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Meetings and events from Thursday 12 December to Friday 27 December
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Appointment of Acting Police and Crime Commissioner: Ray Bisby An Acting Police and Crime Commissioner has been appointed by the county’s Police and Crime Panel.
The appointment has been made in line with legislation at an extraordinary meeting held in Peterborough on Wednesday 27th November.
The Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 requires Police and Crime Panels to appoint an Acting Commissioner when there is a vacancy that will not be filled by an election.
Members of the Panel voted to appoint Ray Bisby, the former Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner to the role following the recent resignation of Jason Ablewhite.
Mr Bisby takes over the role until the forthcoming PCC elections in May 2020. |
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Road Closures for the Week Commencing Monday 9 December Relating to the A14 Improvements PDF 28 KB Please find attached details of the road closures relating to the A14 improvements for the current week.
To contact your A14 sections stakeholder manager, please use the email addresses below or the A14 helpline.
Section 1 & 2: Alconbury to the East Coast Main Line John Birchall - John.Birchall@theA14.com
Section 3: East Coast Main Line to Swavesey John Birchall - John.Birchall@theA14.com
Section 4 & 5: Swavesey to Milton John Akester - John.Akester@thea14.com
Section 6: Huntingdon town centre Liam Heath – liam.heath@thea14.com
A14 helpline 0800 270 0114 - This will be answered by a team member during site hours 8am - 5pm and messages can be left at other times. Further updates as the scheme progresses can be found on the website. |
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A14 Improvements Parish Newsletter PDF 781 KB The attached newsletter provides you with updates from November to December, in relation to the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme. |
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Items of Interest from the Local Government Association (LGA)
Thursday 5 December, Financial Times: Housing Strategy An editorial says the next government needs to establish a long-term solution to the UK’s housing market to increase the number of homes built and to make renting a viable and affordable option.
Friday 6 December, Mail Online: Plea to plant trees to fight air pollution Campaigners are urging people to help plant trees to alleviate the effects of 2.6 million children who attend schools that are in areas with dangerous levels of air pollution.
Saturday 7 December, The Times: Fees and charges Councils’ fees and charges, including for garden and bulky waste removal, funeral services, pest control and public lavatories have increased, according to analysis of council accounts by the Time.
Monday 10 December, The Times: Calls for segregated cycle lanes to cut car journeys A national network of segregated cycle lanes is needed to reduce vehicle dependency, a study has suggested after it found that half of short journeys in Britain are made by car. |
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EXECUTIVE DECISIONS TAKEN SINCE WEDNESDAY 4 DECEMBER 2019
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’. |
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Service Transformation Programme: Savings proposals Cabinet considered the proposed objectives and intentions in relation to the review of Council services as part of a coordinated Council-wide transformation programme, and
(a) Noted the considerable challenges facing the Council given the financial outlook, including Government announcements in respect of local government funding, and the expectation that future cost pressures will exceed the resources available;
(b) Noted the revenue budget guiding principles, outlined at paragraph 21 of the Chief Executive’s report, providing the context for the planning of the 2020 / 2021 revenue budget and the formulation of proposals to achieve service efficiency savings;
(c) Noted the growth bids, detailed at Appendix A to the Chief Executive’s report, for inclusion in the Budget Setting Report in February 2020;
(d) Noted the proposed range of service efficiency savings / policy options detailed in Appendix B of the report and that these would undergo further refinement and consultation with employees and other stakeholders prior to forming part of the Budget Setting Report in February 2020; and
(e) Noted that some of the savings proposals would require a detailed equality analysis.
This decision was first published on Friday 6 December and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Friday 13 December. |
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Medium Term Financial Strategy Please note that as this was a Recommendation to Council it is not for call-in.
Cabinet
(a) Acknowledged the projected changes in service spending and the overall resources available to the Council over the medium term; and
(b) Recommended to Full Council the Medium Term Financial Strategy attached as Appendix A and the updated financial forecast attached as Appendix B to the report from the Interim Director of Finance. |
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Street lighting Policy and LED upgrade program Cabinet approved the South Cambridgeshire District Council Streetlighting Policy document to be included on the Council’s website and inform the communications plan.
This decision was first published on Friday 6 December and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Friday 13 December. |
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Shared Payroll Service Cabinet
1. noted that the Payroll Shared Service Agreement had been extended and would be reviewed in line with other Greater Cambridge shared services arrangements; and
2. asked officers to explore the feasibility of appointing a payroll apprentice to support the team and invest in the future of the service.
This decision was first published on Friday 6 December and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Friday 13 December. |
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Applications for Council Tax Reduction under Section 13a of The Local Government Finance Act 1992 - Delegation of Authority for Decision Making Cabinet agreed to delegate Council Tax reduction decision-making to the Lead Cabinet Member for Finance, as outlined in Option 1 pending a review of the policy.
This decision was first published on Friday 6 December and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Friday 13 December. |
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Potential property acquisition decision Cabinet approved:
(a) The investment outlined in the report from the Interim Director of Finance as a multi-let office investment in accordance with the approved Investment Strategy; and
(b) The delegation of the final terms of the acquisition of the property to the Lead Member for Finance and Interim Director of Finance.
This decision was first published on Friday 6 December and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Friday 13 December. |
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DECISIONS MADE BY OFFICERS AND REPORTED FOR INFORMATION Please click on the link below to find details of decisions made by officers under delegated authority: https://www.scambs.gov.uk/your-council-and-democracy/access-to-information/ |
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SCDC Starters and Leavers
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