Agenda and minutes

RESOLVED – That the minutes of the meeting held on 4 April 2012 be approved as a correct record.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Tom Davey.  Apologies for lateness were received from Councillor Sachin Rajput.

There were no such declarations.

Details are appended of the questions asked of and the answers given by the Leader of the Council.  Verbal responses were given to the supplementary questions asked at the meeting.

The Cabinet Member tabled an amended appendix B to this report, which replaced the version distributed with the original papers.

For the reasons set out in the Cabinet Members’ report, Cabinet

RESOLVED –

1.         That £3.5 million of the £5 million set aside in the service development reserve in this year’s budget, as agreed by Cabinet in February 2012, be made available for carrying out additional carriageway resurfacing and footway relay works in the Borough during the financial years 2012/13 and 2013/14.

2.         That, subject to the overall costs being contained within available budgets, the Interim Director of Environment, Planning and Regeneration be instructed to:

The Chairman of the Business Management Overview & Scrutiny Committee addressed the Cabinet, and presented the recommendations to Cabinet that Committee’s recommendations made during their pre-decision Scrutiny of this agenda item on 11 June 2012.  Cabinet formally endorsed the following Scrutiny recommendations:

(1)    the Leader and Cabinet Member for Education, Children and Families should actively seek to involve local business groups on the Skills and Enterprise Project Board.

(2)    there should be greater clarity and less bureaucracy for local businesses and public agencies regarding how to establish apprenticeship schemes.

(3)    the Leader and Cabinet Member for Education, Children and Families should consider mechanisms for monitoring the success of the Action Plan

(4)    the Leader and Cabinet Member for Education, Children and Families should consider how to reach young people not in education or employment and encourage their involvement in apprenticeships.

Cabinet chose not to endorse a further recommendation relating to jobs moving out of the borough (recommendation 6 of the Business Management Overview & Scrutiny Committee, 11 June 2012).

Cabinet then

RESOLVED –

1.         The Barnet Skills, Employment and Enterprise Action Plan 2012 – 2015, as attached in Appendix A to the report.

2.         The recommended package of targeted, time-limited support, costing £1m in 2012-13, to support 16 – 24 year olds into employment, including those classified at ‘NEET’.  The beneficiaries of the package, which has been approved by major public sector partners and discussed with central Government, will be unemployed young people and local businesses.

3.         That the Leader of the Council be authorised to agree any minor changes to the Skills, Employment and Enterprise Action Plan and proposed support package in order to ensure effective delivery.

For the reasons set out in the Cabinet Member’s report, Cabinet

RESOLVED –

1. To note the change in legislation regarding the commissioning of new schools and its implications for the borough.

2. To agree the approach to commissioning new schools as set out in paragraphs 9.5 to 9.10 of the report.

For the reasons set out in the Cabinet Member’s report, Cabinet

RESOLVED

1.      To note the outcome of the public consultation on the draft Town Centre Strategy for Finchley Church End as set out in Appendix 1 of the report.

2.      To formally adopt the draft final Town Centre Strategy for Finchley Church End attached as Appendix 2  of the report.

There were no such items.