Agenda, decisions and minutes

At this point Members are asked to declare any personal or prejudicial interests they may have in the business on this agenda.

The Executive Leader was invited to declare at this point in the meeting any personal or prejudicial interests he might have in the business on the agenda. He confirmed that he had none.

To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 5 January 2010.

RESOLVED:             That the minutes of the last meeting of the Decision Session of the Executive Leader, held on 5 January 2010, be approved and signed by the Executive Leader as a correct record.

At this point in the meeting, members of the public who have registered their wish to speak at the meeting can do so. The deadline for registering is 5:00pm on Tuesday 26 December 2010.

Members of the public may register to speak on:-

·        an item on the agenda;

·        an issue within the Executive Leader’s remit;

·        an item that has been published on the Information Log since the last session.  Information reports are listed at the end of the agenda.

Representations had been received from Unison with regard to agenda item 4 (Revenue Budget Estimates 2010 –11 – Chief Executives).

The Unison representative advised the Executive Leader that he had submitted a written representation which contained his full statement (attached as Annex A) but reiterated that he disagreed with the potential redundancy situation that would occur if one full-time equivalent Democracy Officer post was deleted and stated that losing a post  would have an adverse effect on services. He voiced his concern that there had been a lack of consultation so far and asked that discussion take place with Unison to find a solution.

This report presents the 2010/11 budget proposals for the Chief Executive’s Directorate and invites the Leader to consider and comment upon the proposals prior to their submission to the Budget Executive meeting on 16 February 2010.

RESOLVED:

(i)         That it be confirmed that the budget proposals are in line with the Council’s priorities.

(ii)        That the report be referred to the Executive for consideration.

(iii)       That the written and verbal representations made to the Executive Leader be taken into consideration when the Executive considers the final budget proposals.

(iv)       That the Director of People and Improvement be requested to investigate alternatives to the deletion of one full-time equivalent Democracy Officer post.

REASON:

As part of the consultation on the Chief Executive’s budget for 2010-11.

The Executive Leader considered a report which presented the 2010 -11 budget proposals for Chief Executive’s Directorate which included:

• The base revenue budget for 2010-11 showing existing budgets;
• The cost of pay and price increases, increments and settlement of pay and grading appeals for the portfolio;
• Proposals for budget service pressure costs and savings options for the portfolio area;
• Fees and charges proposals.

The Finance Manager updated the Executive Leader in relation to the services pressures listed in Annex 2 to the report.

With regard to the savings proposal ref CEXES16 as listed in Annex 3, and taking into account the comments made by the speaker, the Executive Leader proposed that the Director of People and Improvement be requested to look at alternatives to the deletion of the one full-time equivalent Democracy Officer post. 

RESOLVED:

(i)         That it be confirmed that the budget proposals are in line with the Council’s priorities.

(ii)        That the report be referred to the Executive for consideration.

(iii)       That the written and verbal representations made to the Executive Leader be taken into consideration when the Executive considers the final budget proposals.

(iv)       That the Director of People and Improvement be requested to investigate alternatives to the deletion of one full time Democracy Officer post.

REASON:

As part of the consultation on the Chief Executive Directorate’s budget for  2010-11.

This report presents the 2010/11 budget proposals for the Economic Development department and invites the Leader to consider and comment upon the proposals prior to their submission to the Budget Executive meeting on 16 February 2010.

RESOLVED:

(i)         That it be confirmed that the budget proposals are in line with the Council’s priorities.

(ii)        That the report be referred to the Executive for consideration.

(iii)       That the roll out of the experiences from the Kingsway West Project be strongly supported for widening the impact of the Council campaign on financial and economic inclusion across the city. 

REASON:

As part of the consultation on the Economic Development budget for 2010-11.

The Executive Leader considered a report which presented the 2010-11 budget proposals for Economic Development which included:

• The base revenue budget for 2010-11 showing existing budgets;
• The cost of pay and price increases, increments and settlement of pay and grading appeals for the portfolio;
• Proposals for budget service pressure costs and savings options for the portfolio area;
• Fees and charges proposals.

The Finance Manager updated the Executive Leader in relation to the services pressures listed in Annex 2 to the report, including the roll out of the Kingsway West Initiative.

RESOLVED:

(i)         That it be confirmed that the budget proposals are in line with the Council’s priorities.

(ii)        That the report be referred to the Executive for consideration.

(iii)       That the roll out of the experiences from the Kingsway West Project be strongly supported for widening the impact of the Council campaign on financial and economic inclusion across the city. 

REASON:

As part of the consultation on the Economic Development budget for 2010-11.