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Cabinet
Tuesday, 9 September 2008 at 6.30p.m
Council Chamber, Council Offices, Gernon Road, Letchworth Garden City
Items and reports
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Agenda and Reports - 9 September 2008 
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Item 6 - Items Referred From Committees
Item 6(A) - Item Referred From Scrutiny Committee - 2 September 2008 - Scrutiny Finance Sub-Group Recommendations
Item 6(A) - Scrutiny Committee Referral - Finance Sub-Group Recommendations
Item 6(B) - Item Referred From Scrutiny Committee - 2 September 2008 - Adoption of a Common Housing Allocation Policy
Item 6(B) - Scrutiny Committee Referral - Common Housing Allocation Policy
Item 6(C) - Item Referred From Performance, Audit & Review Committee - 4 September 2008 - Risk Management Update
Item 6(C) - PARC Referral - Risk Management Update
Item 6(D) - Item Referred From Performance, Audit & Review Committee - 4 September 2008 - The 2008 Review of the Corporate Plan 2005-2015
Item 6(D) - PARC Referral - Corporate Plan Review
Item 6(E) - Item Referred From Performance, Audit & Review Committee - 4 September 2008 - Communications Strategy
Item 6(E) - PARC Referral - Communications Strategy
Item 7 - Regional and Strategic Planning Issues
Report of the Head of Planning & Building Control
To consider the current positions in respect of the following issues:
- The East of England Plan and other regional issues;
- ·West of the A1(M) at Stevenage – Planning Application;
- ·Stevenage & North Herts Action Plan (SNAP);
- ·Growth Area Liaison for Luton/Dunstable/Houghton Regis;
- ·Luton & Dunstable Northern Bypasses;
- London Luton Airport and Stansted Airport.
Item 7 - Regional and Strategic Planning Issues
Item 8 - Use of Planning and Housing Delivery Grant
Report of the Head of Planning & Building Control
To consider the recent announcement of the Planning and Housing Delivery Grant 2008/09 and seek Cabinet approval for use of the grant monies.
Item 8 - Use of Planning and Housing Delivery Grant
Item 9 - First Quarterly Revenue Budget Monitoring Report 2008/09 (April - June 2008)
Report of the Strategic Director of Financial & Regulatory Services
To inform Cabinet of the summary position on income and expenditure for the period April to June 2008 for the General Fund and the Council's Trading Account, Careline.
Item 9 - First Quarterly Revenue Budget Monitoring Report 2008/09 (April - June 2008)
Item 10 - Capital Programme - 2008/09 Onwards - First Quarter Monitoring Report
Report of the Strategic Director of Financial & Regulatory Services
To update Cabinet on the Capital Programme for 2008/09, as at the end of June 2008, indicating its impact upon the 2009/10 programme and upon available capital funding resources, and to obtain Cabinet’s approval to changes to individual scheme expenditure for 2008/09 onwards.
Item 10 - Capital Programme - 2008/09 Onwards - First Quarter Monitoring Report
Item 11 - Adoption of a Common Housing Allocation Policy
Report of the Head of Housing & Environmental Health
To seek approval to the adoption of a Common Housing Allocation Policy.
Item 11 - Adoption of a Common Housing Allocation Policy
Item 12 - Review of Sheltered Housing - Report of Scrutiny Task & Finish Group
Report of the Lead Scrutiny Director
To consider the final report of the Sheltered Housing Scrutiny Task & Finish Group following its review of Sheltered Housing in North Hertfordshire.
Item 12 - Review of Sheltered Housing - Report of Scrutiny Task & Finish Group
Item 13 - Bancroft Park and Toilets
Joint Report of the Heads of Policy, Partnerships & Performance, Leisure & Environmental Services and Housing & Environmental Health
To provide Cabinet with information regarding the incidence of anti-social behaviour within Bancroft Park, particularly use of the park as a ‘toilet’ as reported to the Bearton Locality Policing Panel of 8 May 2008; to inform Cabinet of both short term actions already under implementation to address current levels of antisocial behaviour in the park, and longer term strategic actions to improve the overall park itself; and to consider the future provision of public toilets in North Herts parks.
[REPORT WITHDRAWN]
Item 14 - Hertfordshire Waste Partnership - Memorandum of Understanding
Report of the Head of Leisure & Environmental Services
To consider supporting the Hertfordshire County Council’s bid for Private Finance Initiative (PFI) funding for waste treatment facilities by agreeing an annexe to the previously agreed and adopted Memorandum of Understanding of the Hertfordshire Waste Partnership.
Item 14 - Hertfordshire Waste Partnership - Memorandum of Understanding
Item 15 - Business Improvement Districts (BIDS) - Approval of BID Proposals
Report of the Head of Revenues & Benefits
To seek Cabinet agreement to the Hitchin and Royston BID Proposals; the funding to support the Council’s involvement in administering the BIDs process; and approval for the Council to cast its votes in the BID ballots in favour of the BID Proposals.
Item 15 - Business Improvement Districts (BIDS) - Approval of BID Proposals
Item 16 - Exclusion of Press and Public
To consider passing a resolution to exclude the press and public for the remaining items of business.
Item 16 - Exclusion of Press and Public
Item 17 - Closure of Holwell Landfill Site and Implications
Report of the Head of Leisure & Environmental Services
To consider options and agree a way forward as a result of the announcement that the Holwell Landfill site will close on 23 January 2009.
[REPORT WITHDRAWN]
Item 18 - Office Accommodation Strategy
Report of the Head of Financial Services
To consider an update report on the Office Accommodation Strategy.
