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Cabinet – 19 December 2006

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Item   4. Petitions and Public Address

Item	Speaker
6. Service and Resource Planning 2007/08 – 2011/12.	Councillor John Sanders (as a Local Member) Councillor Barbara Gatehouse (as a Local Member) Councillor Liz Brighouse (as a Local Member) Councillor Larry Sanders (as a Local Member) Mr Thomas Li (Oxfordshire Chinese Community & Advice Centr representative) Ms Fran Bennett (Agnes Smith Advice Centre representative) Ms Kath Smith (Rose Hill & Donnington Advice Centre representative)
9. Local Government White Paper - Structural Issues.	Councillor Zoé Patrick (as Leader of the Opposition)
10. Local Government White Paper - Governance Proposals for the Oxfordshire Partnership and Local Area Agreement.	Councillor Zoé Patrick (as Leader of the Opposition)
11. Chipping Norton: Care Home and Primary Care Facilities.	Councillor Peter Skolar (as Chairman of the Joint Health & Overview Scrutiny Committee) District Councillor Hilary Hibbert-Biles (as a Local Member)
13. Stopping up: Roman Way and Garsington Road, Oxford.	Councillor David Turner (as a Local Member) Mr Paul Chantry (Deputy Managing Director, BMW Group, Oxford Plant) Ms Glynis Coxeter (Oxfordshire Area Bridleways Association representative) wishes to present a petition on behalf of all who use the BMW/BR75/Roman Way. Ms Coxeter objects to the proposed closure of this ancient, well-used route. Ms Troth Wells (Oxfordshire Area Bridleways Association representative) Mr John Orchard (Ramblers Association representative) Mr Henry Whittaker (Senior Executive, British Horse Society)
14. Post 16 SEN Provision.	Councillor Jim Moley (as a Local Member)

Order of business

6. Service and Resource Planning 2007/08 - 2011

1. To urge the Cabinet to fund Emergency Planning and Safer Communities from the remaining sum of money to be allocated across Directorates given that these areas are of vital importance; and
2. To advise the Cabinet that it wished the co-responder scheme to be centrally funded in recognition of the fact that it provides a life saving service to the residents of Oxfordshire, as evidenced by the figures given to the Committee by the Director for Community Safety & Chief Fire Officer regarding the number of people assisted and the societal savings per annum (approx £7m).

1. to urge the Cabinet to revisit the proposal to decommission the voluntary sector information and advice services at its 19 December meeting on the grounds that they provide an extremely valuable and cost-effective service. The Committee further recognised that the benefits derived from such a service went across Directorates and across Councils; and
2. (In the knowledge that there was approximately £1.1m left to allocate across Directorates), to ask the Cabinet to put at least an extra £1m into older people’s services due to the pressures in this area and the high risk and high impact proposals, with particular regard to Residential and Nursing beds for older people.

1. to advise the Cabinet that the Committee believed that Post 16 SEN Special School places were very important and that whilst regretting the lack of Government support for the local Learning & Skills Council, the Committee strongly urged the Cabinet to allocate the necessary funding for this service;
2. to advise the Cabinet of the Committee’s concerns regarding the proposed cuts to post 16 Transport, in the context that:
   
   

1. Oxfordshire was an exceptionally rural County and this cut would have a potentially severe effect on Post 16 Education of the Approximately 50% of the County’s population living in rural areas;
2. Government chose not to fund the transport costs of its 14-19 Education Agenda;
3. (ii) and (iii) above would be a compounding problem in future years, especially for rural areas;


3. to ask the Cabinet to lobby Government to guarantee the continuation £1.939m funding and in the case that it be replaced by RSG funding, to ask for a reassurance that it would take Oxfordshire above a floor Authority, as any withdrawal of funding would lead to a reduction is service that would effect the most vulnerable in society.

