(Public Pack)Agenda Document for Cabinet, 18/12/2014 10:00
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Resources Legal and Democratic Services The Lonsdale Building The Courts Carlisle Cumbria CA3 8NA Fax 01228 226372 Tel 01228 606060 Email [email protected] To: The Council Leader and Members of Cabinet Agenda CABINET A meeting of the Cabinet will be held as follows: Date: Thursday 18 December 2014 Time: 10.00 am Place: County Offices, Kendal Dawn Roberts Assistant Director – Corporate Governance Enquiries and requests for supporting papers to: Nick Evans Direct Line: 01228 226367 Email: [email protected] This agenda is available on request in alternative formats Serving the People of Cumbria 1 MEMBERSHIP Mr SF Young (Leader) Ms B Furneaux Mrs PA Bell (Deputy Leader) Mr KA Little Mrs A Burns Mr J McCreesh Mr B Doughty Mr DE Southward Mrs C Feeney-Johnson Mr I Stewart ACCESS TO INFORMATION Agenda and Reports Copies of the agenda and Part I reports are available for members of the public to inspect prior to the meeting. Copies will also be available at the meeting. The agenda and Part I reports are also available on the County Council’s website – www.cumbria.gov.uk Background Papers Requests for the background papers to the Part I reports, excluding those papers that contain exempt information, can be made to Legal and Democratic Services at the address overleaf between the hours of 9.00 am and 4.30 pm, Monday to Friday. A G E N D A PART 1: ITEMS LIKELY TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE PRESENCE OF THE PRESS AND PUBLIC 1 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE To receive any apologies for absence. 2 DISCLOSURES OF INTEREST Members are invited to disclose any disclosable pecuniary interest they have in any item on the agenda which comprises 1 Details of any employment, office, trade, profession or vocation carried on for profit or gain. 2 Details of any payment or provision of any other financial benefit (other than from the authority) made or provided within the relevant period in respect of any expenses incurred by you in carrying out duties as a member, or towards your election expenses. (This includes any payment or financial benefit from a trade union within the meaning of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992. 3 Details of any contract which is made between you (or a body in which you have a beneficial interest) and the authority (a) Under which goods or services are to be provided or works are to be executed; and (b) Which has not been fully discharged. 4 Details of any beneficial interest in land which is within the area of the authority. 5 Details of any licence (alone or jointly with others) to occupy land in the area of the authority for a month or longer. 6 Details of any tenancy where (to your knowledge) (a) The landlord is the authority; and (b) The tenant is a body in which you have a beneficial interest. 7 Details of any beneficial interest in securities of a body where (a) That body (to your knowledge) has a place of business or land in the area of the authority; and (b) Either – (i) The total nominal value of the securities exceeds £25,000 or one hundredth of the total issued share capital of that body; or (ii) If that share capital of that body is of more than one class, the total nominal value of the shares of any one class in which the relevant person has a beneficial interest exceeds one hundredth of the total issued share capital of that class. In addition, you must also disclose other non-pecuniary interests set out in the Code of Conduct where these have not already been registered. Note A “disclosable pecuniary interest” is an interest of a councillor or their partner (which means spouse or civil partner, a person with whom they are living as husband or wife, or a person with whom they are living as if they are civil partners). Member Code of Conduct - Declaring Interests Flowchart (Pages 7 - 8) 3 MINUTES To receive the minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 27 November 2014 (Pages 9 - 20) 4 EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC To consider whether the press and public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of any item on the agenda. 5 STATEMENTS BY THE LEADER OF THE COUNCIL AND CABINET MEMBERS To receive statements by the Leader of the Council and Cabinet Members. 6 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 6.1 A595 Action Group Mr Robin Cornah, a representative of the the A595 Action Group will be outlining details of their campaign to upgrade the A595 at Kirkby-in-Furness, a strategic link for the economic future of Furness and West Cumbria. 6.2 Question from Shap Community Building Group Mr Stephen Mott, Chairman of the Shap Community Building Group will be attending to ask the following question:- ‘Do Council members agree that with the current and on-going implementation of drastic cuts to local services, they should whole-heartedly support a project proposed by Shap Community Building Group that is aiming to not only maintain current local provision, but also to enhance services as detailed in recent Area and County strategy documents?’ REFERRAL FROM SCRUTINY None at this stage 7 SCRUTINY REPORTS a Scrutiny Strategic Planning Update To consider a report from the Chair of Scrutiny Management Board (Pages 21 - 26) b Response to the Scrutiny Management Board Strategic Planning Update To consider a response from the Corporate Director – Resources (Pages 27 - 34) REFERRAL FROM LOCAL COMMITTEES None for this meeting An effective and efficient council 8 2014/15 REVENUE AND CAPITAL BUDGET MONITORING REPORT TO 30 SEPTEMBER 2014 To consider a report from the Corporate Director - Resources (Pages 35 - 98) 9 CORPORATE PERFORMANCE - MONITORING REPORT 2014-15 To consider a report from the Corporate Director - Resources (Pages 99 - 140) 10 COMMUNITY ASSET TRANSFERS - WIGTON POOL, KIRKLAND FORMER HIGHWAYS DEPOT AND SHAP SPORTS HALL AND OLD COURTHOUSE To consider a report from the Corporate Director - Resources (Pages 141 - 168) 11 INCLUSIVE CUMBRIA - DEVELOPING INCLUSIVE PROVISION To consider a report from the Corporate Director – Children’s Services (Pages 169 - 180) A great place to grow up 12 SCHOOL ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS 2016/17 To consider a report from the Corporate Director – Children’s Services (Pages 181 - 218) 13 CONSULTATION ON THE PROPOSED CLOSURE OF RAVENSTONEDALE ENDOWED SCHOOL AND RE-DESIGNATION OF ITS CATCHMENT AREA. To consider a report from the Corporate Director – Children’s Services (Pages 219 - 254) PART 2: ITEMS LIKELY TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE ABSENCE OF THE PRESS AND PUBLIC 14 AWARD OF CONTRACT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FRAMEWORK 2 (PSF2) To consider a report from the Corporate Director - Resources (Pages 255 - 264) 15 PORT OF WORKINGTON STRATEGY REVIEW 2013-27 To consider a report by the Corporate Director – Environment & Community Services (Pages 265 - 376) 16 AWARD OF CONTRACT - EARLY HELP SERVICES To consider a report from the Corporate Director – Resources (To Follow) MEMBER CODE OF CONDUCT – DECLARING INTERESTS Is the matter about something YES in Part A (Disclosable NO Pecuniary Interests) of my register of interests? You must Is it about something on declare it and YES Part B (other registerable leave the room. interests) of my Register? You cannot take part without a dispensation You have an 'other registerable NO interest' and must declare it unless it is on the register already. You can still speak and vote Are you or they affected more Does it affect the financial than most people and would interests of me, my friends, most people think you might YES family or close associates? have your judgement clouded? YES NO NO You must not You can You have vote but you take part no interest can speak if and to declare public allowed to speak and vote NB: You do not need to declare the nature of ‘sensitive’ interests. You may still speak and vote if you have been Pagegranted 7a dispensation This page is intentionally left blank Agenda Item 3 CUMBRIA COUNTY COUNCIL Minutes of a Meeting of the Cabinet held on Thursday, 27 November 2014 at 10.00 am at Committee Room 2, The Courts, Carlisle PRESENT: Mr SF Young (Leader) Mrs A Burns Mr B Doughty Mrs C Feeney-Johnson Ms B Furneaux Mr KA Little Mr J McCreesh Mr DE Southward Mr I Stewart Officers in attendance: Chief Executive, Corporate Director - Resources, Corporate Director - Health and Care Services, Corporate Director - Environment and Community Services, Chief Fire Officer, Interim Monitoring Officer, Assistant Director - Corporate Governance, Assistant Director - Finance and Senior Manager - Democratic Services The Leadership Support Officer for the Conservative Group was also in attendance. PART 1 ITEMS CONSIDERED IN THE PRESENCE OF THE PUBLIC AND PRESS 100 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Apologies for absence were received from the Deputy Leader. 101 DISCLOSURES OF INTEREST There were no disclosures of interest on this occasion. 102 MINUTES RESOLVED, that the minutes of the meeting held on 23 October 2014, be confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chair. 1 Page 9 103 EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC The Leader advised that the agenda as originally published had item 15 Better Places for Work (BP4W) listed in Part 2 of the agenda but that he intended to take the main report in public immediately after agenda item 11. The appendices to item 15 remained in Part 2 and during the course of the discussion on the item should members wish to refer to them the public and press would need to be excluded from the meeting at that point. Members noted that the report itself had been republished in public on the County Council website.