Agenda and minutes

The Minutes of the meeting held on 1 October 2015 were taken as read and signed as a correct record.

The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director, People and Economy, which sought approval of the adoption and implementation of the document Making a Difference: A Strategy for Transforming Care Management in Halton 2015-2020 (the Strategy).

The Board was advised that the Strategy had been developed within a range of national and local policies and themes, including the Care Act 2014. It set out a framework to build on existing care management model, to construct a professional, skilled management service fit for purpose and responsive to future demand.

It was reported that the Strategy had been shared with and influenced by staff, the Health Policy and Performance Board and the NHS Clinical Commissioning Group. As part of its implementation, it was noted that the action plan would require Workforce Capacity Planning, which was already underway and which was detailed in the report.

The Strategy recognised the local ambition for greater integration of health and social care, (as set out in the Better Care Fund Plan) and the development of community hubs.

RESOLVED: That the document Making a Difference: A Strategy for Transforming Care Management in Halton 2015-2020 be endorsed.

(N.B. Councillors Polhill and Wharton made a Disclosable Other Interest in the following item of business as they were members of the Mersey Gateway Crossings Board)

          The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director, Community and Resources, which provided an update on progress with the Mersey Gateway Bridge project and the performance of the Mersey Gateway Crossings Board Ltd (MGCB) against the criteria set out in the MGCB Governance Agreement.

It was reported that the MGCB was a special purpose vehicle established to deliver the Mersey Gateway Bridge project and to administer and oversee the construction, maintenance and tolling of the new Mersey Gateway Bridge and the existing Silver Jubilee Bridge.

Appendix 1 provided an update on the key construction events, including the construction of the main crossing and the landside and highways for Members’ information.

          RESOLVED: That

1)    the progress with the Mersey Gateway Bridge Project, as set out in Appendix 1 attached to the report, be noted; and

2)    the performance of the Mersey Gateway Crossings Board Ltd, in monitoring the Project Company’s performance, as set out in Appendix 1 attached to the report, be noted.

PART II

In this case the Board has a discretion to exclude the press and public and, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, it is RECOMMENDED that under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, having been satisfied that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act.

The Board considered:

(1)          whether Members of the press and public should be excluded from the meeting of the Board during consideration of the following items of business in accordance with Sub-Section 4 of Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 because it was likely that, in view of the nature of the business to be considered, exempt information would be disclosed, being information defined in Section 100 (1) and paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972; and

           (2)         whether the disclosure of information was in the public interest, whether any relevant exemptions were applicable and whether, when applying the public interest test and exemptions, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed that in disclosing the information.

RESOLVED: That as, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information, members of the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business in accordance with Sub-Section 4 of Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 because it was likely that, in view of the nature of the business, exempt information would be disclosed, being information defined in Section 100 (1) and paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

(N.B. Councillor Jones declared a Disclosable Other Interest in the following item of business as he was a Governor of Fairfield School)

The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director, People and Economy, which provided an update on the delivery of the new Peel House Cemetery and sought approval for the sale of land at the front of the site for housing development.

RESOLVED: That

1)    the progress on the delivery of the new Peel House Cemetery be noted;

2)    the disposal of the frontage of the site (land edged red on Appendix A) to the company named in the report, on the terms set out in the report and appendices, be approved, subject to planning permission and subject to contract; and

3)    the Operational Director, Economy, Enterprise and Property be authorised to arrange for all required documentation to be completed to the satisfaction of the Operational Director, Legal and Democratic Services.

The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director, People and Economy, regarding the disposal of the Expressway Industrial Estate.

The Board was provided with information on offers that had been received for the sale and disposal of the estate.

RESOLVED: That

1)    the disposal of Expressway Industrial Estate to the company and for the price referred to in the report be approved, with the proceeds shared on a 50/50 basis with the joint owners, following the deduction of legal and marketing costs; and

2)    the Operational Director, Economy, Enterprise and Property, be authorised to arrange for all required documentation to be completed to the satisfaction of the Operational Director, Legal and Democratic Services.

MINUTES ISSUED: 20 OCTOBER 2015

CALL-IN: 27 OCTOBER 2015

Any matter decided by the Executive Board may be called in no later than 5.00pm on 27 October 2015