Agenda

The Chief Fire Officer, Paul Hancock, will brief Members on Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service.

The Executive Board considered the attached report:-

RECOMMENDED: That

1)         the capital funding available for 2011/12 be noted;

2)         the proposals to be funded from Capital Maintenance and the position in respect of Basic Need be noted;

3)         Council  be recommended to approve the Capital Programme 2011/12; and

4)         a further report be submitted to Executive Board to detail how the Basic Need capital funding would be spent in 2011/12.

The Executive Board Sub Committee considered the attached report:-

RECOMMENDED: That

            1)         the Sub-Committee endorse the adoption of the draft  

                      Abandoned Shopping Trolley Policy as set out in the report; and

            2)         the Council be recommended:

(i)         to adopt Section 99 Schedule 4 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (as amended by the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005) on 1^st August 2011;

(ii)        to adopt the draft Abandoned Shopping Trolley Policy as set out in the report;

(iii)       the Strategic Director – Communities be authorised to determine all matters relating to abandoned shopping trolleys, including the fixing of charges for the purposes of Schedule 4 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (as amended by the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005); and

(iv)       the Strategic Director – Communities be given the power to authorise suitable individuals to enforce compliance with the Abandoned Shopping Trolley Policy throughout the Borough.

RECOMMENDED: That

1)      the draft Directorate Plans be received; and

2)      the Chief Executive be authorised, in consultation with the Leader, to make any final amendments and adjustments that may be required.

The following motion has been submitted in accordance with Standing Order No.6:

Proposer: Councillor A McDermott

Seconder: Councillor A Lowe

“This Council is opposed to the unfairness of the cuts being imposed upon the people of Halton which seem to fall most heavily on the neediest in our community – the young, the old and the sick. In particular this Council objects strongly to:

• The withdrawal of BSF funding from our schools

• The reduction in the support which EMA (Educational Maintenance Allowance) affords to young students

• The reductions in winter fuel payments to our pensioners , and

• The threats to our health care of the privatisation of the NHS

We therefore resolve that this Council write to the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister expressing our deep concerns”.