Agenda and minutes

Cabinet - Thursday, 11th June, 2015 2.00 pm

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Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

Apologies were received from County Councillors John Fillis, Geoff Driver and Albert Atkinson.

2.

Disclosure of Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Interests

Members are asked to consider any Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Interests they may have to disclose to the meeting in relation to matters under consideration on the Agenda.

Minutes:

There were no interests disclosed.

3.

Minutes of the Meeting held on 2 April 2015 pdf icon PDF 61 KB

Minutes:

Resolved: That the minutes of the meeting held on 2 April 2015 be confirmed and signed by the chair.

4.

Executive Scrutiny Committee - Report of the Chair

Minutes:

County Councillor Bill Winlow, Chair of the Executive Scrutiny Committee, reported that the recommendations set out in the reports for consideration by Cabinet had been confirmed without modification or amendment at the meeting of the Executive Scrutiny Committee held on 9 June 2015.

5.

Delivery of the Preston, South Ribble and Lancashire City Deal pdf icon PDF 172 KB

Minutes:

Eddie Sutton, Director, Development and Corporate Services presented an update to Cabinet on the delivery and implementation of the City Deal since the agreement was signed in September 2013.

 

Resolved: That

 

(i)  the progress made in delivering the City Deal since the agreement was signed in September 2013 be noted

(ii)  the allocation of £7.0m from within the council's risk reserve in respect of potential liabilities in respect of the project be approved.

 

6.

Preston Bus Station and Multi-Storey Car Park pdf icon PDF 77 KB

Minutes:

Eddie Sutton, Director, Development and Corporate Services, presented a report outlining the progress made, following the approval by cabinet of a series of proposals for the regeneration of Preston Bus Station and Multi Storey Car Park in November 2014 and an update in March 2015.

 

Particular attention was drawn to the progress made and significant interest in the design competition. It was confirmed that the high level timetable presented would be updated for a further report in September. It was also confirmed that the issue raised at the ESC relating to sprinkler systems would be considered in the future development of the project.

 

Resolved: That the report be noted

 

 

 

7.

Report of Key Decisions taken by the Leader of the County Council, the Deputy Leader of the County Council and Cabinet Members pdf icon PDF 72 KB

Minutes:

Resolved: That the report, now presented, on Key Decisions taken by the Leader of the County Council, the Deputy leader of the County Council and Cabinet members respectively, be noted.

8.

Report on the Waiver of Procurement Rules by the Deputy Leader of the County Council pdf icon PDF 53 KB

Minutes:

Resolved: That the report, now presented, on the waiver of procurement rules by the Deputy Leader of the County Council, be noted.

9.

Urgent Business

An item of urgent business may only be considered under this heading where, by reason of special circumstances to be recorded in the Minutes, the Chair of the meeting is of the opinion that the item should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency.  Wherever possible, the Chief Executive should be given advance warning of any Member’s intention to raise a matter under this heading.

Minutes:

There was no urgent business.

10.

Date of Next Meeting

The next meeting of the Cabinet will be held on Thursday 9 July 2015 at

2.00 pm at County Hall, Preston.

 

Minutes:

It was noted that the next meeting of the Cabinet would be held on Thursday 9 July 2015 at County Hall, Preston.