Agenda

Executive Board - Thursday, 24th October, 2024 2.00 p.m.

Venue: The Boardroom, Municipal Building

Contact: Gill Ferguson 0151 511 8059 or Email: gill.ferguson@halton.gov.uk 

Items
No. Item

1.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 193 KB

2.

DECLARATION OF INTEREST

Members are reminded of their responsibility to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interest or Other Disclosable Interest which they have in any item of business on the agenda, no later than when that item is reached or as soon as the interest becomes apparent and, with Disclosable Pecuniary interests, to leave the meeting during any discussion or voting on the item.

 

3.

Leader's Portfolio

3a

Urgent Items pdf icon PDF 372 KB

4.

Corporate Services Portfolio

4a

Discretionary Non-Domestic Rate Relief pdf icon PDF 229 KB

5.

Health and Wellbeing Portfolio

5a

Homelessness Funding Grant Allocation pdf icon PDF 284 KB

6.

Community Safety Portfolio

6a

Gypsy Traveller Warden Contracts - Key Decision pdf icon PDF 163 KB

6b

Gypsy Traveller Warden Contracts - Key Decision

Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012

 

Notice is hereby given that under Regulation 10 of the above, Councillor Norman Plumpton Walsh, as Chair of the Safer Policy and Performance Board, has agreed to the attached report item of business being considered as a Key Decision, as the item of business is considered urgent and cannot reasonably be deferred for the reason stated below:

 

REASON:

 

Due to the delay in the evaluation of the warden contract this resulted in a delay in the reporting process.   The favourable option has been evaluated to extend the contracts, which now needs to be secured as it is time limited.

7.

Environment and Urban Renewal Portfolio

7a

Additional Highway Maintenance Allocations pdf icon PDF 385 KB

7b

A Strategy for Halton’s Trees and Woodlands pdf icon PDF 281 KB

Additional documents:

7c

Mersey Gateway pdf icon PDF 601 KB

8.

Employment, Learning and Skills and Community and Environment and Urban Renewal Portfolios

8a

Playing Pitch Strategy Update Report 2024 pdf icon PDF 228 KB

Additional documents:

9.

Climate Change Portfolio

9a

Halton Housing Annual Report pdf icon PDF 205 KB

Additional documents:

10.

SCHEDULE 12A OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972 AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ACCESS TO INFORMATION) ACT 1985

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(s) 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.

 

11.

Children and Young People Portfolio

11a

Direct award of the Halton 0-19 (+25 SEND) Healthy Child Programme, Public Health Service Contract 2025 - Key Decision

11b

Children's Service Improvement Programme Funding - Workforce Stabilisation - key decision

11c

Direct award of the Halton 0-19 (+25 SEND) Healthy Child Programme, Public Health Service Contract 2025 - Key Decision

Reason for taking the item in Part II:

 

The report contains information which has the potential to compromise the financial and business affairs of the Council and third parties.  Applying the exemption is required to avoid the Council breaching its contractual obligations and compromising its financial position.

 

11d

Children's Service Improvement Programme Funding - Workforce Stabilisation - key Decision

Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012

 

Notice is hereby given that under Regulations 5 of the above, Councillor Logan, as Chair of the Children, Young People and Families Policy and Performance Board, has agreed to the above item of business being considered as a Decision in Part II, as the item of business is considered urgent and cannot reasonably be deferred for the reason stated below:

 

REASON:

 

The report will include details and information relating to employee consultation and/or Trade Union negotiations.