RECORD OF CABINET BUSINESS
MEETING HELD ON 31ST OCTOBER, 2000
Agenda Item
Business
1.
Record of Business
AGREED: THAT the record of the
(Contact : P.D. Templeton - meeting held on 24th October, 2000, be
793 3018)
approved.
2.
Neighbourhood Renewal
Fund
(Contact : C. Green 793 3406)
Councillor Bill Hinds, Leader of the Council,
submitted a report containing details of the
New Neighbourhood Renewal Fund
Consultation Paper recently issued by the
DETR.
AGREED: (1) THAT, in view of the short
time scale for responses to the consultation
paper to be submitted to the DETR, the
Chief Executive, following consultation with
the Leader of the Council, be authorised to
co-ordinate the City Council’s response
based on the draft now submitted and to
include comments from representatives on
the Salford Partnership.
(2) THAT the Chief Executive
submit a report at a future meeting on how
the allocations for funding from the
proposed Fund were determined.
THE DECISION IN (1) ABOVE IS FOR
POLICY COMMITTEE APPROVAL
3.
Greater Manchester
Probation Service - Local
Authority Representation
(Contact : O. Topping 793 3404)
Councillor Bill Hinds, Leader of the Council,
submitted a report indicating that, under the
Criminal Justice and Court Services Bill
currently before Parliament there was a
proposal to establish a National Probation
Service for England and Wales with the
membership being appointed by the Home
Secretary. The current membership on
Probation Services Committees allowed for
one representative from each local authority
which would not be the case when the Bill
became law.
AGREED: THAT the Home Secretary be
requested to agree to one representative
from each of the 10 Local Authorities being
on the newly formed Greater Manchester
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Probation Committee; and that in the event
that agreement is not reached to this
course, then AGMA be requested to
consider channelling nominations through
them.
THIS DECISION IS FOR POLICY
COMMITTEE APPROVAL
4.
Education and Leisure
Directorate - Senior
Management Structure
(Contact : M. Carriline 837 1700)
Councillor Roger Jones, Lead Member for
Education and Leisure, submitted a report
containing proposals to restructure the
Senior Management in the Education and
Leisure Directorate.
AGREED: (1) THAT the revised senior
management structure for Education and
Leisure be approved.
(2) THAT the post of Assistant
Director (Pupil Services) - Band D be
deleted.
(3) THAT the current Assistant
Director (Support Services) Band D be
redesignated to Assistant Director (Access,
Inclusion and Development) - Band D.
(4) THAT the post of
Assistant Director (Arts, Leisure and
Community Services) - Band D be
redesignated as Assistant Director (Arts,
Leisure and Community Learning - Band D;
and that the current Acting Assistant
Director (Arts, Leisure and Community
Services) be assimilated into this post.
(5) THAT a new post of
Assistant Director (Resources) - Band D be
created.
(6) THAT the post of Assistant
Director (Inspection and Advisory Services)
- Band D be deleted.
(7) THAT a new post of Head
of School Improvement - Band F be
created; and that the current Acting
Assistant Director (Inspection and Advisory
Services) be assimilated into that post.
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(8) THAT the Directors of
Education and Leisure and Personnel
Services be authorised to undertake a
review of senior management salaries
within Education and Leisure and report
back thereon at a future meeting.
(9) THAT the Director of
Personnel Services be requested to
undertake a review of the gradings of all
senior management posts within the
Authority and report back thereon at a
future meeting.
THE DECISIONS IN (1) TO (7) INCLUSIVE
ARE FOR POLICY COMMITTEE
APPROVAL
5.
2001/02 Revenue Budget
Planning
(Contact : J. Spink 793 3230)
Councillor Derek Antrobus, Lead Member
for Corporate Services, submitted a report
containing background information on how
budget savings amounting to £7.750M
could be generated in 2001/02.
AGREED: THAT Directors be requested
to provide more details on the proposals
contained in the appendix to the report
together with other proposals for charging
for services and also a rationalisation of
resources.
6.
Service Delivery in Refuse
Collection
(Contact : B. Jassi 793 2000)
Councillor David Lancaster, Lead Member
for Environmental Services, submitted a
draft document for modernising service
delivery in refuse collection in the City.
AGREED: THAT the service proposal be
approved and adopted; and that relevant
officers be authorised to develop and
proceed with the proposal on the basis of
an implementation date of 1st April, 2001,
and to fit in with the principles of Best
Value.
THIS DECISION IS FOR POLICY
COMMITTEE APPROVAL
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7.
Environmental Scrutiny
Committee’s concerns
Regarding the NonMonitoring of Key
Performance Indicator
Information
(Contact : P. Lowe 793 2550)
Councillor Roger Lightup, Chairman of the
Environmental Scrutiny Committee
submitted a report on the failure of
Environmental Services Directorate to
monitor a Key Performance Indicator
namely “percentage of highways that are of
a high or an acceptable standard of
cleanliness”.
Councillor David Lancaster, Lead Member
for Environmental Services, explained that
the non-monitoring had been caused by a
restructuring of the section concerned; but
that with effect from September, 2000, such
monitoring was being undertaken and
would continue to be undertaken.
- Cabinet Meeting
AGREED: THAT the Member only
meeting scheduled for 7th November, 2000,
be replaced by an ordinary meeting of the
Cabinet to consider the Budget situation.
- Fuel Crisis
The Deputy Director of Environmental
Services reported on the current position in
relation to the affairs of the City Council in
the event of a further disruption of fuel
supplies.
- One Stop Shops
AGREED: THAT the Director of
Corporate Services report at the earliest
opportunity on the question of one stop
shops i.e. how many and where they should
be located, including the use of premises
not owned by the City Council.
- Withdrawal of Bus
Service to Brookhouse
Estate
Councillor David Lancaster referred to the
decision of the bus operator to withdraw the
service which served the Brookhouse
Estate, Eccles, as a result of attacks on
buses.
AGREED: THAT the Chief Executive
write to the bus operators informing them of
the procedure to be adopted before they
decided to withdraw a service.
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- Ray Sullivan Building
Services Manager
It was reported by Councillor Val Burgoyne
that Ray Sullivan was due to take early
retirement from his post of Building
Services Manager.
AGREED: THAT it be placed on record
the appreciation which the City Council has
for the service provided to it by Mr. Sullivan
during his 17 years with the City Council.
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