Agenda and minutes
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Apologies for Absence Minutes:
No apologies for absence were received. |
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Declarations of Interest Members are requested to give notice of any disclosable pecuniary interest, which is not already included in their Register of Members' Interests and the nature of that interest, relating to any item on the agenda in accordance with the Members Code of Conduct, before leaving the meeting room during the discussion on that particular item.
Minutes: No declarations of any disclosable pecuniary interest were received.
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Minutes of the Previous Meeting Minutes of the meeting held on 11 January 2018 Minutes:
Decision Made:
That the minutes of the Cabinet Meeting held on 11 January 2018 be confirmed as a correct record. |
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Regionalisation of Adoption - Adoption in Merseyside Final Report Report of the Head of Children’s Social Care Minutes:
Reason for the Decisions:
It is a statutory requirement for local authorities to establish a regional approach, as set out in the Education and Adoption Act 2016.
Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:
The proposal for the development of a Knowsley, Wirral Sefton and Liverpool RAA was agreed in principle through discussion with the relevant cabinet members in each authority and approved by the Department for Education in early 2016. Since then extensive work has been carried out through the Strategic Board consisting of senior staff from each Local Authority and chaired by the Executive Director (Children) from Knowsley.
The Strategic Board considered and tested a number of potential models. It also looked across the regional area to see what routes other regional agencies were starting to develop. It was felt that due to budgetary and time constraints that the preferred approach would be to develop a host model, now with Knowsley as host under the leadership of the Assistant Director for Children Social Care.
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Revenue and Capital Budget Plan 2017/18 – 2019/20 Report of the Head of Corporate Resources Additional documents: Minutes:
Reasons for the Decisions:
To ensure Cabinet are informed of the forecast outturn position for the 2017/18 revenue and capital budgets as at the end of December 2017 and to provide an updated forecast of the outturn position with regard to the collection of Council Tax and Business Rates.
Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:
None.
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Exclusion of Press and Public
To comply with Regulation 5(2) of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information)(England) Regulations 2012, notice has been published regarding the intention to consider the following matter(s) in private for the reasons set out below.
No representations have been received on this matter and this agenda satisfies the requirements of Regulation 5(4).
The Cabinet is recommended to pass the following resolution:
That, under the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information)(England) Regulations 2012, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item 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 Local Government Act 1972. The Public Interest Test has been applied and favours exclusion of the information from the Press and Public.
Minutes:
RESOLVED:
That, under the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information)(England) Regulations 2012, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items 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 Local Government Act 1972. The Public Interest Test has been applied and favours exclusion of the information from the Press and Public
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LCR Traffic Signals Maintenance Contract Report of the Head of Locality Services - Commissioned Minutes:
Reasons for the Decisions:
To enable the Council to fulfil its statutory duty to maintain the traffic signals asset, which subsequently contributes to the Council’s requirements under the Traffic Management Act 2004 to minimise congestion.
To also show a commitment to joint working within the Liverpool City Region and KRN Group as the five other LCR Authorities will all be utilising the new Contract. The joint working approach will also lead to a greater consistency of how traffic signals are maintained and installed across the region. Through a collaborative approach it was also anticipated that the most advantage commercial terms will be negotiated to the benefit of the Council.
Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:
The Council could choose to continue to deliver services with its own independent Service Provider/Contract but will need to undertake their own procurement exercise in 2018 to renew the existing Contract. The risk associated with this is that the rates retuned may not be as competitive due to the volume of work being smaller and isolated to Sefton only.
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