(1)

the staff are congratulated on their success;    

(2)

the relevant team leaders are invited to the next meeting of the City Council, with the award.   

(1)

the recommendations from the Growth and Prosperity Overview and Scrutiny Panel and the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board are endorsed as follows -

(a)

the retention of the current by law;

(b)

 in the short term -

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that the legal department review the words on the external signage in the area, to ensure that it appropriately informs people of the dangers of prosecution should they cause a nuisance, harm or damage in accordance with the current by law;

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that a suitable alternative site is sought for urban skateboarding;

(c)

 in the longer term -

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that future design proposals for areas of the city centre consider communal use of space and to ensure that final designs take into account either the encouragement or deterrent of skateboarding activity (either through development proposals or as part of highway public realm works);

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a further review takes place once the new Central Park skateboarding park and the indoor facility at Cattedown have had time to mature, and when the future enforcement legislation is known; this review to be undertaken by the lead member for this neighbourhood under the Council’s localities working arrangements;

(2)

thanks are extended to Councillor James for presenting the report and also to Councillor Coker for chairing the task and finish group.      

(i)

that the Department for Development and Regeneration take on the ownership and leadership of the worklessness agenda on behalf of the Council and that links across Plymouth City Council are accordingly established to (a) ensure the council’s role is clearly understood and (b) that, from an economic development perspective, skills development aligns with the economic drivers of the city and key sectors;

(ii)

that Plymouth City Council take on a strategic leadership role;

(iii)

that human resources work with the Assistant Director for Development and Regeneration (Economic Development) and his team to develop a strategy for Plymouth City Council recruitment under the worklessness agenda and that the Corporate Management Team be requested to endorse this;

(iv)

that Plymouth City Council review its recruitment policies to become an exemplar employing body, by providing greater employment/work opportunities for disengaged groups e.g. young people, care leavers, young offenders and the longer term unemployed.

(1)

the recommendations of the report are welcomed as worklessness and economic inclusion are key strands identified within the Local Economic Strategy and will form a key part of Economic Development’s work programme over the next 12 months;

(2)

the Economic Development Service will seek to co-ordinate worklessness issues for the City Council by ensuring consistent standards of service delivery, the development of a clear strategy, sharing of best practice and maximising resources;

(3)

an agreed strategy and implementation plan is developed for worklessness and shared with partners through the Wealthy Theme Group;

(4)

Councillor Viney and the members of the overview and scrutiny panel are thanked for their work on this issue.  

(1)

the Cabinet Member for Adult Health and Social Care is substituted for the Cabinet Member for Community Services (Safer and Stronger Communities and Leisure, Culture and Sport) on the Building Schools for the Future Cabinet Committee because Councillor Brookshaw’s daughter is a teacher and has a prejudicial interest in the matters under consideration;

(2)

the following appointments are approved -

Building Schools for the Future Cabinet Committee

CouncillorMrs Watkins

Councillor Bowyer

Councillor Monahan

Councillor Stark (observer)

CouncillorWildy (observer)

(any Cabinet Member can act as a substitute member).

South West Devon Joint Waste Partnership

Councillor Mike Leaves

Councillor Bowyer

Councillor Vincent (observer)

Substitute Member

Councillor Wright (observer)

(any Cabinet Member can act as a substitute member).

Care and Repair

Management Committee

Cabinet Member for Adult Services: Councillor Monahan

Local Strategic Partnership: Healthy Theme Group

one Cabinet Member: Councillor Monahan

Local Strategic Partnership: Wealthy Theme Group

one Cabinet Member: Councillor Fry

Local Strategic Partnership: Safe Theme Group

one Cabinet Member: Councillor Brookshaw

Local Strategic Partnership: Wise Theme Group

one Cabinet Member: Councillor Mrs Watkins

Plymouth Urban

Fringes Development Plan

Document Joint Member Panel

two councillors – posts of Leader and Deputy Leader:

CouncillorMrs Pengelly and Fry

Tamar Science Park Ltd – Board of Directors

one Cabinet Member + one officer

Cllr Fry with authority to vote on behalf of the Council at the AGM

David Draffan

(3)

the cessation of the Schools Catering Group is noted. 

