Minutes for Cabinet meeting, Jan 14 2010, 10.00AM official page

Members and Officers are requested to give notice of any personal or prejudicial interest and the nature of that interest, relating to any item on the agenda in accordance with the relevant Code of Conduct.

Minutes of the meeting held on 17 December 2009

In accordance with Paragraph 2.5 (ii) of the Cabinet Procedure Rules, Councillor Tattersall (as a Cabinet Member) will give a verbal report on the resolution passed by the Southport Area Committee at its meeting held on 6 January 2010 with regard to a petition to be presented by a local resident requesting the provision of a temporary Southport town centre library during the work on the Southport Cultural Centre.

The Cabinet will be aware that the provision of a Temporary Library Service was considered at the last Cabinet meeting held on 17 December 2009 (Minute No 236) and it was resolved that Minute No.29 of the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Performance and Corporate Services) held on 9 December 2009 be noted at this stage; namely:

That the Cabinet be advised that this Committee considers:

          (1)      that the timetable and funding for the refurbishment of the Southport Cultural Centre should not be jeopardised in any way; and

          (2)      that Party Groups should be invited to include financial proposals for a temporary Southport town centre library in their budgets at the appropriate time, should they wish to do so.

Report of the Assistant Chief Executive

Report of the Finance and Information Services Director

Report of the Strategic Director - Social Care and Well-Being

Report of the Strategic Director - Social Care and Well-Being

Report of the Strategic Director - Children, Schools and Families

Report of the Planning and Economic Regeneration Director

Report of the Planning and Economic Regeneration Director

Report of the Planning and Economic Regeneration Director

Joint report of the Head of Regeneration and Technical Services and Leisure Director

Report of the Leisure Director

Report of the Strategic Director - Communities

To consider passing the following resolution:

That, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of 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.  The Public Interest Test has been applied and favours exclusion of the information from the Press and Public.

Report of the Strategic Director - Communities