Cabinet – 15 January 2008
ADDENDA
Please note: Item 8.E will be considered after Item 14.
Item
Matters arising:
Item 6 - Service & Resource Planning
'In response to Councillor Couchman, the Assistant Chief Executive & Chief Finance Officer undertook to investigate whether the ratio of grant and borrowing allocated for the Integrated Transport Scheme was proportional across the country.'
Councillor Shouler will respond as follows:
The funding allocation through the LTP is consistent for all receiving authorities. For 2008/09 to 2010/11 the support for capital maintenance and two thirds of the support for integrated transport will be via supported borrowing. The remaining one third of support for integrated transport will be paid as capital grant.
4. Petitions and Public Address
The Leader of the Council has agreed the following request to address the meeting:-
6. Service & Resource Planning 2008/9 – 2012/13
A supplementary report by the Assistant Chief Executive & Chief Finance Officer is attached at the end of this document (download as .doc file).
Comments from the Corporate Governance Scrutiny Committee are attached as Annex 1 (download as .doc file).
6. Service & Resource Planning 2008/9 – 2012/13 – Supplementary Report
Annex 2 to the report contains a typing error. The figure for ‘Localism’ should read £100,000, rather than £10,000. The total figure for Cabinet Priorities remains £500,000.
7.E Oxford Academy – Business Case
A member of the public, Ms. Ruth Wilkinson, has prepared a briefing paper for the Cabinet which discusses the continuation of existing sports facilities; and the proposed public library.
The paper is attached as Annex 2 (download as .doc file).
A letter from Councillor Keith Mitchell to Oxford City Council regarding the Future of the Peers Leisure Centre is attached as Annex 3 (download as .doc file). A reply to this is attached as Annex 4 (download as .doc file).
A letter from Mr. Shannon Moore, Assistant Head of the Raising Achievement Service, to Mr. Colin Barlow, Interim Business Manager – Leisure and Cultural Services (Oxford City Council) regarding the Dual Use Arrangement is attached as Annex 5 (download as .doc file).
A letter from Nigel Cunning, Team Leader – Project Delivery, to Stephen Holt (Oxford City Council) requesting further clarification is attached as Annex 6 (download as .doc file).
Recommendation (a) is amended as per bold italics. A supplementary report (download as .doc file) has been produced which contains an update on the funding situation, and includes an additional recommendation:
The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:
(a) approve the Outline Project Appraisal & Outline Business Case subject to recommendation (g);
(g) authorise the Head of Property and the Assistant Chief Executive & Chief Finance Officer to finalise the funding details of the proposed Oxford Academy on the basis that the Authority’s capital contribution to the scheme is no more than £4.730m, and that the funding gap described in this Report is bridged by one of the three options described as A, B or C in the supplementary report.
8.E Oxfordshire Waste Treatment Procurement – Selection of Participants to be Invited to Submit Detailed Solutions
This Item will now be considered after Item 14.
A supplementary report from the Cabinet Member for Sustainable Development outlining the discussion at the meeting of the Council on 8 January 2008 is attached at the end of this document (download as .doc file).
9. Post 16 Education for Pupils with Special Educational needs (SEN)
Annex 2 to the report circulated contained an incorrect set of figures for the Kingfisher School. The following table replaces those from the original report on page 14:
Kingfisher Age range 2-19
*NB exceptionally large Year 11 group in 07/08
September 2008: Could manage within existing accommodation as a temporary arrangement. Longer term: The school would like an extension to the senior classroom to provide a common room, independent living area and a separate entrance.
11. Code of Corporate Governance
On 20 December 2007 the Corporate Governance Scrutiny Committee AGREED to:
(a) comment as follows:
· page 7, paragraph 1.1.3.- noted that the Evidence about partnerships’ common vision of their work was being improved; · page 9, Principle 2 - noted some members’ concern for clarification regarding: scrutiny members’ interests when participating in the fundamental service review process; and in the role and responsibility of Cabinet Members in delegated executive decisions; · page 9, paragraph 2.1.1 final column (Evidence) - welcomed the inclusion of scrutiny committee recommendations to Cabinet; and proposed the inclusion of the role of scrutiny in supporting the work of the Cabinet (as outlined in the four principles for effective scrutiny published by the Centre for Public Scrutiny - being a critical friend, reflecting the voice and concerns of the public & communities, taking the lead & owning the scrutiny process on behalf of the public, and making an impact on the delivery of public services); · page 17, paragraph 4.1.4. - Evidence column-add that the Audit Working Group was chaired by an independent (co-opted) member of the Audit Committee; · textual point: consistency throughout in the use of terms including for example ‘staff’, ‘officers’, & ‘employees’ and ‘members’ & ‘councillors’;
(b) RECOMMEND the Cabinet to:
i. adopt the Code; and ii. instruct the Corporate Governance Scrutiny Committee to conduct an annual review of the Code of Corporate Governance for Oxfordshire County Council.
13. Forward Plan and Future Business
Members are asked to note the following additions to the Forward Plan:
Members are asked to note the following amendments to the Forward Plan:
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