What's coming up at Cabinet
A meeting of the County Council's Cabinet will take place next Wednesday July 19th 2006 in the Oak Room, County Buildings, Stafford at 10am. Items to be discussed include:
Item Four: In-house Residential and Day Services for Older People
Recommendations to follow
Item Five: Medium Term Financial Strategy 2007/08 - 2009/10
Cabinet is asked to approve five recommendations including noting the First Quarter monitoring position for 2006/07 budget and asking the Corporate Management Team to review the arrangements within each Directorate for monitoring the high risk budgets.
Item Six: Minibus Training and Assessment Scheme - Proposed Changes
Cabinet is asked to approve:
a) That all non vocational drivers who are school, Social Care and Health and other staff working with children and young people be exempt from having to gain category Passenger Carrying Vehicle D1.
b) That drivers be allowed to join the County Minibus Scheme with up to a maximum of six penalty points.
c) That all drivers must pass a Group 2 medical examination prior to being allowed to take an assessment.
Item Seven: Community Learning Partnerships Strategy
Cabinet is asked for their views on the "Community Learning Partnership Strategy", which merges Extended Schools and Children's Centre developments for 2006-2010; and to approve the development of approximately 50 Community Learning Partnerships between 2006-2010 as a key mechanism for the delivery of the Integrated Services Strategy.
Item Eight: Rural Access to Services Partnerships
Cabinet is asked to support the arrangements for the Staffordshire Rural Access to Services Partnership and approve the establishment of local delivery agreements with the Staffordshire Moorlands Council for Voluntary Services and the Community Council of Staffordshire.
Item Nine: Treasury Management Annual Report 2005/06
Cabinet is asked to:
a) note the Treasury Management activities for the year ended 31 March 2006, including the Prudential Indicators outturn detailed in Appendix 5 to the report; and
b) approve the use of the Minimum Revenue Provision at 31 March 2006 as set out in paragraph 21 of the report.
Item Ten: Adoption of a County Council ICT Strategy
Recommendations to follow.
Item Eleven: Recommendations of the Resources Scrutiny and Performance Panel
- ICT Review - Recommendations to follow
a) Cabinet is asked to consider the development of a Corporate Recruitment Policy/framework through the HR Policy Group and to treat the development, design and delivery of the Policy/framework as a priority.
b) Cabinet is asked to note the current situation in regard to the implementation of automated contracts of employment and consider how this project may be moved forward.
Item Twelve: Organisation and Service Review
Cabinet is asked to back four recommendations including:
a) supporting progress in the series of reviews overall; and
b) agreeing to the implementation of the revised proposals for phase one of the Organisation Review.
Item Thirteen: The forward plan sets out key decisions Cabinet expect to take over the next four months, from 1st August to 30th November 2006.
To view the full agenda please go to: /yourcouncil/committees/cabinethomepage/cabinetmeetings/cab190706.htm
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