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Agenda and minutes

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

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Items
No. Item

90.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor R Pritchard

91.

Minutes of the Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 59 KB

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 26 November 2015 were approved and signed as a correct record.

 

(Moved by Councillor S Doyle and seconded by Councillor S Claymore)

92.

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.

93.

Question Time:

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

Minutes:

None

94.

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

None

Minutes:

None

95.

Staffordshire Waste Partnership Memorandum of Understanding pdf icon PDF 32 KB

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

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Portfolio Holder for Housing and Waste Management advised Cabinet of a pan-Staffordshire agreement to collaborate on all waste management matters with a common aim of producing efficiencies.

 

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet

 

authorised the Chief Executive and Leader to sign the Memorandum of Understanding without specifying any fixed policy exemptions; and

 

 

agreed in the spirit of the MoU, there will be no fundamental service changes implemented while the county wide review process is underway, minor necessary operational changes excepted

 

 

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

 

 

 

96.

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 M Thurgood)

 

97.

Service Charge Policy Update

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

Minutes:

The Portfolio Holder for Housing and Waste Management updated Cabinet on progress with implementation of communal service charging, in particular details concerning tenant consultation and outcomes from the statutory consultation process in relation to the tenancy agreement and service charging and methodology for apportionment as detailed in the proposed service charge policy

 

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet approved the recommendations as contained in the report

 

 

(Moved by Councillor Thurgood and seconded by Councillor S Doyle)