RECORD OF DECISION

 

The following decisions were taken on 5 December 2006 by the CABINET

 

THE CALL IN PERIOD FOR THESE DECISIONS EXPIRES AT 5.00 PM ON THURSDAY, 14 DECEMBER 2006

 

Members of the Cabinet who were present :

 

Cllrs Patrick Joyce (Chairman), Barry Abraham, George Brown, Dawn Cousins, Tim Hunter‑Henderson, Ian Ward, Jilly Wood

 

Members also present (non-voting) :

 

Cllrs Heather Humby, Geoff Lumley, David Pugh, Alan Wells, David Williams

 

Apologies :

 

Cllr Andy Sutton

 

 

 

Confirmed as a true record of decisions taken ……………………………………………

 

                                                                                             Leader of the Council

 

Agenda item

Minutes of the Last Meeting

Decision reference

36/06

 

Decision Taken

The minutes of the meeting held on 7 November 2006 were agreed.

 

Questions/ Amendments

 

None.

Agenda item

Public Question Time

Decision reference

37/06

 

Questions

Brading Town Council asked a question related to the inclusion of Brading Station in the Sandown Bay Area Action Plan. The Cabinet Member for Assets, Planning and Housing responded stating that Brading Station had been included in the Sandown Bay Area Action Plan to reflect its role, not only as a gateway to the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), but also the natural environment of Yaverland. Its inclusion had been thought to be of potential help to Brading in terms of future funding and delivery. Following the concerns raised with regards to the station’s inclusion, the Cabinet Member for Assets, Planning and Housing recommended to the Cabinet that Brading Station be removed from the Sandown Bay Area Action Plan.

 

Agenda item

Quarterly Financial and Performance Management Report

Decision reference

38/06

 

Decision taken

 

 

 

 

That:

 

1.      The performance of the Council as at the end of Quarter 2 be noted.

 

2.      The performance management process that had been implemented during the second quarter of 2006 be endorsed.

 

3.      That the key performance indicators shown in Annexe 2 of the report be endorsed as the basis of the performance management process, whilst allowing flexibility to make amendments to those indicators as and when necessary.

 

Reason

To meet the Council’s corporate objective to be a ‘high performing, cost effective council’.

 

To improve the Council’s performance management process, which was highlighted in the Comprehensive Performance Assessment as one of the Council’s main areas for improvement.

 

Additional reasons

None.

 

Options considered and rejected

  1. To identify specific areas of performance that required further detailed explanation by the responsible Cabinet Member.

 

  1. To amend the performance management process that had been implemented.

 

  1. To add to the key performance indicators shown in Annexe 2 of the report.

 

Interests

None declared.

 

Additional advice received

 

None.

Agenda item

Consideration of the Forward Plan

Decision reference

39/06

 

Amendments / Additions / Removals

The Cabinet Member for Resources and Town / Parish Council Empowerment informed the Cabinet that the ‘Carnival Learning Centre at Westridge’ and the ‘Decriminalised Parking Enforcement’ delegated decisions had been delayed.

 

The Cabinet Member for Island Health and Community Wellbeing informed the Cabinet that the ‘Agreement to Provide an Integrated Respite Service at Beaulieu House for Children with Learning Difficulties/Disabilities’ had been postponed due to a memorandum of agreement being pursued instead of a section 31 agreement.

 

The Cabinet Member for Safer Communities and Fire and Rescue Modernisation informed the Cabinet that the ‘Policy Commission Blue Paper on Corporate Enforcement’ would be delayed until February 2007.

 

Interests

None declared.

 

Agenda item

Delegated Decisions

Decision reference

40/06

 

Questions

No questions were asked.

 

Interests

 

None declared.

 

Agenda item

Members Question Time

Decision reference

41/06

 

Questions

No questions were asked.

 

Interests

 

None declared.