Agenda and minutes

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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.

There were no interests declared.

Resolved: That the minutes of the meetings held on 26 September and 6 October 2016 be agreed and signed by the Chair

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 with no amendments or additional recommendations

Cabinet received a report on work undertaken to move to a new model of Health and Wellbeing Board governance, in the form of a single Health and Wellbeing Board for Lancashire, with five local area health and wellbeing partnerships, reflecting the local area health economies across Lancashire.

Resolved: That

1. the proposals for a new pan-Lancashire model for Health and Wellbeing Board governance set out in the report be noted;
2. the draft terms of reference for the proposed Pan Lancashire Health and Wellbeing Board and Local Health and Wellbeing Partnerships (which will be finalised during the shadow operation period and presented to Annual Council for formal adoption) be noted; 
3. the intention that the new pan-Lancashire model operate in shadow form between January and March 2017 in accordance with the draft terms of reference be noted
4. the principles for the new pan-Lancashire model for Health and Wellbeing Board governance arrangements for adoption and  implementation from May 2017 be supported

Cabinet considered a report providing an update of the forecast outturn Financial Position for 2016/17 on revenue and capital as at 30th September 2016, and the County Council's updated Medium Term Financial Strategy for the period 2016/17 to 2020/21 including some additional efficiency savings for the County Council.

Resolved: That

  i.  the forecast underspend of £13.271m on the 2016/17 revenue budget be noted;

  ii.  the revised funding gap of £146.133m covering the period 2017/18 to 2020/21 (cumulative gap £411.207m) be noted;

  iii.  the position in respect of the Council's reserves and to agree the transfers outlined in the report be noted;

  iv.  the position in respect of the Capital Programme in-year delivery and overall capital financing requirements covering the period 2016/17 –2020/21 be noted

  v.  the budget proposals set out within Appendix 'B' (Section 3.6) and Appendix 'D', authorise officers to proceed with their implementation and agree that the 2017/18 budget is based upon these revenue decisions be approved

Resolved: That the report of the Key Decisions taken by the Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Members be noted

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.

There was no urgent business.

The next meeting of the Cabinet will be held on Thursday 19 January 2017 at 2.00 pm at County Hall, Preston.

It was noted that the next meeting of Cabinet would be at 2pm on Thursday 19 January 2017 at County Hall, Preston.

The Cabinet is asked to consider whether, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, it considers that the public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business on the grounds that there would be a likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the appropriate paragraph of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972, as indicated against the heading to the item.

Resolved: That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business on the grounds that there would be a likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the appropriate paragraph of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972, as indicated against the heading to the item.

(Exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972.  It was considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information)

Cabinet received a report providing an update on proposals to bring forward the development of the Cuerden Strategic Regional Investment Site.

Resolved: That the recommendations, as set out in the report, be approved.