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Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Room 1 Marmion House, Lichfield Street, Tamworth

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Items
No. Item

33.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor R Pritchard

34.

Minutes of the Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 62 KB

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 30th July 2015 were approved and signed as a correct record.

 

(Moved by Councillor S Claymore and seconded by Councillor M Thurgood)

35.

Declarations of Interest

To receive any declarations of Members’ interests (pecuniary and non-pecuniary) in any matters which are to be considered at this meeting.

 

When Members are declaring a pecuniary or non-pecuniary interest in respect of which they have dispensation, they should specify the nature of such interest.  Members should leave the room if they have a pecuniary or non-pecuniary interest in respect of which they do not have a dispensation. 

Minutes:

There were no Declarations of Interest.

36.

Question Time:

To answer questions from members of the public pursuant to Executive Procedure Rule No. 13

Minutes:

None

37.

Matters Referred to the Cabinet in Accordance with the Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rules

None

Minutes:

None

38.

Quarter One 2015/16 Performance Report pdf icon PDF 20 KB

(The Report of the Leader of the Council)

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Report of the Leader providing Cabinet with a performance health-check was considered.

 

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet endorsed the contents of the report.

 

 

(Moved by Councillor D Cook and seconded by Councillor M Thurgood)

 

39.

Grants To Voluntary Organisations (Small Grants Scheme)/Local Arts Grant Scheme/Sports Grants Scheme pdf icon PDF 68 KB

The Report of the Portfolio Holder for Operations and Assets

Minutes:

The Report of the Portfolio Holder for Operations and Assets informing Members of the Small Grants, Arts Grants and Sport Grants awards made during 2014/15 was considered. 

 

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet endorses the outturn of the Cabinet (Grants) Sub-Committee

 

 

(Moved by Councillor D Cook and seconded by Councillor M Thurgood)

 

 

40.

Write Offs 01/04/15 - 30/06/15 pdf icon PDF 30 KB

(The Report of the Portfolio Holder for Operations and Assets)

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Report of the Portfolio Holder for Operations and Assets providing Members with details of write offs from 1st April 2015 to 30th June 2015 was considered. 

 

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet endorsed the amount of debt written off for the period of 1st April 2015 to 30th June 2015

 

 

(Moved by Councillor D Cook and seconded by Councillor S Claymore)

 

41.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

To consider excluding the Press and Public from the meeting by passing the following resolution:-

 

“That in accordance with the provisions of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meeting and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012, and Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the following business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act and the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public  interest in disclosing the information to the public”

 

At the time this agenda is published no representations have been received that this part of the meeting should be open to the public.

 

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

That members of the press and public be now excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item on the grounds that the business involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

 

 

 

(Moved by Councillor D Cook and seconded by Councillor S Doyle)

 

42.

Renewal of Heating Systems to Sheltered Schemes - Virement of Budgets

(The Report of the Portfolio Holder for Housing and Waste Management)

Minutes:

The Report of the Portfolio Holder for Housing and Waste Management informed Cabinet of the Urgent Action taken to renew the heating system at Glenfield following its failure at the time of service and also informing Cabinet of the need to bring forward the works to renew the gas fired central heating system at Oakendale sheltered housing scheme to prevent a failure.  Also to identify the need to vire funds from within the existing capital programme to fund these urgent works and to identify the potential issues arising from not bringing forward the works at Oakendale was considered. 

 

RESOLVED:

 

That the recommendations as contained in the report be approved

 

(Moved by Councillor M Thurgood and seconded by Councillor D Cook)