Cabinet Agenda 24th November 2010
Meeting to be held at 2.00 pm in the Town Hall
Order of Business
Welcome and housekeeping arrangements
1. Apologies for Absence
2. Exclusion of Public and Press
To identify items where resolutions may be moved to exclude the press and public.
3. Declarations of Interest
Members to declare any interests they have in the business to be considered at the meeting.
4. Minutes of Previous Meeting
To approve the minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet held on
10th November, 2010.
5. Public Questions and Petitions
To receive any questions or petitions from members of the public.
6. Items Called-In For Scrutiny
The Deputy Chief Executive will inform the Cabinet of any items called in for scrutiny since the last meeting of the Cabinet.
7. Retirement of Staff
To note the retirement of staff from the Council’s service and to convey the Council’s thanks for their work.
Children and Young People's Service
Mrs. Kathleen Shelton, Teacher, Becton School
24 Years Service
Mrs. Lynne Reaney, Clerical Officer, Westways Primary School
24 Years Service
9. Customer Focus Strategy
Report of the Deputy Chief Executive
10. Council Housing: Planning the Future
Report of the Executive Director, Communities
11. Strategy for Increasing the Number of Secondary School Places
Report of the Executive Director, Children and Young People
12. Support Services Trading Company
Report of the Executive Director, Resources
13. Revenue Budget and Capital Programme Monitoring 2010/11
Report of the Executive Director, Resources
14. Disposal of land at Ellesmere and Chaucer for the provision of Social Housing
Report of the Executive Director, Place.
15. Sheffield Alcohol Strategy 2010-14
Report of the Director of Public Health
16. Changes to the Council’s Constitution
Report of the Director of Legal Services
Public Access To The Meeting
The Cabinet discusses and takes decisions on the most significant issues facing the City Council. These include issues about the direction of the Council, its policies and strategies, as well as City-wide decisions and those which affect more than one Council service. Meetings are chaired by the Leader of the Council, Cllr Paul Scriven. The Forward Plan sets out the issues that the Cabinet expects to consider over the next four months and is updated each month.
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Downloads
This report presents the Customer Focus Strategy (‘the Strategy’) amended following consultation, for consideration by Cabinet. (644 KB)
The purpose of this review will be to give tenants the opportunity to identify the arrangements they want in place in the future. (406 KB)
The purpose of this report is to outline the strategy for providing secondary school places in Sheffield over the next decade and beyond in the context of the rising number of births and the need to maximise resources. (301 KB)
The Council has recently completed a major project to replace its finance system and now has a robust system that is in line with leading organisations in both the public and private sector. (59 KB)
This report provides the Month 6 monitoring statement on the City Council’s Revenue Budget for 2010/11. (175 KB)
This report recommends the disposal of the sites to those housing associations for the development of social rented housing, thus achieving the same outcome through a different route. (1.03 MB)
The draft Sheffield Alcohol Strategy 2010-2014 sets out a broad vision for the city and will give a clear direction to alcohol related work the next 4 years in furtherance of Sheffield First Partnership’s alcohol vision: (382 KB)
Support the delegation to the Director of Legal Services the authority in consultation with the Lord Mayor to make minor and consequent drafting changes to the Constitution to give effect to the Council’s decisions. (284 KB)