Agenda and minutes
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To approve as a correct record the minutes of Cabinet held on 13 June 2018 and the minutes of Cabinet held on 11 July 2018. Additional documents: Minutes: The minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 13 June 2018 and 11 July 2018 were approved as a correct record. |
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Items of Urgent Business To receive additional items that the Chair is of the opinion should be considered as a matter of urgency, in accordance with Section 100B (4) (b) of the Local Government Act 1972. Minutes: There were no items of urgent business. |
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Declaration of Interests Minutes: There were no declaration of interests. |
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Statements by the Leader Minutes: Councillor Hebb began by
stating that as Cllr Gledhill was unable to attend the Cabinet
meeting, as Deputy Chair he would assume the position of Chair for
this meeting. He began by discussing the success of the new
‘Stop It Strategy’ which tackles a number of
enforcement issues across the borough. The strategy had already
seen £1000 in rent paid from rogue landlords; and a halt in
construction along Maldon Road due to a breach in planning control.
He continued by stressing that there had been the continued use of
traffic wardens along Manor Way to prevent HGV’s parking
overnight, and that the Working Group were currently looking at
ways to create permanent physical enforcement barriers. He
continued by praising the work of the waste disposal team as
fly-tips had been removed in as little as two days. He also
discussed the Tesco store in Chadwell St Mary which had been fined
£160,000 for failure to follow health and safety regulations
in the petrol station.
Briefings on
Policy, Budget and Other Issues |
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Petitions submitted by Members of the Public Minutes: There were no petitions submitted by members of the public. |
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Questions from Non-Executive Members Minutes: There were no questions received. |
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Matters Referred to the Cabinet for Consideration by an Overview and Scrutiny Committee Minutes: No matters had been referred to the Cabinet for consideration by and Overview and Scrutiny Committee. |
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Young Person's Substance Misuse Treatment Service Re-Procurement (Decision 110478) PDF 113 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: Councillor Halden presented the
report and started by explaining how this was a vital service for
the most vulnerable young people with addictions. He believed it
was a key, frontline tool in dealing with issues such as drug
culture in a compassionate and reactive way. He pointed out that a
30% increase is expected in the 10-17 year old population across
the borough and that a robust service was needed to deal with the
expected increases, as well as being fit for purpose. He continued
by describing the way the service will be better embedded with
programmes such as ‘Better Futures’ and mental health
treatment, and how the appropriate links will be in place which
integrates wider enforcement, such as the expanding Youth Offending
Service. |
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Thurrock Integrated Medical Centres (Decision 110479) PDF 105 KB Additional documents: Minutes: Councillor Halden presented the
report, but stated this was a joint enterprise between himself and
Councillor Coxshall. He outlined the report which included the
development of four Integrated Medical Centres (IMCs) which would
decentralise care into local communities. He discussed how this
project had started several years ago as a plan for limited primary
care hubs, but had since expanded greatly. He went on to emphasize
the point that Orsett Hospital would not close until the new
medical centres were up and running, and noted that the new medical
centres would provide excellent primary and pharmaceutical care in
local communities. He commented that this report released money for
the Tilbury Integrated Medical Centre, which was important as
Tilbury had long since been underfunded in regards to medical care.
Issues such as parking for the medical centres were discussed, and
the development of Phase 2 of the project.
Councillor Halden added to this that the Council had worked well with the NHS to reorganise acute care and mental health care. He felt this had been proven when the Secretary of State had visited Tilbury and had not seen anything like the IMC plans anywhere across the UK. ... view the full minutes text for item 37. |
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Revenue Budget Monitoring - Quarter 1 June 2018 (Decision 110480) PDF 116 KB Minutes: The Chair introduced the report
and began by saying that the council’s budget had been agreed
on 28 February 2018 and predicted a surplus of £2.49 million.
He stated that there were always pressures, but legally a Local
Authority has to mitigate these to produce a balanced budget. He
drew Member’s attention to page 106 of the agenda which gave
a breakdown of the general fund, and the fact that the Directorate
of Finance, IT and Legal; HROD; Strategy, Communications and
Customer Services; and Adults, Housing and Health were all
predicted to underspend. He went on to describe that the Housing
General Fund and Children’s Services were predicted to
overspend but that these services were always under pressure. He
also drew Members attention to the fact that Children’s
Services only had a £370,000 variance from budget which was
better than previous years. He then discussed the variance in the
Environment and Highways Directorate and stated that this was due
to the fact waste disposal fees were market driven and could be
variable. A discussion then began on the variance in corporate
costs and how this was due to the fact that the council takes in
children, and how historically this had been covered in the
Children’s Services budget, but had now been moved as it was
seen to be a corporate responsibility. |
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2018/19 Capital Monitoring Report PDF 114 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: The Chair introduced the report
and stated that on 28 February 2018 the Council had agreed the
2018/19 capital monitoring programme, and since 1 April 2018
additional funding had been added to the programme. He drew
Member’s attention to page 121, table 2 and the different
requirements and re-profiling of a number of things, including the
Aveley Community Hub and North Stifford Interchange which may go
back to planning to be re-profiled. This was due to the fact that
funding streams often came from external agencies and changes in
these could lead to re-profiling. He also commented that previous
indicators had been refreshed and some arbitrary indicators, such
as the capital indicator which had taken a long time to collate for
little data, had been removed.
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