(1)

the provisional outturn position for the year is noted; 

(2)

the Section 151 Officer recommended adjustments to reserves and provisions are approved as follows-

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an increase in the insurance provision of £0.559m, £0.312m to be met from the insurance reserve and a top up of £0.247m from revenue;

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an increase in the sundry bad debt provision of £0.352m;

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removal of the section 117 provision of (£0.347m);

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a transfer to the commuted maintenance reserve of £0.150m;

(3)

the £0.197m remaining in the Carefirst budget is carried forward to 2010/11 to support the project in 2010/11;

(4)

the departmental carry forwards of £0.078m, as previously approved by Cabinet, are formally ratified now the final position for the year isknown;

(5)

the carry forward of the Seaside Town Grant of £0.200m, to be used for local initiatives is approved, as outlined in the report;

(6)

no departmental budget overspends are carried forward in 2009/10;

(7)

the adjusted surplus for the year of £0.638m is noted and a transfer to the waste balancing fund of £0.400m and pensions fund of £0.238m is approved.

(8)

the draft capital outturn for the year of £92.221m is carried forward, after allowing for the transfer of expenditure totalling £1.221m to revenue;

(9)

the financing requirement of £92.221m is noted and approval is given to the borrowing requirement of £32.497m 2009/10;

(10)

the provisional outturn on the housing revenue account for the year is noted;

(11)

the position on the treasury management activities for the year is noted and that a full report on the Council’s performance against its borrowing and investment strategies, including the statutory performance indicators will be presented to Audit Committee on 28 June 2010;

(12)

the position regarding the Icelandic banks is noted;

(13)

the process to claim performance reward grant is noted and the proposed allocation of the grant is agreed on behalf of Plymouth City Council as the accountable body;

(14)

corporate reporting of performance and finance moves to a quarterly basis for financial year 2010/11, bringing the reporting process in line with reporting of the Local Strategic Partnership.

(1)

the progress on the development of options for Deep Lane junction is noted;

(2)

Option B (D) is approved as the preferred option to be further developed and included within the Eastern Corridor major scheme bid;

(3)

Option C is approved as the lower cost alternative option to be further developed and included within the Eastern Corridor major scheme bid;

(4)

JuliWileman (Major Scheme Project Manager) is thanked for handling all the comments and suggestions from the community since the start of the works at Gdynia Way.     

(1)

the Medium Term Financial Strategy is approved for consultation with the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board and their comments, together with any implications from the budget announcement to be made on 22 June, will be brought back to Cabinet on 13 July for a recommendation to Council on 2 August;  

(2)

the details contained in figure 4 (revenue forecast – resources versus spending plans, based on a 5% reduction in formula grant and a Council tax freeze) are communicated to all staff. 

(1)

the Plymouth Sports Facility Strategy is adopted as the future framework for the development of sport and fitness infrastructure across the city;

(2)

the Director for Community Services identifies one of the City’s playing fields for consideration under the Queen Elizabeth II Fields Challenge. 

(1)

the report of OFSTED is noted and Cabinet welcomes the considerable improvements in this service;  

(2)

Councillor Mrs Bowyer, Chair of the Corporate Parenting Group,  is thanked for her work with children and young people in care, including the events she has organized with the children and young people, which had resulted in an improvement in the results achieved by them in their education;            

(3)

thanks are conveyed to all staff and the Council’s partners for their hard work which had been recognised in this report.      

(1)

the existing contract for agency staff is extended until the 31 October 2010;

(2)

following the conclusion of the tendering process, a paper will be presented to Cabinet in July 2010 setting out recommendations for the award of the new contract which it is anticipated will commence on 1 October 2010;

(3)

the timetable for tender award and contract start is noted as set out in the report.