CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL

 

To: Councillors Schofield (Chair), Adey, Bagnall, Bradnack,

Coleman, Durrant, Reid, Julie Smith, Stuart and Ward

 

Alternate member:  Councillors Hipkin

 

Executive Councillor – The Leader, Ian Nimmo-Smith

 

 (To be despatched and placed on public deposit:  Wednesday 14 January)

 

 

STRATEGY SCRUTINY COMMITTEE

 

Date:           Monday 26 January 2004

Time:          6.00 pm

Place:                  Committee Room 1, The Guildhall

Contact:      Gary Clift                        Direct Dial:  (01223) 457011

 

AGENDA

 

1       MINUTES

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 17 November 2003.

 

2       APOLOGIES

Apologies for absence.

 

3       DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

Members are asked to declare at this stage any interests which they may have in any of the following items on the agenda. If any member is unsure whether or not they should declare an interest on a particular matter, they are requested to seek advice from the Head of Legal and Democratic Services before the meeting.

 

4       PUBLIC QUESTION TIME – see below for detail of the scheme and other public information.

 

5       THE COUNCIL’S COMPREHENSIVE PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT

Report by Chief Executive/Head of Strategy & Partnerships

 

6       ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR ACT 2003

Report by the Head of Legal & Democratic Services

 

7           KEY DECISION - For the STRategy porfolio SERVICE PLAN (Strategy & Partnerships) AND GENERAL FUND REVISED REVENUE & CAPITAL BUDGETS 2003/04, DRAFT BUDGETS 2004/05 AND FORECAST 2005/06

 

Appendix A: 2003/04 original to 2005/06 Budgets

Appendix B: Cash Limit Position, Revenue Bids and Savings

Appendix C: Changes Between the Original and Revised Cash Limits for 2004/05

Appendix D: Capital Revised 2003/04

Appendix E: Capital Plan – Approved Items

Appendix F: Public Consultation on Spending Priorities for 2004/05

 

Strategy & Partnerships Parts 1 & 2

Strategy & Partnerships Part 3

 

Appendix B: Finance Resources – Revised Budget

Appendix C: Revenue Budget 2004/05

Appendix E: Bids and Savings

 

 

Report by Director of Finance/Head of Strategy & Partnerships

 

 

8       The Council’s GENERAL FUND REVISED REVENUE & CAPITAL BUDGETS 2003/04, DRAFT BUDGETS 2004/05 AND FORECAST 2005/06

        

         Appendix A: Final Budget Decision Framework

         Appendix C: Local Government Finance Settlement Proposals

         Appendix D: Performance Against Committee Cash Limits 2004/05 to 2007/08

         Appendix E: Calculation of Council Tax Base 2004/05        

         Appendix F (a): Housing Revenue Account – Final Subsidy Determination

         Appendix F (b): Original and Revised Budgets for 2003/04 and Estimate Budget 2004/05

         Appendix G: Availability of Capital Fund Projection 2003/04 to 2007/08

         Appendix H (a) 1: Capital Plan – Approved Items

         Appendix H (a) 2: Capital Plan – Approved Items - Summary

         Appendix H (b): Housing Capital Programme

         Appendix I: Capital Bids – Hold List

         Appendix J (a): Capital Plan – Funding Variations Since Last Report

         Appendix J (b): Capital Plan – Profiling Variations Since Last Report

         Appendix K: Capital Bids

         Appendix L: Project Appraisal Form

         Appendix M: Treasury Management Strategy Statement 2004/05

         Appendix N: Investments: Amendments to Counter Party List

         Appendix O: CIPFA Prudential Code for Capital Finance in Local Authorities

         Appendix O (a): Prudential Indicators

         Appendix P: Public Consultation on Spending Priorities

         Appendix Q: Priority Policy Fund Bids

 

        

Report by Director of Finance

 

 

9       KEY DECISION CITY COMPACT WITH VOLUNTARY SECTOR

        

Appendix 4: City Compact with Voluntary Sector

Report by Grants Manager

 

10      SAFER CITY GRANT

        

         Appendix A: Service Level Agreement – Domestic Violence Project Coordinator

Report by Head of Strategy & Partnerships

 

 

11      EAST AREA COMMITTEE – RE. CHANGE TO FREQUENCY OF MEETINGS AND BUSINESS TO BE TRANSACTED IN A COMMITTEE CYCLE.

 

Councillor Durrant as Chair of the East Area Committee has requested that Civic Affairs Committee agree to amend the Constitution so that East Area Committee can consider planning applications only, at one meeting in a committee cycle, with all other business plus open forum considered at another meeting in the cycle.   This would facilitate the conduct of business and improve the information given to applicants and residents about the date and time that each planning applications would be heard.

 

This is based on experience that the first two East Committee meetings in October and December had to be adjourned with further meetings arranged to finish off business.

 

As the policy and principles on which Area Committees have been based, and any subsequent monitoring and review, are matters for the Leader and Strategy Scrutiny, the reference from Councillor Durrant must be considered first at Strategy Scrutiny on 26 January.

 

12      EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC

Before considering the next items on this agenda, the Committee is recommended to exclude members of the public from the meeting on the grounds that, if they were present, there would be disclosure to them of information defined as exempt from publication by Categories 8 and 9 as defined in the Council’s Constitution part 4B (pages 181-3).

 

13      KEY DECISION EXTENSION OF BANKING CONTRACT                     

Report by Director of Finance

 

 

The next meeting of the Strategy Scrutiny Committee

is scheduled for Tuesday 4 May 2004.

 

Information for the public

 

You are welcome to attend this meeting as an observer.

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You can ask questions on an issue included on the agenda, or on an issue which is within this committee’s powers. If you wish to ask a question related to an agenda item contact the committee officer (listed above under ‘contact’) before the meeting starts.  If you wish to ask a question on a matter not included on this agenda, please contact the committee officer by 10.00am the working day before the meeting.  Further details  concerning the right to speak at committee can be obtained from the committee section.

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