Minutes for Cabinet Member - Corporate Services meeting, Mar 31 2010, 10.00AM official page

No apologies for absence were received.

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.

No declarations of interest were received.

Minutes of the meeting held on 3 March 2010

RESOLVED:

That the Minutes of the meeting held on 3 March 2010 be confirmed as a correct record.

Report of the Neighbourhoods and Investment Programmes Director

Further to Minute No. 111 of the meeting held on 3 March 2010, the Cabinet Member considered the report of the Neighbourhoods and Investment Programmes Director on applications for financial assistance from voluntary organisations for 2010/11.

The report indicated that the amount available for 2010/11 was £205,556.  Of this sum, £60,000 was contractually committed, until March 2011, to the Sefton Play Council Business Partnership Agreement. The final budget for 2010/11 had now been set by the Council on 4 March 2010, and therefore, uncommitted resources of £145,556 were available as part of this bidding round.

The report also recommended that a balance of £16,504 be retained for emergency applications, leaving £129,052 available for allocation. 51 applications totalling £366,286 had been received and had been assessed against the grant criteria attached at Annexe A. 

The Cabinet Member noted the following amendments to the report:

(a)               the applications received from Formby FC and Formby Atlas had been deferred until further information on the applications could be obtained; and

(b)               the application from the Community Art Group had been withdrawn, resulting in an additional £2,000 to be allocated to the retained balance for emergency applications, leaving a total balance of £18,504 and £127,052 available for allocation in 2010/11.

This was a key decision and was currently included on the Council’s Forward Plan of Key Decisions

RESOLVED:  That

(1)                 the applications as set out in Table A to the report, with the exception of Formby FC and Formby Atlas and the Community Art Group, totalling £127,052 for the financial year 2010/11 only, be approved;

(2)                 any 2009/10 under-spend be taken from any allocations provided in 2010/11; and

(3)                 a sum of £18,504 be retained for emergency funding in 2010/11.

Report of the Legal Director

The Cabinet Member considered the report of the Legal Director providing information on the revised fee structure for services offered by the Registration Service brought in by the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 2010 and the Registration of Civil Partnership (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2010.

A copy of the proposed fees and charges were attached as Appendix A to the report.

RESOLVED:

That the report be noted.

Report of the Legal Director

The Cabinet Member considered the report of the Legal Director advising on the recent discussions at the Members ICT Steering Group and setting out the Minutes of meetings held by the Group in 2009/10.

RESOLVED:

That the report be noted.

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 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.

RESOLVED:

That, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following  item of business on the grounds that it may involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act.  The Public Interest Test had been applied and favoured exclusion of the information from the press and public.

Report of the Interim Head of Corporate Finance and ICT Strategy

RESOLVED:

The report on the above issue was withdrawn from the agenda by the Interim  Head of Corporate Finance and ICT Strategy, pending consideration at the next meeting.

To receive a presentation from Mr. John Farrell, Interim Head of Corporate Finance and ICT Strategy

The Cabinet Member considered the presentation of the Interim Head of Corporate Finance and ICT Strategy on the performance of Arvato in the first year of its current contract.

RESOLVED:

That the presentation be noted.

The Cabinet Member reported that this would be the last day with the Council for the Legal Director, Caroline Elwood, prior to her retirement.

RESOLVED:

That the Cabinet Member’s and spokespersons’ best wishes for future happiness be conveyed to Mrs. Elwood on her retirement from Local Government.