To Members of the Cabinet
Notice of a Meeting of the Cabinet
Tuesday 20
January 2009 at 2.00 pm
County Hall, Oxford
Joanna Simons
Chief Executive
January 2009
Contact officer: Sue Whitehead
Tel: 01865 810262
E-mail: sue.whitehead@oxfordshire.gov.uk
Councillors |
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Keith R
Mitchell CBE |
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Leader of
the Council |
David
Robertson |
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Deputy
Leader of the Council |
Roger
Belson |
- |
Cabinet
Member for Sustainable Development |
Louise
Chapman |
- |
Cabinet
Member for Children, Young People & Families |
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Mrs J.
Heathcoat |
- |
Cabinet
Member for Community Safety |
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C.H.
Shouler |
- |
Cabinet
Member for Finance |
Melinda
Tilley |
- |
Cabinet
Member for Place |
Michael
Waine |
- |
Cabinet
Member for Schools Improvement |
The Agenda is attached. Decisions taken at
the meeting
will become
effective at the end of the working day on 28 January 2009
unless called in
by that date for review by the appropriate Scrutiny Committee.
Copies of this Notice, Agenda and
supporting papers are circulated
to all Members of
the County Council.
Date of next meeting:17 February 2009
AGENDA
(Addenda)
1. Apologies for
Absence
2. Declarations of
Interest – see guidance
note
3. Minutes
To confirm the minutes of the meeting held
on 16 December 2008 (CA3) and to receive for information any
matters arising therefrom.
4. Petitions and
Public Address
(See also Addenda)
5. Financial
Monitoring
The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:
(a) note the
report; and
(b) approve
the virements as set out in Annex 2a;
The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:
(a) (in
respect of revenue) RECOMMEND Council to approve:
(1) a budget
for 2009/10 and a medium term plan to 2013/14, based on the proposals set out
by the Cabinet Member for Finance;
(2) a budget
requirement for 2009/10;
(3) a precept
for 2009/10;
(4) a council
tax for band D equivalent properties;
(5) virement
arrangements to operate within the approved budget;
(6) the
£30.2m virement proposed in paragraph 41 and annex 4b for the Older Persons
Pooled Budget.
(b) (in
respect of treasury management) RECOMMEND Council to approve:
(1) the
Treasury Management Strategy Statement
(2) the use
of internal funds instead of external borrowing up to a maximum of 25% of the
portfolio;
(3) Prudential
Indicators from April 2009;
(4) that in relation to the 2009/10 strategy any
further changes required to the credit matrix be delegated to the Chief Finance
Officer in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and leaders of the
Opposition and other groups.
(c) RECOMMEND
Council to approve the Minimum Revenue Provision Methodology Statement as set
out in paragraphs 10 to 14 of Annex 9.
(d) (in
respect of capital) RECOMMEND Council to approve:
(1) the
updated Capital Strategy and Corporate Asset Management Plan;
(2) a Capital
Programme for 2009/10 to 2013/14;
(3) Prudential Indicators from April 2009.
A draft of the Corporate Plan for
the period 2009/10 to 2013/14 is provided for approval by Cabinet on 20 January
2009 in advance of consideration by the full Council in February 2009. By the
time of the meeting the draft plan will have been considered by the Corporate
Governance Scrutiny Committee. The Committee’s advice will be reported to this
meeting as part of the schedule of addenda.
The plan is still in a draft format, and
further work is required, particularly reviewing the nature of the targets for
each priority. We will be working with Directorate teams early in the New Year
to ensure that the targets are outcome focused, challenging and measurable.
The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED, subject to
consideration of any advice from the Corporate Governance Scrutiny Committee
and to the inclusion of consequential and editorial changes in the text as
agreed by the Chief Executive in consultation with the Leader of the Council,
to RECOMMEND the Council to approve the Medium Term Corporate Plan
2009/10-13/14.
Within the report the Commission identify
key strengths and areas for development. The report identifies over 40 key
strengths and 10 areas for development. For areas of development an action plan
has been agreed with the Commission and will be monitored via the routine
business meetings the council has with them.
The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to
(a) receive the report; and
(b) review progress on
the areas for development through the quarterly monitoring of the directorate
balanced scorecard.
(3) agree that
the red flags should be used as the main underlying themes for the conference
in order to lead to agreed actions as appropriate and necessary in the future.
This report seeks approval of the Detailed
Project Appraisal for the scheme.
The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to approve the
Project Appraisal H186 for the Didcot Parkway Station Interchange scheme.
The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:
(a) agree
that the Cabinet Member for Transport should represent Oxfordshire County
Council on Reading Borough Council’s TIF Partner Authority Members’ Liaison
Group; and
(b) support
the principle of the TIF bid by Reading Borough Council to secure transport
improvements into the town, including from Oxfordshire, acknowledging that this
does not commit this Council to support any specific measures.
The Cabinet has previously considered, at its meeting on 16 December
2008, a report on the South East England Councils (SEEC) and agreed to
recommend to Council to add South East England Councils to the list of
‘strategic’ Outside Bodies to which the Cabinet makes appointments. By the time
of the meeting this recommendation will have been considered by Council at it’s
meeting on 13 January.
SEEC has been set up to work with the South East England Development
Agency (SEEDA) on developing the Single Integrated Regional Strategy for the
South East. SEEC came into being on Friday, 12 December 2008 following a
meeting of the Leaders of the 74 principal councils in the South East region,
constituted on the basis that a member is nominated from each of the 74
principal councils in the South East region.
The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED (subject to the decision of Council on 13
January 2009) to appoint a member to the South East England Councils).
13. Forward
Plan and Future Business
(See also Addenda)
The Cabinet Procedure Rules provide that
the business of each meeting at the Cabinet
is to include “updating of the Forward Plan and proposals for business to be
conducted at the following meeting”. Items from the Forward Plan for the
immediately forthcoming meetings of the Cabinet appear in the Schedule at CA13.
This includes any updated information relating to the business for those
meetings that has already been identified for inclusion in the next Forward Plan update.
The Schedule is for
noting, but Cabinet Members
may also wish to take this opportunity to identify any further changes they
would wish to be incorporated in the next Forward Plan update.
The Cabinet is
RECOMMENDED to note the items currently identified for forthcoming meetings.
(Supplementary Agenda)