Items
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Contract Rules Change
Decision:
26/2005 The Cabinet agreed that the British
Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA) are added
to the list of approved consortia for the purposes of Contract Rule
7(a)(iii).
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2. |
Future Sports Facility Management
Decision:
12/2005 The Cabinet agreed in principle to the
direction of leisure facility management as outlined in paragraph
3.14 of the report.
13/2005 The Cabinet agreed that the Council continues to provide
leisure facility management in-house at the present time but
commissions consultant's advice to undertake a comprehensive,
objective and fundamental evaluation of each of the options set out
in section 5 of the report. The outcomes of this evaluation should
be reported to Members within 3 months.
14/2005 Black Lion - The Cabinet instructed officers to produce a
business plan to develop the Black Lion Centre. Within that
business plan there are to be options to include partnership
working. The business plan and potential income streams are to be
tested with external financial consultants and reported to Members
within 3 months.
15/2005 Stirling Centre - The Cabinet instructed officers to
continue negotiations with the Professional Tennis Registry and the
Lawn Tennis Association to attract investment to the Stirling
Centre using the LTA grant and 0% loan scheme and bring fully
costed proposals to a future Cabinet meeting.
16/2005 Splashes - The Cabinet instructed officers to instigate
cessation of the contract with Courtesy Leisure at the end of the
contractual period 31 March 2006 and to begin to integrate
operational systems for handover on 1 April 2006 for interim
internal management to commence.
17/2005 The Strand -
(a) The Cabinet instructed officers to bring forward a proposal for
the Strand area and to have informal discussions with housing
developers and partners to investigate funding opportunities.
(b) The Cabinet instructed officers to bring forward a separate
paper on the development of an integrated watersports facility for
the Strand area.
18/2005 Chatham - The Cabinet instructed officers to investigate
the potential to develop integrated community facilities as part of
Chatham redevelopment and social regeneration.
19/2005 Hoo Peninsula - The Cabinet instructed officers to work
with developers to ensure that the appropriate facility development
takes place as housing growth ensues in the longer term.
20/2005 The Cabinet agreed that further work be undertaken to
assess the need for additional sports facilities in the South and
East of Medway.
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3. |
Budget Monitoring Revenue - 2004/2005
Decision:
21/2005 The Cabinet noted the current forecast
overspend of £645,000 and endorsed the proposed action taken
in achieving this figure.
22/2005 The Cabinet instructed officers to continue to achieve
savings to eliminate the residual overspend.
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4. |
Recruitment Freeze
Decision:
27/2005 The Cabinet agreed to unfreeze the
following posts, as detailed in Appendix 1 to the report, to enable
Directors to commence the recruitment process:
Education and Leisure
a) Property Assistant
b) School Organisation Assistant
c) School Organisation Manager
d) General Advisor Primary
e) PA to Director of Education and Leisure
Health and Community Services
f) PA to Assistant Director, Children & Families
Development and Environment
g) Outreach Worker (Sustainable Communities)
h) PCVD1 Instructor.
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5. |
Budget Monitoring 2004/2005 - Capital
Decision:
23/2005 The Cabinet noted that spending on the
approved programme since 1 April 2004 amounted to approximately
£32m and that the forecast spend during 2004/2005 as a whole
amounted to £64m. The Cabinet also noted the proposed use of
capital resources available to fund the programme, as referred to
in table 2 of the report.
24/2005 The Cabinet recommended to Council the adoption of the
schemes set out in section 7 of the report.
25/2005 The Cabinet approved the virement set out in paragraph 8.2
of the report, and noted the virement to fund the excess demand for
Disabled Facilities Grants as set out in paragraph 8.1 of the
report.
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