Agenda item

(a) The Chairman will move that Council receives and notes the minutes of Cabinet and the various Committees of the Council as listed in the Minutes Book enclosed separately.

(b) Chairmen of Committees other than Cabinet and Scrutiny Select Committees will be given a brief opportunity to make any important announcements concerning the work of their respective committees. Cabinet and Scrutiny Select Committees in this respect are dealt with under items 9 and 10 respectively.

(c ) Councillors will be given the opportunity to raise questions on points of information or clarification.

The Chairman moved that Council receive and note the minutes as listed in the separate Minutes Book and this was duly seconded by the Vice-Chairman.

The Chairman then invited questions from Councillors on points of information or clarification on the above mentioned minutes and gave Chairmen of those meetings the opportunity to make any important announcements on the work of their respective Committees.

Cabinet – 19 October 2010 – Minute No. 146. Transformation of Waste and Recycling Collections

Cllr Ian McLennan referred to the Council’s website which explained circumstances which would lead to re-consultation and asked why the views of South Wiltshire appeared to have been dismissed without undertaking a further consultation.

Cllr Toby Sturgis replied that he was not aware of the statement made on the website and would provide Cllr McLennan with a written response.

Children’s Services Select Committee – 23 September 2010 – Minute No. 109 -  Laverstock Schools Update

Clarification was sought on the comment ‘It was agreed that this was an Area Board issue’ in relation to the bullet point concerning parking.

Cllr Carole Soden, Chair of the Children’s Services Select Committee replied that there had been much discussion on this at the meeting when the view was taken that it was an Area Board issue given that it was a localised issue. She noted that Cllr Mary Douglas, Chairman of the Salisbury Area Board had taken this on board.

Cllr Mary Douglas offered to discuss this with further with Cllrs Richard Britton and Ian McLennan separately.

Cllr McLennan doubted that the Area Boards  had sufficient money to deal with this issue without a financial injection from the Cabinet.

Cabinet – 14 September 2010 – Minute No. 135. Free Swimming Initiative

Cllr Brian Dalton queried Cabinet’s decision to discontinue the Free Swimming Initiative.

Cllr Stuart Wheeler, Cabinet member for Leisure, Sport and Culture clarified that the Council had run the initiative which had been funded from a specific Government grant. However, since withdrawal of the grant, the Council was unable to fund it as it would cost £500k in a full year, money which the Council did not have.

Resolved:

That the above mentioned minutes be received and noted.