Issue - meetings

To receive the minutes and consider the recommendations and/or referrals from the meetings of the Executive Committee:

2nd August 2011

Matters requiring the Council’s consideration include:

• Employment Policies – Review; and
• Information Shelters – Request to Disconnect Electricity / Demolish Sites.

23rd August 2011

Matters requiring the Council’s consideration include:

• Budget Preparation Guidelines;
• Joint Environmental Enforcement Strategy;
• Solar Panel Scheme – Options for Introducing Solar Panels at Housing Sites in Redditch;
• Roxboro House – Future Use;
• Winyates Estate – Insulation and Heating Improvements;
• Discretionary Housing Payment – Revised Policy;
• Revised Employment Policies;
• Shared Services Business Case – Land Drainage Service;
• Shared Service Business Case – Single Business Case;
• Shared Service Business Case – Car Parking; and
• Shared Service Business Case – North Worcestershire Emergency Planning.

(Reports, Decisions from the 2nd August meeting and Minutes of the Shared Services Board attached – Decisions from the 23rd August meeting to follow and reports for Shared Services Board circulated previously under separate cover)

(Minutes circulated in Minute Book 3)

Members received the minutes of the meetings of the Executive Committee held on 2nd August and 23rd August 2011.

RESOLVED that

1)         the minutes of the meeting of the Executive Committee held on 2nd August 2011 be received and all recommendations adopted; and

2)         the minutes of the meeting of the Executive Committee held on 23rd August 2011 be received and all recommendations adopted, subject to:

            in respect of Minute 58 (Joint Environmental Enforcement Strategy) it being noted that Officers had been asked to respond to a request from Councillor Hartnett for clarification following the meeting as to the rationale for increasing certain fixed penalty notice sums by a significant amount; and

in respect of Minute 71 (Shared Service Business Case – Single Business Case) it being further RESOLVED that

Recommendation 1 be agreed subject to there being a period of formal consultation with the affected staff.