Cabinet - Thursday 11 December 2008

A meeting of the Cabinet will be held in one of the Committee Rooms at the Town Hall, Library Street, Wigan at 3.00 p.m. on Thursday 11 December 2008.

The agenda for the meeting is as follows:-

1 Apologies for absence.

2 Minutes: 27 November 2008 enclosed.

3 Urgent Business (if any): To be accepted at the discretion of the Chairman of the meeting.

4 Exclusion of the public (.pdf, 19Kb): The Cabinet is asked to consider whether by resolution to exclude the public from the meeting during consideration of the items of business marked with an 'E' reference because of the possibility of the disclosure of exempt information. A draft resolution is attached for use by the Cabinet if it so wishes.

5 Declarations of interest: To receive declarations of interest in any item for discussion at the meeting. A blank form for declaring interests has been circulated with the agenda, please ensure that this is returned to the Committee Clerk at the end of the meeting.

6 The agenda for this meeting: Members to agree the allocation of items in the various sections of this agenda.

7 Reference from other Committees:

OPEN ITEMS

Decision

8 Bickershaw family employment project and evaluation centre (.pdf, 43Kb): Report of the Executive Director of Environmental Services enclosed (Key decision).

9 Changes to Advisory Panels and Scrutiny Committees (.pdf, 55Kb): Report of the Chief Executive enclosed.

10 Annual report – equality scheme (.pdf, 461Kb): Report of the Service Director – Business Transformation enclosed.

11 Pre-budget and revenue support grant settlement 2009/10 (.pdf, 82Kb): Report of the Executive Director Business Support Services enclosed.

12 Amendments to the Council's Scheme of Delegations in respect of housing matters (.pdf, 49Kb): Report of the Service Director – Borough Solicitor enclosed.

13 Section 215 town & country planning act 1990 (.pdf, 150Kb): Report of the Executive Director of Environmental Services enclosed.

14 Action to reduce incidents of physical violence (.pdf, 52Kb): Report of the Executive Director of Environmental Services enclosed.

15 Pennington and Leigh conservation area appraisal (.pdf, 80Kb): Report of the Executive Director of Environmental Services enclosed.

16 Golborne Park Road conservation area appraisal (.pdf, 78Kb): Report of the Executive Director of Environmental Services enclosed.

17 Golborne Town Centre conservation area appraisal (.pdf, 71Kb): Report of the Executive Director of Environmental Services enclosed.

Monitoring

18 Corporate Performance summary quarter 1 and 2 (.pdf, 239Kb): Report of the Chief Executive enclosed.

19 Adult Services budget monitoring 2008/09 (.pdf, 54Kb): report of the Director of Adult Services enclosed.

Information

20 Evaluation of local democracy week (.pdf, 77Kb): Report of the Deputy Chief Executive enclosed. (presentation at the meeting)

21 Response to Fast Food Litter and Associated Problems (.pdf, 47Kb): Report of the Executive Director of Environmental Services enclosed.

22 Councillor Services Group minutes (.pdf, 38Kb): Minutes of the Councillor Service Group meeting held on 1 October 2008 enclosed.

PRESS EXCLUDED ITEMS

Discussion leading to decision

E1 Joint Service Centre – update: Verbal report of the Deputy Chief Executive.

Decision

E2 Legal liability claim and delegation to settle claims: Report of the Executive Director of Business Support Services enclosed.

E3 Pay and reward programme – job evaluation: Report of the Executive Director of Business Support Services enclosed. (Key decision).