Agenda

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Items
No. Item

1.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

2.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 208 KB

Minutes of the following meetings of Cabinet, as circulated, to be confirmed as a true record and signed by the Chair:-

 

(a)      Tuesday 9 November 2021

(b)      Thursday 18 November 2021

 

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DISCLOSURE OF MEMBERS' INTERESTS

Unless already entered in the Council’s Register of Members’ interests, members are required to disclose any personal interest (which includes any disclosable pecuniary interest) they may have in any of the items included on the agenda for the meeting in accordance with the Code of Conduct adopted by the Council on 4 July 2012, and are reminded that if they have any personal interests of a prejudicial nature (as defined under paragraph 17 of the Code Conduct) they must not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must leave the room. NB Any member needing clarification must contact monitoringofficer@northumberland.gov.uk. Please refer to the guidance on disclosures at the rear of this agenda letter.

4.

REPORT OF THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND S151 OFFICER pdf icon PDF 106 KB

Setting the Council Tax Base 2022-23

 

The purpose of this report is to advise Cabinet of the tax base calculation for 2022-23 for all domestic properties liable to pay council tax. The tax base must be set by the statutory deadline of 31 January 2022 (Appendix A).

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5.

REPORT OF THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND S151 OFFICER pdf icon PDF 897 KB

Financial Performance 2021-22 - Position at the end of September 2021

 

The purpose of the report is to ensure that the Cabinet is informed of the current financial position for the Council against the Budget for 2021-22 (Appendix B).

6.

REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES AND ADULT SOCIAL CARE pdf icon PDF 257 KB

Opportunity for expansion of Northumberland HEE Project Choice

 

To communicate to members the opportunity to develop a wider scope of delivery for Health Education England’s Project choice within Northumberland in order to more rapidly deliver on Northumberland County Councils education priorities and SEND priorities (Appendix C).

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REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES AND ADULT SOCIAL CARE pdf icon PDF 144 KB

Northumberland Strategic Skills Plan 2021-25 (March 2021, updated October 2021

 

To share with Cabinet Northumberland Strategic Skills Plan 2021-25, a document designed to guide skills planning and the approach in designing impactful vocational skills provision within the county to yield greatest impact for residents and the local economy (Appendix D

         

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REPORT OF THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT pdf icon PDF 217 KB

Household Support Fund

 

The report provides an overview of Northumberland County Council’s proposed response and delivery of the Household Support Fund (HSF) for the period 06th October 2021 to 31st March 2022 (Appendix E).

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9.

REPORT OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE pdf icon PDF 185 KB

Wooler Neighbourhood Plan

 

To seek approval to formally ‘make’ the Wooler Neighbourhood Plan. The Plan passed independent examination in May 2020. A local referendum held in the Parish of Wooler on 10 June 2021 returned a majority vote in favour of using the Plan to make decisions on planning applications. The Council is obliged by statute to make the Neighbourhood Plan unless it considers that doing so would breach retained European Union obligations (Appendix F).

 

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REPORT OF THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND S151 OFFICER pdf icon PDF 281 KB

Summary of New Capital Proposals considered by Officer Capital Strategy Group

 

The report summarises proposed amendments to the Capital Programme considered by the officer Capital Strategy Group via email on 5 November 2021 (Appendix G).

 

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11.

URGENT BUSINESS

To consider such other business as, in the opinion of the Chair, should, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency.

PART II

It is expected that matters included in this part of the Agenda will be dealt with in private.  Reports referred to are enclosed for members and officers only, coloured pink and marked "Not for Publication".

12.

EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC

The Committee is invited to consider passing the following resolution:

 

(a)    That under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item on the Agenda as it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A of the 1972 Act, and

 

(b)    That the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure for the following reasons:-

 

Agenda Items          Paragraph of Part I of Schedule 12A

 

10                             3

Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).  

 

AND                         The public interest in maintaining this exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure because disclosure would adversely affect confidentiality requirements with external partners.

 

 

 

11                             3

Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).  

 

AND                         The public interest in maintaining this exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure because disclosure could adversely affect the business reputation or confidence in the person / organisation, and could adversely affect commercial revenue.

 

                               

13.

REPORT OF THE HEAD OF CULTURAL SERVICES

Destination Management - Structure and Future Funding Arrangements 

 

This report provides an overview of the current, and proposed management, arrangements for the strategic management and marketing of tourism in Northumberland (Appendix H).

14.

REPORT OF THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND S151 OFFICER

Trading Companies’ Financial Performance 2021-22 - Position at the end of September 2021

 

The report informs Cabinet of the current financial positions of its trading companies for 2021-22 (Appendix I).