Agenda and minutes

Agenda and minutes

Venue: The Preston Room, Woodgate Chambers, Woodgate, Loughborough

Items
No. Item

104.

Disclosures of Pecuniary and Personal Interests

Minutes:

In respect of item 6 on the agenda, Councillor Smidowicz referred to part of the Enterprise Zone being in her ward.  That was not considered to require a disclosure of interest.

105.

Leader's Announcements

Minutes:

No formal announcements had been published prior to the meeting, but the Leader wished to thank all members of Cabinet, and officers who had supported Cabinet, over the four years of the current Council term now coming to an end.  He wished those members seeking re-election well and hoped to meet them again after 2nd May 2019.

 

The Leader also referred to the Strategic Director of Neighbourhoods and Community Wellbeing who would shortly be leaving the Council to take up another position.  He wished for the Cabinet’s respect, thanks and appreciation for her work in supporting Cabinet to be noted and wished her well in her new role.

106.

Minutes of Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 104 KB

To approve the minutes of the previous meeting.

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 14th March 2019 were confirmed as a correct record and signed.

 

 

107.

Questions under Cabinet Procedure 10.7

The deadline for questions is noon on Wednesday, 3rd April 2019. 

Minutes:

No questions had been submitted.

108.

Loughborough and Leicester Science and Innovation Enterprise Zone pdf icon PDF 136 KB

A report of the Chief Executive to consider approval to the key elements of the proposed agreement with Leicester City Council and the Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership to deliver the Loughborough and Leicester Science and Innovation Enterprise Zone.

 

Key Decision

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Considered a report of the Chief Executive to consider approval to the key elements of the proposed agreement with Leicester City Council and the Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership to deliver the Loughborough and Leicester Science and Innovation Enterprise Zone (item 6 on the agenda filed with these minutes).

 

Councillor Capleton, Chair of the Overview Scrutiny Group, presented a report detailing the Group’s pre-decision scrutiny of the matter and recommendation (copy filed with these minutes).

 

The Chief Executive assisted with consideration of the report.

 

RESOLVED

 

1.         that the Leader and Chief Executive be authorised to enter into an agreement with Leicester City Council and the Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership to deliver the Loughborough and Leicester Science and Innovation Enterprise Zone including the Loughborough Science and Enterprise Park and Charnwood Campus in accordance with the principles set out in Part B of the report of the Chief Executive;

 

2.         that the report of the Overview Scrutiny Group be noted.

 

Reasons

 

1.         To enable the Council, Leicester City Council and the Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership to establish clear arrangements to fulfil their mutual obligation to the Secretary of State for Housing Communities and Local Government to jointly deliver the Enterprise Zone.

 

2.         To acknowledge the work undertaken by and the views of the Overview Scrutiny Group.

109.

Exempt Information

It is recommended that members of the public be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the following item on the grounds that it will involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 and it is considered that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

 

Minutes:

RESOLVED that members of the public be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the following item on the grounds that it would involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 and it was considered that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

 

The Democratic Services Officer stopped the sound recording of the meeting.

110.

Revenues and Benefits - Future Service Delivery Options

An exempt report of the Head of Customer Experience to review the future service delivery options for the Revenues and Benefits Service and approve a final option to be implemented, circulated to members.

 

Notification was given on 13th March 2019 that the public could potentially be excluded during this item since exempt or confidential information could be considered.  No representations regarding considering this item in exempt session have been received.

 

Key Decision

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minutes:

Considered an exempt report of the Head of Customer Experience to review the future service delivery options for the Revenues and Benefits Service and approve a final option to be implemented (item 8 on the agenda filed with these minutes).

 

A replacement page 66 to the above report (providing information that was not redacted) had been circulated to members prior to the meeting, and an exempt addendum to the report was circulated at the meeting (copies filed with these minutes).  Reference was made to typographical errors on page 20 of the report.

 

Councillor Capleton, Chair of the Overview Scrutiny Committee, presented an exempt report detailing the Group’s pre-decision scrutiny of the matter and recommendation (copy filed with these minutes).

 

The Cabinet Lead Member thanked the Overview Scrutiny Group for its consideration of the matter.  The Leader also wished to thank the Overview Scrutiny Group for the valuable pre-decision scrutiny work it undertook.

 

The Strategic Director of Corporate Services and the Head of Customer Experience assisted with consideration of the report.

 

RESOLVED

 

1.      that a decision be made as detailed in the exempt minute (Cabinet Minute 110E 2018/19);

 

2.      that the exempt report of the Overview Scrutiny Group be noted.

 

Reasons

 

1.      As set out in the exempt minute (Cabinet Minute 110E 2018/19).

 

2.      To acknowledge the work undertaken by and the views of the Overview Scrutiny Group.