Items
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Recruitment Freeze
Decision:
10/2008 The Cabinet agreed to unfreeze the
following posts, as detailed in Appendix 1 to the report, to enable
officers to commence the recruitment process:
Business Support
a) Research and Review Manager
b) Service Support Assistant
c) Exchequer Services Supervisor
Regeneration and Development
d) Technical Assistant
e) Senior Planner (Environmental Policy).
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2. |
School Organisation Plan
Decision:
1/2008 The Cabinet approved the amendments to
the School Organisation Plan as set out in paragraph 5 of the
report, subject to the principle at 5.8 being amended to read
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3. |
Constitutional Issues
Decision:
6/2008 The Cabinet recommended Council
to:
a) delegate authority to the Chief Executive to formally appoint
Independent Members to serve on Independent Admission Appeals
Panels and Independent Exclusion Appeals Panels for terms of office
not exceeding three years at a time
b) formally designate the Head of Democratic Services as Clerk to
the Independent Panels for School Admission Appeals and School
Exclusion Appeals and to authorise the Clerk to appoint the
Chairman for each Panel from among the pool of Independent
Members.
7/2008 The Cabinet recommended Council to:
a) appoint the Local Authority representative on the two Management
Committees.
b) amend the procedures for appointing Local Authority governors to
include the appointment of Local Authority members of PRU
Management Committees
8/2008 The Cabinet agreed to:
a) approve the first Instruments of Government for the Silverbank
and Will Adams Centre Pupil Referral Units, as set out in Appendix
1 and 2 of the report;
b) delegate to the Director of Children's Services power to make
arrangements for elections for parent and staff members and to
appoint the first community members;
c) delegate to the Management Committees the power to
· conduct the unit
· manage complaints
· manage discipline (including exclusion of pupils).
9/2008 The Cabinet recommended to Council to amend paragraph 8.1
(bullet point 2 (vii)) of the employee delegation scheme (part 4,
chapter 3 of the Constitution) as set out in section 6 of the
report.
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4. |
6 Month Progress Report on the Council's Performance Plan
Decision:
5/2008 The Cabinet noted the current
performance against the Council's critical success factors as
indicated by the first six month's figures for 2007/2008.
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5. |
Concessionary Bus Fares
Decision:
2/2008 The Cabinet agreed that from 1 April
2008, the use of concessionary bus passes should be restricted to
the statutory minimum times - 9.30 am to 11.00 pm Monday to Friday
and any time at weekends and Bank Holidays.
3/2008 The Cabinet agreed to the continued issue of companion
passes.
4/2008 The Cabinet recommended to Council the introduction of a
charge of £75 (increased annually by inflation) for the issue
of companion passes and that the ability of the companion to travel
free of charge will apply only in the Medway area and also those
other parts of Kent where agreed by the relevant local
authority.
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