Minutes for EXECUTIVE meeting, Apr 6 2010, 9.30AM official page

To receive apologies for absence.

To approve as a correct record, the Minutes of the meeting of the Executive held on 9 March 2010.

To receive from Members declarations and the nature thereof in relation to:-

(a)    

Personal Interests in any agenda item

(b)    

Personal and Prejudicial Interests in any agenda item

To receive any announcements and matters of communication from the Chairman.

To consider proposals, if any, to deal with any item likely to involve disclosure of exempt information as defined in the relevant paragraph(s) of Part I of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 prior to the exclusion of the press and public.

To consider the following petition received in accordance with the Scheme of Public Participation set out in Annex 2 of Part A4 of the Constitution:

• Central Bedfordshire Council be called upon to provide a public swimming facility in Sandy for the benefit of the people of Sandy and Beeston and the surrounding parishes.

To deal with general questions and statements from members of the public in accordance with the scheme of public participation set out in Appendix A to Part A4 of the Constitution.

The report requests that the Executive approve the statutory proposals published on 15th January 2010 to discontinue Hitchmead Foundation Special School and make an enlargement by expansion to Sunnyside Community Special School, with effect from 31 August and 1 September 2010 respectively.

The report invites the Executive to approve the commencement of a number of schools’ capital projects, to note the approval of capital schemes under delegated powers and to approve the Schools Accessibility Strategy for Central Bedfordshire.

The report proposes that the Executive endorse the adoption of a statutory Homelessness Strategy for Central Bedfordshire that will run from April 2010 to March 2015.

This report, through approval of the recommendations seeks the endorsement by the Executive of the BeaR Project Business Case.

The report includes detail of the revised project scope, funding options, and affordability envelope for the BEaR Project.  It also seeks to refresh the project as a bespoke project for Central Bedfordshire.

The Council Executive agreed this statutory Community Safety Partnership Plan and support the priorities going forward to full Council.

The report proposes the implementation of a corporate web strategy as fundamental to the transformation of Council services.

The report proposes a communications strategy for the Council to enhance customer satisfaction.

To receive the Forward Plan of Key Decisions which covers the period from 1 May 2010 to 30 April 2011 inclusive.

(to follow)

To consider whether to pass a resolution under section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the Press and Public from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that the consideration of the item is likely to involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part I of Schedule 12A of the Act.

To consider the exempt Appendix.

To approve the terms for a 10 year lease at market rent.