Agenda and minutes

DECISION:

That the minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 5 October 2021 be approved as a correct record.

1.    Disclosable Pecuniary Interests

2.    Other Interests

There were no declarations of interest made.

DECISION:

That the Forward Plan be approved for publication.

The purpose of the report was to inform members of the Council’s overall performance and financial position for the period ended 30th September (“Second Quarter 2021/22”).   The report was considered by the Resources Overview and Scrutiny Panel on 17 November 2021.  The position was summarised as follows:

Options considered:

Detailed Analysis is contained within the main body of the Report.

DECISION:           

1.    That the Second Quarter 2021/22 financial, procurement and performance position detailed in Appendices A, B and C and summarised at 3.3 of the covering report ne noted.

2.    That the write offs set out in Appendix D of the report be approved.

The report presented the Council’s Annual Report for 2020/21, this was a core document which compared Staffordshire Moorlands’ performance and costs with councils in the West Midlands region and nationally; and highlighted further action where needed. 

The report was considered by the Resources Overview and Scrutiny Panel on 17 November 2021.

Options considered:

This report was for information.

DECISION:           

That the findings of the benchmarking exercises and the additional Priority Actions of the Corporate Plan suggested for the following 12 months be noted.

The report presented the Council’s approach to tackling the climate change emergency and incorporated a number of updates following consideration by the Community Overview and Scrutiny Panel on 15 November 2021 (to include further reference to social prescribing, rural transport, use of solid fuel, the importance of our peatland, and targets for vehicle emissions and waste).

Options considered:

None were identified.

DECISION:           

That the Climate Change Strategy 2021 – 2030 be approved.

The Chair to Move:-

“That, pursuant to Section 100A(2) and (4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings whereby it is likely that confidential information as defined in Section 100A (3) of the Act would be disclosed to the public in breach of the obligation of confidence or exempt information as defined in Section 100 I (1) of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act would be disclosed to the public by virtue of the Paragraphs indicated.”

RESOLVED:

That, pursuant to Section 100A(2) and (4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings whereby it is likely that confidential information as defined in Section 100A (3) of the Act would be disclosed to the public in breach of the obligation of confidence or exempt information as defined in Section 100 I (1)  of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act would be disclosed to the public by virtue of the Paragraphs indicated.

The Cabinet approved a report that sought to write off balances which were deemed non recoverable.

The Cabinet approved a report with regards to the possible purchase of Cheadle Market Hall.