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 approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet held on Wednesday 18 October.

The minutes of the meeting of Cabinet held on 18 October 2023 were confirmed as a correct record by those who were in attendance.

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 Planning and Economic Development Portfolio Holder and Corporate Director Communities.

The Planning Policy and Economic Development Portfolio Holder submitted a report seeking Cabinet’s approval of the Authorities Monitoring Report 2022-2023.

Decision

Cabinet agreed:

That subject to the inclusion of any minor editorial alterations, the Draft Authorities Monitoring Report 2022-2023 as set out in Appendix 1 be approved by Cabinet and made available for public inspection.

In accordance with Paragraph 11 of the Access to Information Rules in Part 4 of the Council’s Constitution, the Chief Executive has determined that the report submitted under item 7 of this agenda is “Not for Publication”. This is because it refers to “exempt information ”as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A(3) of the Local Government Act,1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information)Variation Order 2006, on the grounds that it contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of a particular person(including the authority holding that information).

If Cabinet decides to exclude the public and press for the next item, it will need to pass the following resolution:

“Cabinet resolves to exclude the public and press from the meeting whilst agenda item 7 is being considered as the item refers to exempt information as defined in category 1 (Information relating to any individual) of Part 1 of Schedule 12(a) of the Local Government Act 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Variation Order 2006 and the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information…”

The Chief Executive had determined that in accordance with Paragraph 11 of the Access to Information Rules in Part 4 of the Council’s Constitution, the report submitted under item 7 of this agenda was “Not for Publication” because it referred to “exempt information” as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A(1) of the Local Government Act, 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Variation Order 2006, on the grounds that it contains information relating to any individual.

 Decision

Cabinet agreed that the public and press be excluded from the meeting whilst agenda item 7 was being considered, as it referred to exempt information as defined in category 1 (information relating to any individual) of Part 1 of Schedule 12(a) of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Variation Order 2006 and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.”

Report of the Resources Portfolio Holder and the Chief Executive.

The Resources Portfolio Holder submitted a report seeking Cabinet to consider a review of the council’s pay and conditions.

Councillor Vincent requested that point 2.1 of the report be amended to remove the reference to the "Business Plan" and replace it with the "Council Plan”, which was supported by Cabinet.

Decision

Cabinet agreed:

·         To enter into legally required negotiations with the union based upon the proposal detailed in section 5.

·         That Cabinet report back on the results of the negotiations to Full Council to seek approval to implement any changes.