Agenda and draft minutes

The Cabinet Member will advise if there are any items of Urgent Business.

There were no items of Urgent Business.

A Member with a personal interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered must disclose to that meeting the existence and nature of that interest at the commencement of that consideration, or when the interest becomes apparent.

A Member with a personal interest in a matter also has a prejudicial interest in that matter if the interest is one which a member of the public with knowledge of the relevant facts would reasonably regard as so significant that it is likely to prejudice the Member's judgment of the public interest and if this interest affects their financial position or the financial position of a person or body as described in paragraph 8 of the Code of Conduct and/or if it relates to the determining of any approval, consent, license, permission or registration in relation to them or any person or body described in paragraph 8 of the Code of Conduct.

No declarations of interest were made.

To consider any requests for deputations, petitions, presentations or questions, received in accordance with Standing Orders.

No deputations, petitions, presentations or questions were received.

(Report of the Director of Children’s Services) To consider options with regard to the future of residential provision provided for Looked After Children provided by the Council.    

The Cabinet Member for Children considered a report that sought approval for the closure of two residential homes for children in the Borough with effect from 1 July 2012.

RESOLVED:

1. That the two residential children’s homes, A and B, be closed with effect from 1 July 2012, with a proportion of the resources redirected to new rapid response services in line with the Strategic Improvement Plan.

2. That the properties should be removed the Children’s Service’s portfolio and a decision made on their future disposal.

The following item is likely to be the subject of a motion to exclude the press and public as it contains exempt information, as classified under Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, relating to individuals and information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual and information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

Note from the Head of Local Democracy and Member Services

Item 6 allows for the consideration of exempt information in relation to Item 4, which appears earlier within the agenda.

RESOLVED:

That

To consider exempt information contained within Item 4 above.

RESOLVED:

That the exempt information pertaining to the report be noted.