Venue: Committee Rooms 1 & 2 Harrow Civic Centre
Contact: Alison Atherton, Senior Professional Democratic Services (Corporate) Tel: 020 8424 1266 Email: alison.atherton@harrow.gov.uk
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PART I - RECOMMENDATIONS - NIL |
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PART II - MINUTES |
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Declarations of Interest To receive declarations of personal or prejudicial interests arising from business to be transacted at this meeting from:
(a) all Members of the Cabinet; and (b) all other Members present. Minutes:
RESOLVED: To note that the following interest was declared:
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Of the Cabinet meeting held on 13 March 2008 and the special Cabinet meeting held on 17 March 2008 be taken as read and signed as correct records. Additional documents: Minutes:
RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meeting held on 13 March 2008 and of the special meeting on 17 March 2008, be taken as read and signed as correct records. |
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Arrangement of Agenda To consider whether any of the items on the agenda should be considered with the press and public excluded. Minutes:
RESOLVED: That all business be considered with the press and public present with the exception of the following item for the reason set out below:-
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Petitions To receive any petitions submitted by members of the public or Councillors. Minutes: Councillor Silver presented a petition containing 750 signatures. He read the terms of the petition to the meeting, which were as follows:-
RESOLVED: That the petition be received and referred to the Corporate Director of Community and Environment for consideration. |
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Public Questions To receive any public questions received in accordance with paragraph 16 of the Executive Procedure Rules.
Questions will be asked in the order notice of them was received and there be a time limit of 15 minutes. Minutes:
RESOLVED: To note that the following public question had been received:
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Councillor Questions To receive any Councillor questions received in accordance with paragraph 17 of the Executive Procedure Rules.
Questions will be asked in the order notice of them was received and there be a time limit of 15 minutes. Minutes:
RESOLVED: To note that no Councillor Questions had been received. |
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Forward Plan 1 April 2008 - 31 July 2008 PDF 38 KB Minutes:
RESOLVED: That the contents of the Forward Plan for the period 1 April – 31 July 2008 be noted. |
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Report of the Corporate Director of Strategy and Business Support Additional documents: Minutes: CouncillorRekha Shah, the Chairman of the Review Group, and Councillor Margaret Davine, a member of the Review Group, introduced the report, which set out the findings and recommendations of the scrutiny review of obesity in Harrow. The importance of multi agency and partnership working was highlighted as were a number of the recommendations.
Cabinet welcomed the report, made a number of comments on the Review and noted that the Primary Care Trust Board had agreed all the recommendations.
RESOLVED: That (1) the findings of the review be noted;
(2) the recommendations for Harrow Council be endorsed and their implementation monitored by Scrutiny.
Reason for Decision: To contribute towards the strengthening and development of multi?agency work on tackling obesity in Harrow. Overview and Scrutiny Committee, at its meeting on 28 January 2008, had requested that Cabinet consider this report. |
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Senior Management Structure PDF 50 KB Report of the Chief Executive Additional documents:
Minutes: The Chief Executive introduced the report, which proposed a revised senior management structure for the Council to better enable it to achieve its strategic objective to be recognised as one of the best London Councils by 2012.
The Chief Executive stated that good progress was being made and that the revised senior management structure was a necessary step to improve the Council. He added that he reserved the right to further review the structure.
Cabinet supported the proposals contained within the report of the Chief Executive and it was
RESOLVED: That the proposed senior management structure attached at Appendix 2 to the report of the Chief Executive be approved.
Reason for Decision: To enable the implementation of a more effective senior management structure. |
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Framework Agreement for the Disposal of co-mingled recyclables Report of the Corporate Director of Community and Environment Additional documents:
Minutes: The Corporate Director of Community and Environment introduced the report, which explained the requirement for a new 4?year framework agreement for the allocation and transport of co?mingled waste from the Civic Amenity Site to a bona fidé Material Recycling Facility (MRF) for sorting and resale. He stated that the framework agreement would give resilience to this business critical service.
Members noted that a confidential appendix to the report appeared elsewhere on the agenda for their information.
RESOLVED: That the letting of a framework agreement to Grosvenor Waste Management, Green Star and Greencycle be approved.
Reason for Decision: The London Borough of Harrow needs to replace the existing interim agreement with a formal contract in line with EU requirements. |
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Councillor Chris Mote Minutes: The Leader of the Council stated that, as this was his last meeting as Chairman of Cabinet, he would like to thank Portfolio Holders and officers for their work. He also thanked members of the public for their participation in the meetings of Cabinet and the press for their attendance.
The Deputy Leader of the Council, on behalf of Cabinet, thanked Councillor Mote for his work over the previous two years. |