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 meeting held on 25.1.16.

RESOLVED – That the Minutes of the meeting held on 25^th January 2016 be approved as a correct record.

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

Councillor Coupe advised Members that a Scrutiny report “Closing The Gap” would be referred to the Executive in March. Councillor Lloyd advised that a number of Health Scrutiny studies were approaching completion; and also that there would be a further meeting of the Joint Health Scrutiny Committee in March.

To consider a report of the Executive Member for Economic Growth and Planning.

1. That approval be given to the adoption of the Local Development Scheme 2016 - 2019 as set out in Appendix A to the report.

2. That authority for approving any minor amendments to the wording of the document, prior to its publication, be delegated to the Director of Growth and Regulatory Services.

The Executive Member for Economic Growth and Planning submitted a report which set out details of a three year programme of work which had led to the proposed adoption of the Local Development Scheme 2016-19.

            RESOLVED -

(1)       That approval be given to the adoption of the Local Development Scheme 2016 - 2019 as set out in Appendix A to the report.

(2)       That authority for approving any minor amendments to the wording of the document, prior to its publication, be delegated to the Director of Growth and Regulatory Services.

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

1. That the closure of Fairview Children’s Home from April 2016 be approved.

2. That approval be given to the recommendation not to proceed with the establishment of a new 3 bed Children’s Home at Flixton Road as previously agreed in December 2014.

The Executive Member for Children’s Services submitted a report which set out recommendations arising from a review of the Council’s in house children’s homes. An opportunity was provided for Members to ask questions in relation to the report’s content.

            RESOLVED -

(1)       That the closure of Fairview Children’s Home from April 2016 be approved.

(2)       That approval be given to the recommendation not to proceed with the establishment of a new 3 bed Children’s Home at Flixton Road as previously agreed in December 2014.

To consider a report of the Executive Members for Adult Social Services and for Finance.

The Executive Members for Adult Social Services and for Finance submitted a report which provided an update on the implementation of new payment arrangements for Personal Budgets, further to the decision in July 2015 to move from paying Direct Payments gross to net. An opportunity was provided for Members to ask questions on the report’s content; and it was agreed that further details could be provided in relation to categories of cases where clawback had been applied to unspent funds.

            RESOLVED – That the content of the report be noted.

To consider a report of the Executive Member for Transformation and Resources.

The Executive Member for Transformation and Resources submitted a report which provided a summary of performance against the Council’s Annual Delivery Plan for 2015/16, as at 31^st December 2015. An updated version was available for Members' information, and an opportunity was provided for Members to raise issues regarding the report’s content and in particular the appended exception reports.

            RESOLVED – That the content of the report be noted.

To receive and note the following:

The Executive received for information details of the GMCA and Joint GMCA / AGMA Forward Plans of key decisions to be taken from February 2016 onwards.

            RESOLVED – That the content of the Forward Plans be noted.