CORPORATE SERVICES LEAD MEMBER BRIEFING
15TH JULY, 2002.
PRESENT: Councillor Antrobus and Murphy
M. Brooks, K. Clare, A. Eastwood and J. Spink
Councillor Merry and G. Chinn also attended
 Assistant Director Legal – congratulations to Ian Sheard on his recent
appointment
 SIGOMA : Details of the draft resolution to be approved by Council was still
awaited from SIGOMA
 Chris Southern in the Press Office to become the Council’s link
officer with SIGOMA to ensure a more co-ordinated and effective
campaign
 Chris to also be responsible for any presentation on behalf of
Salford at any forthcoming seminar / conference
 Current education indicators mean that the majority of SIGOMA
local authorities loose out, suggest that the multiple deprivation
indicator is used in future calculations
 Councillor Antrtobus to provide the Press Office with details of
what he will say at Council
 Figures to be produced for Greater Manchester both worst and best
case senario
 COSSIG
 Alan Eastwood to report on the current position with regard to
Oracle – appears to be a distinct lack of progress
 Keith Clare to report next week on the number of co-opted
members who have their own p.c.’s
 Possibility of ALMO Members also requiring access
 Democratic Services Review – working groups dealing with certain
issues
 Maura Brooks reported on the reception held at Downing Street to
recognise the work of Local Government at which the main topic had
been Comprehensive Performance Assessment
 National Local Government Forum Against Poverty – that Rotherham
be informed that in view of the fact that no recompense was received
for the work carried out by Graham Chinn on behalf of the
organisation, it is considered that the debt is therefore offset
 Law and Admin Monthly Update: Printing were doing work for Manchester City Council and other
outside organisations
 Alan Eastwood had been going through the ALMO legislation
which he found on the whole to be fairly poor, staff would not be
seconded but would transfer by means of TUPE, and we would still
have to provide a number of services including financial and IT
assistance and car loans
 Civil Partnerships – Alan Eastwood to report on a possible extension
to the proposal to include naming ceremonies and vow renewal. Alan
to write to the Chairmen of the Scrutiny Committees asking if they
want the report to go to their Committees
 Standards Committee had expressed the view that the report on
Councillor J. Holt should be in Part 2 of the Council agenda.
 Industrial Action by Council Employees: Directorates to be informed that any savings made were not to be
used to manage their budgets – savings would infact go into a
central fund
 Each Section Head reported on the anticipated effect the action
would have on their division
 Clarification was still awaited from the Unions on the level of
emergency cover to be provided
 2003/04 RSG Government Consultation Paper – John Spink reported
that accountants in both Education and Social Services were
investigating the figures provided to try and ascertain the reasons why
Salford looses out compared to other Metropolitan Districts. Further
analysis report required.
 Budget Strategy – need for a special meeting of Cabinet
 Housing Rent Restructure – possible change of date away from the
budget period in order that full consideration can be given to the
proposals – Councillor Merry to let Alan Eastwood know the out
come of the Labour Group meeting on this issue
 Lift Project – withdrawn
 GATSO Cameras – APPROVAL of capital expenditure of £55k
 Capital expenditure proposals – the following schemes were
approved: St. Mary’s R.C. Primary School, Cadishead – infill extension to
court yard - £98,278
 Pre-paint repair and painting at Brookhouse Estate Phase 3£472,400
 Pre-painting and painting at Lane End, Eccles - £137k
 Ex gratia claim for £70 for jeans and t-shirt – APPROVED
 SLA’s should be discussed at Cabinet when a base line has been
established. Councillor Merry suggested that SLA’s should run for
three years and not one
 Accommodation in Members area – meeting to be held on 18th July,
2002, at 1.30 p.m. to progress this matter involving Councillors
Antrobus, J. Murphy and Clague and Graham Chinn and Alan Heason