To Members of the Cabinet
Notice of a Meeting of the Cabinet
Tuesday 21 April
2009 at 2.00 pm
County Hall, Oxford
Joanna Simons
Chief Executive
April 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 |
- |
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 |
Decisions taken at the meeting
will become
effective at the end of the working day on 29 April 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: 26 May 2009
AGENDA
(Addenda)
1. Apologies for
Absence
2. Declarations of
Interest – see guidance
note
3. Minutes
(See also Addenda)
To confirm the minutes of the meeting held
on 17 March 2009 (CA3) and to receive for information any matters
arising therefrom.
4. Petitions and
Public Address
(See Addenda)
The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:
(a) note the
report;
(b) determine
the revised schedule for the repayment of the Adult Learning supplementary
estimates;
(c) approve
the virements as set out in Annex 2a; and
(d) approve
the net Supplementary Estimates totalling £1.039m as set out in paragraphs 56
and 57 and Annex 2c.
The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to recommend the
Council to receive the report and note in particular the general
recommendations therein.
The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to comment on
the AAIL and agree any action in response to its contents.
Cabinet in February 2009 considered a
report on the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG)
consultation on a draft Planning Policy Statement (PPS) on Eco-towns together
with an initial sustainability appraisal (SA) of the short listed proposals.
The draft PPS includes a shortlist of 12 potential locations including Weston
Otmoor and North West Bicester. The February report said that the County
Council would need to consider its position on NW Bicester in the light of
assessments that were underway. This report comments on the NW Bicester
proposal. The report also comments on financial and viability work for the
eco-towns programme that was undertaken by Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) and
others for CLG.
The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to endorse the comments in
paragraphs 14 to 26 above; and to inform the Department for Communities and
Local Government (CLG) that the County Council emphasises that in relation to
NW Bicester if the Government includes the location in the Eco-towns programme
and PPS it should only do so subject to the caveats in the resolution of
Cherwell District Council.
The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:
(a) formally advise
Cherwell and West Oxfordshire District Councils that notice is to be given to
end the present arrangements for managing and undertaking Highway Adoption
functions; and
11. 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 CA11. 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.