Members to give notice of any interest and the nature of that interest relating to any item on the agenda in accordance with the adopted Code of Conduct.

No declarations were made by Executive Members.

To receive and, if so determined, to approve as a correct record the Minutes of the following meetings:

RESOLVED – That the Minutes of the Budget Executive Meeting on 15th October, and of the Executive Meeting on 29^th October 2018, be approved as correct records.

To consider any matters referred by the Council or by the Overview and Scrutiny Committees.

Councillor Acton, as Chair of the Scrutiny Committee, reminded Members that the two forthcoming Budget Scrutiny sessions were scheduled for 4^th December (Health and Social Care issues) and 6^th December (all other issues).

To consider a report of the Executive Member for Children’s Services.

[NOTE: A related report is to be considered in Part II of the agenda.]

The Executive Member for Children’s Services submitted a report which set out details of proposals to integrate Council-run youth provision in Trafford to provide more effective services to improve outcomes for young people. A related report setting out details of the proposed staff consultation was considered in Part II of the agenda. An opportunity was provided for Members to raise questions on the report’s content. These centred on: the name for the proposed service; how streamlined the service’s operations would be; operational arrangements for the envisaged staff; and arrangements for signposting and accessibility of the service’s components.

RESOLVED – That the detail of the proposals set out in the report be noted.

To consider a report of the Corporate Director, Governance and Community Strategy.For Executive to comment prior to referral to November Council.

The Corporate Director for Governance and Community Strategy and Monitoring Officer submitted a report, which had previously been referred to the Standards and Scrutiny Committees, seeking any comments from the Executive in relation to proposed changes and improvements, aimed at improving openness, transparency and public engagement. Subject to any comments, the paper was to be referred to Council at its meeting on 28^th November 2018. In discussion Members noted a number of issues relating to public questions including applicability to regulatory committees, the possibility of malicious / spurious questions, the recording of questions; and to the usage of electronic agenda. It was noted that Committee Chairs would have a significant role in the practical operation of the proposed arrangements.

RESOLVED – That the content of the report, and its proposed referral to Council, be noted.

To consider a report of the Executive Member for Finance and Corporate Director, Finance & Systems.

The Executive Member for Finance and the Corporate Director of Finance and Systems submitted a report which informed Members of the current 2018/19 forecast outturn figures relating to both Revenue and Capital budgets. It also summarised the latest forecast position for Council Tax and Business Rates within the Collection Fund. An opportunity was provided for Members to raise questions on the report’s content; these focussed on: variances in public health expenditure; the background to mileage payments for Home to School transport; vacancies within the Governance and Community Strategy directorate; the accounting treatment of winter pressures funding; and the extent to which “contingency” funding had been drawn on to date. On the latter point, it was agreed that further analysis would be supplied outside the meeting.

            RESOLVED – That the content of the report be noted,

To consider a report of the Executive Member for Finance and Corporate Director, Finance & Systems.

The Executive Member for Finance and the Corporate Director of Finance and Systems submitted a report which provided Members with an overview and forecast position as at the end of the March 2019 on the transformation Fund across the Locality. In discussions, questions were raised regarding the extent to which, to date, the Fund’s operation had realised its envisaged benefits. Executive Members noted that it was now envisaged that they would be monitoring progress as a part of relevant individual portfolio responsibilities, and that it was intended that regular monitoring reports would be referred to the full Executive to promote transparency and accountability.

            RESOLVED – That the content of the report be noted.

To receive and note the following:

RESOLVED – That the content of the summary of GMCA decisions taken on 26^th October 2018 be noted.

Motion   (Which may be amended as Members think fit):

            That the public be excluded from this meeting during consideration of the remaining items on the agenda, because of the likelihood of disclosure of “exempt information” which falls within one or more descriptive category or categories of the Local Government Act 1972, Schedule 12A, as amended by The Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006, and specified on the agenda item or report relating to each such item respectively.

RESOLVED - That the public be excluded from this meeting during consideration of the remaining items on the agenda, because of the likelihood of disclosure of “exempt information” which falls within one or more descriptive category or categories of the Local Government Act 1972, Schedule 12A, as amended by The Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006, and specified on the agenda item or report relating to each such item respectively.

To consider a report of the Executive Member for Children’s Services.

[NOTE: A related report is to be considered in Part I of the agenda.]

The Executive Member for Children’s Services submitted a report which set out details of a proposed consultation exercise which would be required in order to implement broader proposals to integrate Council-run youth provision in Trafford. A related report was considered in Part I of the agenda; Minute 61 above refers.

RESOLVED – That the staff consultation exercise, as detailed in the report, be noted.