Agenda

Please find attached details of this week’s A14 road closures.

Friday 9 November 2018: Telegraph: Don’t stop recycling, minister urges Council

The Environment Minister Therese Coffey has written to Swindon Borough Council urging it to continue mixed plastic.

Saturday 10 November 2018: Telegraph: Recycling plan for packaging firms to meet 100 per cent of cost

The Environmental Secretary Michael Gove is to set out proposals for packing manufacturers to fund 100 per cent of the cost recycling for household waste.

Monday 12 November 2018: Guardian: Universal credit “costs more than existing benefits”

A report by the Resolution Foundation thinktank has warned that universal credit is set to be more expensive than the welfare system it replaces.

A list of decisions currently within the call-in period is available on the Council’s website.

The call in procedure is set out in full in Part 4 of the Council’s Constitution, ‘Scrutiny and Overview Committee Procedure Rules’. 

Cabinet approved the Strategic Collaboration Agreement attached as Appendix A to the report from the Head of Housing Strategy.

This decision was first published on Friday 9 November and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Friday 16 November.

Cabinet

A)           approved the adoption of the Cambridgeshire Flood and Water Supplementary Planning Document (with amendments listed in Appendix 1);

B)           approved the adoption of the Land North of Cherry Hinton Supplementary Planning Document (with amendments listed in Appendix 1); and

C)           delegated any subsequent minor amendments and editing of the SPDs to the Joint Director for Planning and Economic Development.

This decision was first published on Friday 9 November and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Friday 16 November.

Cabinet

(a)          approved the ‘Waste Collection Policies and Procedures’ document as and, in particular, the following three major changes to policy:

(i)            Introduction of chargeable additional garden waste bins (South Cambridgeshire District Council only)

(ii)           Change to monthly organic collection during December, January and February (Cambridge City Council only)

(iii)          Change to 6am start time for domestic waste services (Cambridge City Council only)

(b)          Delegated to the Director for Health and Environmental Services, in consultation with the Lead Cabinet Member for Environmental Services and Licensing at South Cambridgeshire District Council, and their opposite numbers at Cambridge City Council, the responsibility for approving minor updates to the document to ensure operational efficiency and customer satisfaction.

This decision was first published on Friday 9 November and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Friday 16 November.

Cabinet

(a)          approved the proposed changes to the Mobile and Community Warden Scheme Grant criteria and guidance notes, as set out at Appendix A to the report from the Head of Sustainable Communities and Wellbeing; and

(b)          requested the Grants Advisory Committee to carry out a further review of the Mobile and Community Warden Scheme, in consultation with the Lead Cabinet Member for Finance, to explore options regarding access to the Scheme throughout South Cambridgeshire, and consider the implications for the Council’s budget from 2020-21 onwards.

This decision was first published on Friday 9 November and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Friday 16 November.

Cabinet

(a)          agreed to re-open the Community Energy Grant Scheme,

(b)          approved the proposed amendments to the scheme guidance notes and application form, to be effective immediately; and

(c)          Instructed the Grants Advisory Committee and Climate Change and Environment Advisory Committee, either jointly or in consultation with each other, to explore options for the more effective expenditure of community energy funding, and consider implications for the Council’s budget from 2020-21 onwards.

This decision was first published on Friday 9 November and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Friday 16 November.

Cabinet

1.            agreed that a public consultation be carried out about the following priorities for the 2019-2024 Business Plan

·         Economic Development – We will support businesses of all sizes, including rural enterprise and farming, to help create new jobs and opportunities near to where people live.

·         Housing that is affordable for everyone to live in – Our focus will be on building vibrant and healthy communities with a range of homes people can genuinely afford to live in. Our communities will have the right facilities and services and be places where people love to live, not just groups of houses.

·         Climate and Environment – We will put the environment at the centre of everything we do to create a cleaner, greener future for our communities.

·         A 21st Century Council – We will provide our customers with the high quality services that we would expect ourselves, always strive to reduce costs, build on what we are good at to generate our own income and make decisions in a transparent, open and inclusive way.

as detailed in Appendix 1 to the report from the Chief Executive. The document and public consultation responses would then inform the further development of a full Business Plan.

2.            Agreed that the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader, be authorised to facilitate public consultation to last from Monday 19 November 2018 until Monday 7 January 2019, with the priorities being published on the Council’s website and in the South Cambs Magazine for comment, and promoted through social media. Businesses receiving the Council’s business newsletter would also be contacted, and Council staff would be briefed and engaged through the Council’s intranet.

This decision was first published on Friday 9 November and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Friday 16 November.

Cabinet approved the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) as set out in Appendix 1 to the report from the Head of Finance, to include:

·      changes in financial assumptions as detailed in Appendix B to the HRA MTFS

·      mid-year revenue budget changes, as detailed in Appendix D(1) to the HRA MTFS, which impact future forecasts for the HRA.

·      mid-year capital budgets changes, as detailed in Appendix E to the HRA MTFS, to include recognition of the virement of resource of £1,560,000 from the unallocated acquisition / new build budget for the acquisition of market dwellings, to ensure that right to buy receipts are appropriately reinvested in 2018/19

·      updates in the new build budget and the new build schemes included in the Housing Capital Investment Plan, incorporation of the latest budgetary figures in respect of approved new build schemes, inclusion of new pipeline schemes with associated budgetary provision and re-phasing of expenditure in line with anticipated build timetables

·      changes in anticipated receipt and use of capital resources for the HRA, as included in Appendix H to the HRA MTFS

·      approval of the HRA budget strategy for 2019/20, to include the exemplification of efficiency savings of £142,000, to facilitate the creation of a corresponding strategic investment fund also of £142,000 for 2019/20, with both reducing to £95,000 per annum from 2020/21 onwards for a further 4 years.

·      noting the early proposals for bids and savings in the HRA, as detailed in Appendix D (2) to the HRA MTFS in advance of formal consideration as part of the HRA Budget Setting Report in February 2019.

This decision was first published on Friday 9 November and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Friday 16 November.

Cabinet

a)    Considered and noted the General Fund forecast as set out in Appendix A to the report from the Head of Finance, and:

·      Noted the assumptions underpinning the forecast;

·      Noted the indicative revenue pressures and their impact on savings requirements as set out at Appendix C;

·      Noted the amendments to the indicative capital programme and their impact on savings requirements as set out at Appendix D;

·      Instructed the Head of Finance to bring forward detailed draft estimates for 2018/19 based on assumptions and issues contained in this report for consideration by the Cabinet in the new year; and

·      Instructed the Executive Management Team (EMT) to identify and develop other options for meeting the additional income / savings requirement.

b)    Considered and endorsed the amendment to the Ermine Street Housing Business Plan attached at confidential Appendix B and, as a direct result, recommended that Council bring forward lending of £13 million to Ermine Street Housing into 2018/19 by re-phasing the Capital Programme, and bring forward budget from future years to enable the Company to continue the business expansion as agreed by Cabinet and Council in November 2015.

c)    Approved delegation of the use of the Business Efficiency Reserve to the Chief Executive.

This decision was first published on Friday 9 November and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Friday 16 November

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