Barbican, Hoe and the Waterfront Manager on the terms set out in the report;

 

(5)

instruction to be given to the Economic Development Team to assist the newly created Strategic Place Management Organisation to consider the feasibility, consult upon and if appropriate support the development, of a BID for the Barbican and Waterfront in close partnership with strategic partners and stakeholders;

 

(6)

consultation to take place with the Growth and Prosperity Overview & Scrutiny Panel regarding the development of the City’s overall visitor strategy and 5 year plan.

 

 

 

 

 

140.

JOINT FINANCE AND PERFORMANCE REPORT pdf icon PDF 2 MB

CMT Lead Officer: Corporate Management Team

Minutes:

The report of the Corporate Management Team was submitted.

 

Resolved that –

 

(1)

the forecast revenue overspend and the actions of Directors to reduce this overspend be noted;

 

(2)

the movement on the capital programme during the period be noted and the inclusion of new schemes totalling £8.148m, outlined in paragraph 6.6 of the report and scheme variations/reprofiling totalling (£5.697m), outlined in paragraphs 6.7 and 6.8 of the report, be added to the programme for 2009/10.

 

 

 

141.

2010 REFRESH OF PLYMOUTH'S LOCAL AREA AGREEMENT 2008 - 2011 pdf icon PDF 123 KB

CMT Lead Officer: Assistant Chief Executive

Minutes:

The report of the Assistant Chief Executive was submitted.

 

Resolved that Cabinet approves the indicators and targets set out in the LAA Table at Appendix 1 and commits Plymouth City Council to delivering the targets for which it is the identified lead body.  Under the new legal framework, the Council has a statutory duty to ‘have regard to’ the targets for which it is responsible.

 

 

142.

EXEMPT BUSINESS

To consider passing a resolution under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the press and public from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, as amended by the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Minutes:

Resolved that under Section 100(A) (4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, as amended by the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

143.

INFORMATION, ADVICE AND GUIDANCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE - EXEMPTION TO TENDER AND EXTENSION OF CONTRACT (E3)

CMT Lead Officer: Director of Services for Children and Young People

Minutes:

The report of the Director for Services for Children and Young People was submitted.

 

Resolved that –

 

(1)

exemption from tendering during 2010 is agreed for this contract.  A tender exercise will be postponed until 2011 when the Department for Children Schools and Families (DSCF) review of information Advice and Guidance service will have been completed;

 

(2)

the current contract for the delivery of Information Advice and Guidance expires on 31 March 2011 and the contract will be extended for twelve months with the current supplier until 31 March 2012.