Agenda and minutes

Members will disclose any pecuniary and any other significant interests they may have in relation to the matters to be considered at this meeting.

None.

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the previous meeting of Cabinet.

The minutes of the 16 February meeting of Cabinet were agreed as a correct record.

To receive and respond to any questions from members of the public.

Public questions for Cabinet may be submitted at any time by writing to Democratic Services or via email democratic.services@wyre.gov.uk. Public questions for this meeting must be received by noon on the Thursday before the meeting is held and do not need to specifically relate to items on this agenda. Questioners should provide their name and address and indicate to which Cabinet member the question is to be directed.

The total period of time allocated for public questions will not normally exceed 30 minutes.

None

Report of the Corporate Director Environment and the Chair of the District Enforcement Pilot Task Group.

The Corporate Director Environment and Chair of the District Enforcement Pilot Task Group submitted a report detailing the work of the Task Group.

Decisions

Speaking on behalf of Cabinet, Councillor Bridge confirmed that, in respect of Recommendation 3.1, the suggested extension of the current agreement with District Enforcement had already been approved and implemented and in response to Recommendation 3.2, asserted that all offences should be dealt with consistently and without any additional provision to issue warnings for certain offences. With regard to Recommendation 3.3, he said that Cabinet considered that the suggested enforcement action against under 18 year olds would be disproportionate and could compromise officers.

Cabinet agreed that

·         the current programme for educating the young people of the borough on the harmful impact of littering be supported and endorsed (Recommendation 3.4) and that one of the advantages of having District Enforcement was that it enabled the council to go into schools to do this.

·         it was a priority of the council’s new Communications Plan to continue to interact, inform and educate the residents of Wyre (Recommendation 3.5)

Cabinet thanked Cllr Ingham and the District Enforcement Pilot Task Group for their hard work.

Report of the Resources Portfolio Holder and Corporate Director Resources.

The Resources Portfolio Holder and Corporate Director Resources submitted a report setting out the policies and objectives of the council in respect of Treasury Management activities, to explain how the council seeks to achieve the objectives and manage and control the activities for 2022/23 which includes the Capital Strategy.

Decisions

Cabinet agreed to

·         recommend to Council that the Treasury Management Policy Statement 2022/23 be approved and formally adopted. (Appendix 1 of the report).

·         approve the revised Treasury Management Practices 2022/23 (Appendix 2 of the report).  

·         recommend to Council that the Treasury Management and Annual Investment Strategy 2022/23 (Appendix 3 of the report) be approved.

·         recommend to Council that the MRP Policy Statement 2022/23 (Appendix 4 of the report) be approved and formally adopted.

·         recommend to Council that the Capital Strategy 2022/23 (Appendix 5 of the report) be approved.