At its meeting on 13 December 2006 the Environment & Economy Scrutiny Committee had before them the Service and Resource Planning report. The Committee AGREED to forward the following advice to Cabinet via the Corporate Governance Scrutiny Committee:

1. that the Committee supported the proposals for an invest-to-save fund for measures to reduce the carbon impacts of property, and would like to see a similar capital fund for non-property; and
2. to urge the Cabinet to lobby the Government further to relax the Regulations on the lighting of street signs.

9. Local Government White Paper – Structural Issues

11. Chipping Norton: Care Home and Primary Care Facilities

13. Stopping up: Roman Way and Garsington Road, Oxford

Para. 28 of the report referred to four surveys. There had in fact been five.

14. Post 16 SEN Provision

15. South East Fire and Rescue Service’s Regional Control Centre & Board Member

16. Forward Plan

Please note the following additional items:

Children Young People & Families Full Cabinet	Connexions To consider proposals to transfer the Connexions service into the County Council from April 2007.	16 January 2007	Director for Children Young People & Families Sandra Bingham, Senior Education Officer (01865 816217)
Community Safety Full Cabinet	Car Boot Sales Scrutiny Review To consider the findings and recommendations of the Community Safety Scrutiny Committee	16 January 2007	Community Safety Scrutiny Committee Matt Bramall, Scrutiny Review Officer (01865 810822)
Finance Full Cabinet	Review of Property Assets To seek approval of the Business Case following consideration by the Capital Steering Group and the Review of Assets Programme Board	16 January 2007	Head of Property and Head of Finance & Procurement Mark Tailby, Property Services (01865 816012) and Dave Wilkins, Financial Services (10865 815441)
Sustainable Development Cabinet Member	Procurement of Organic Waste Processing To seek approval for the procurement of food waste processing capacity.	4 January 2007	Director for Environment & Economy Andrew Pau Head of Waste Management (01865 815867)
Sustainable Development Full Cabinet	New Governance and Financial Arrangements for the Oxfordshire Waste Partnership To present New Financial and Governance arrangements and seek Cabinet approval for them.	16 January 2007	Director for Environment & Economy Andrew Pau Head of Waste Management (01865 815867)
Transport Cabinet Member	Oxford, Cowley Road To report the outcome of public consultation on minor amendments to existing waiting and parking restrictions.	4 January 2007	Head of Transport John Cramer Principal Engineer (Design & Implementation) (01865 815963)
Transport Full Cabinet	Carterton, Closure of Kilkenny Lane, Following consultation and resultant modifications to the scheme the proposal seeks to permanently close Kilkenny Lane to prevent rat running and improve access for non motorised vehicles	16 January 2007	Director for Environment & Economy Suzanne Roberts, Transport Planner (01865 815582)

Please note the following amendment:

Social Care & Policy Co-ordination, Children, Young People & Families, Community Safety Full Cabinet

Alcohol Misuse Scrutiny Review (2006/115) To consider recommendations from the Oxford Health Overview & Scrutiny Sub-Committee’s Scrutiny Review referred to the Cabinet by the Oxfordshire Joint Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee

19 December 2006

Defer to 16 January 2007

The following items have been deleted from the Forward Plan:

Transport Cabinet Member	Larkrise School, Oxford; Hook Norton School; and Matthew Arnold School, Cumnor: Better Ways To School Schemes (2006/123) To consider proposed zebra crossings and improvements to traffic signals for pedestrians at these schools as part of the Better Ways To School programme	4 January 2007	Item deleted
Transport Cabinet Member	Goring, High Street and Mill Lane Proposed Loading Restrictions on the Lock Approach (2006/169) Amendment to an existing Order to introduce a loading & unloading restriction on the lock approach	4 January 2007	Item deleted due to overwhelming objections
Transport Cabinet Member	Goring, Various Roads – Extension to Existing Waiting Restrictions (2006/170) Amendment to an existing prohibition and restriction of waiting traffic order extending no waiting at any time to additional parts and sides of various roads.	4 January 2007	Item deleted due to overwhelming objections

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