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Cabinet - 18 September 2007
ADDENDA
Item
4. Petitions
and Public Address
The Leader of the Council has agreed the following
request to address the meeting:-
Item |
Speaker |
8.
Flooding Recovery |
Councillor Zoe Patrick provided a
written submission (below) (for Councillor Patrick, leader of the
Opposition) |
9. Peers School, Littlemore: Creation of an Academy |
Councillor Oliver McIntosh-Stedman
(as Local Member) |
14. Value for Money Strategy |
Councillor Zoe Patrick provided a
written submission (below) (for Councillor Bill Bradshaw, Shadow Cabinet
member for Change Management) |
21.Planning Obligations (Developer Contributions) Scrutiny Review |
Councillor Patrick Greene (as member
of the review Panel) |
|
|
CA8
Flooding Recovery
The Following Submission comes from Councillor Zoe
Patrick:
I apologise for not being able to attend today, but with
our conference in Brighton and my being on leave, it is not possible.
However,
I should like to make the following observations.
Firstly,
I regret that our very important and urgent motion on flooding was not taken on
Tuesday at Council because the debate on Sustainable Communities so seriously
overran its time. There were a number of action points which that motion had
sought to address and it is not clear if this will be covered by the review.
When
I attended the E&E scrutiny committee and the co-ordinating group, I
understood there was not going to be a scrutiny review on flooding. It was
thought (I believe) that as urgent action was needed a review may take too
long. However, I remain to be convinced on this.
It
is with regret that there will be no further funds from government and I would
hope that measures will be taken to put pressure on ministers regarding this.
I
welcome action being taken to deal with flood defence measures.
I
also welcome measures including land management, ditch and gully clearance.
I would however, urge the council to take firm measures
regarding the impact of new development. This is unclear in the Cabinet report
and it is something which is worrying many members of the public.
CA11
Schools Business Systems (SAP) Project
Please see attached Annex 1 received from Irene Kirkman,
Assistant Head of Educational Effectiveness Service.
CA14
VALUE FOR MONEY STRATEGY
It
is with great concern that I read para. 4.8 Scrutiny
“Scrutiny
plays a key role in helping the council to review our performance and policy
framework to ensure value for money is maximised
Our
Scrutiny work programme is developed in consultation with senior officers and
Cabinet members to ensure it reflects areas of strategic importance for the
Council and dovetails with our Fundamental Service Review programme.”
So
what has happened to scrutiny being member led and where now is the role for
backbench members of this council? I find this statement a blatant disregard
for what scrutiny is intended for, and holding Cabinet to account.
This
is a very serious matter and needs to be urgently addressed.
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