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Agenda and decisions

Executive
Monday, 8th September, 2014 6.00 pm

Venue: Committee Room A, Town Hall, Blackpool

Contact: Lennox Beattie Executive and Regulatory Manager

Items
No.	Item
1.	DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST View the background to item 1. View the decision for item 1. Members are asked to declare any interests in the items under consideration and in doing so state: (1) the type of interest concerned; and (2) the nature of the interest concerned If any member requires advice on declarations of interests, they are advised to contact the Head of Democratic Governance in advance of the meeting. Decision: None
2.	OFFICER CODE OF CONDUCT PDF 87 KB Additional documents: Appendix 2a Officers Code of conduct as at June 2014 CLT Version , item 2. PDF 83 KB Decision: The Executive resolved as follows: To recommend this draft Officer Code to the full Council, as part of the Council’s Constitution.
3.	BETTER START FUND PDF 111 KB Decision: The Executive agreed the recommendation as outlined above namely: To agree the budget commitments and recommend Council to include these commitments when approving or reviewing the budget.
4.	COMMUNITY TRIGGER THRESHOLDS PDF 68 KB Decision: The Executive agreed the recommendation as outlined above namely: To agree the threshold for the Community Trigger as that outlined in section 5.8 and in line with neighbouring Lancashire authorities namely: If you (as an individual) have complained about three or more incidents of antisocial behaviour in the last six months, or If five individuals have complained about the same or similar incidents in the last six months, or If you (as an individual) have complained about one incident or crime motivated by hatred (Hate Incident/Hate Crime) in the last six months
5.	FINANCIAL MONITORING AS AT MONTH 3 2014/2015 PDF 69 KB Additional documents: Exec Report M03 1415 v5 updated , item 5. PDF 182 KB Exec Report App1,M3 Revised,1415 Revenue Summary , item 5. PDF 35 KB App2(Overspending Schedule) 1415 M03 , item 5. PDF 19 KB Exec Report App3a,M03,1415 Chief Exec , item 5. PDF 60 KB Exec Report App3b,M3,1415 Deputy Chief Executive's Directorate , item 5. PDF 76 KB There are a further 13 documents.View the full list of documents for item 5. Decision: The Executive resolved as follows: 1. To note the report and require the respective Directors and Director of Resources to continue to closely monitor and manage financial and operational performances, particularly in Children’s Services, Adult Services, Parking Services and Community and Environmental Services. 2. To recommend to Council that that the in-year budget gap explained at paragraph 4.2 be met by transferring £852,000 from the Earmarked Reserve for Potential Pay Liabilities and the balance of £164,000 from Contingencies. 3. To rescind the previous Executive decision of 16^th June 2014 that underspending services in 2013/2014 could carry forward their budget surpluses into 2014/2015 and hereby agree that these underspends (with the exception of Area Forum and Ward Budgets) totalling £462,000 be redirected to bolster working balances.