Agenda item

To receive reports from the Leader of the Council and Cabinet Members and consider matters arising from councillors.

a) Leader of the Council - Councillor Blackburn

b) Cabinet Member for Urban Regeneration - Councillor Jackson

c) Cabinet Member for Housing, Public Safety and Enforcement  -  Councillor Campbell

d) Cabinet Member for Children’s Services – Councillor I Taylor

e) Cabinet Member for Tourism and Leisure - Councillor Cain   

f) Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care - Councillor Rowson

g) Cabinet Member for Highways, Transport and Equality and Diversity - Councillor Jones

h) Cabinet Member for Public Health - Councillor Collett

i ) Cabinet Member for Street Scene and the Environment – Councillor Cross

j) Cabinet Member for Culture and Heritage – Councillor Wright

Cabinet Members presented reports to the Council on work undertaken within their portfolio areas.  Councillor Blackburn presented the report on behalf of Councillor Taylor, Cabinet Member for Children’s Services.  All the reports covered decisions taken, work in progress and work to be undertaken in the near future.  Questions, comments and debate were invited from all councillors on each of the report areas.

Notes:

(1)                Councillor Blackburn agreed to provide Councillor Clapham with details of the amount of the 3% reduction in the Business Rate collection and its financial implications.

(2)                Councillor Jackson agreed to investigate the concerns raised by Councillor Clapham in relation to reports of the heating and air conditioning systems conflicting with each other at Number One, Bickerstaffe Square and the action being taken to resolve the issue.

(3)                In response to a request from Councillor Williams, Councillor Campbell agreed to clarify why the new homes at Foxhall Village were being let only to working families.  She also agreed to provide Councillor Mrs Callow with a definition of a working family.  Councillor Campbell also agreed to provide Councillor Mrs Callow with details of external organisations being used by the Council to telephone canvass residents, how these were being funded and the reasons for their use.

(4)                Councillor Jones agreed to provide Councillor Robertson with the start date and completion date for the road repairs on Bond Street.  He also agreed to provide a written response to Councillor Galley on the costs of the additional street lighting columns being installed in the town and the methodology used to identify those areas deemed as vulnerable.

(5)                Councillors Peter Callow and Ian Coleman left the meeting during consideration of the above item.