Agenda, decisions and minutes

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Items
No. Item

103.

MS. S. TODD

Minutes:

On behalf of the Executive, the Leader of the Council welcomed Ms. Sara Todd to her first meeting as the Chief Executive of Trafford Council. Those present were requested to introduce themselves and provide a brief indication of their role at the meeting.

104.

QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

A maximum of 15 minutes will be allocated to public questions submitted in writing to Democratic Services (democratic.services@trafford.gov.uk) by 4 p.m. on the working day prior to the meeting. Questions must be relevant to items appearing on the agenda and will be submitted in the order in which they were received.

Minutes:

It was reported that no questions had been received for the current meeting.

105.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

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.

Minutes:

No declarations were made by Executive Members.

106.

MINUTES

To receive and, if so determined, to approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 28th January 2019.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

RESOLVED – That the Minutes of the Meeting held on 28th January 2019 be approved as a correct record.

107.

MATTERS FROM COUNCIL OR OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEES (IF ANY)

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

Minutes:

Councillor Acton, as Chair of the Scrutiny Committee, reported that the Committee had met on 12th February, and agreed a report and recommendations, developed under the auspices of the One Trafford Partnership review group, which would now be formally referred to the Executive. Members were also advised that a working group had been established, further to the Council resolution in relation to climate change; and that the first meeting of the group would be held on 11th March.

108.

TRAFFORD INTEGRATED YOUTH OFFER (TIYO) PROPOSAL pdf icon PDF 292 KB

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

Decision:

1. That the outcome of the consultation as detailed in the report be noted.

 

2. That the Trafford Integrated Youth Offer proposal as detailed in the report be approved.

 

3. That approval be given to the implementation proposals as detailed in the report to achieve the changes required to create the new staffing and delivery structure of the Integrated Youth Offer (working title TIYO) in Trafford for April 2019.

Minutes:

The Executive Member for Children’s Services submitted a report detailing the final proposal for the Trafford Integrated Youth Offer (TIYO - working title until a name for the new service is agreed), taking account of responses received to the consultation on the proposed model initiated by the Executive on 28th November 2018. The report described the detail of revisions proposed and sought approval for the version now recommended. An opportunity was provided for Members to raise questions on the content of the report. These concentrated on aspects of the proposed structure and envisaged outcomes from the new service.

 

            RESOLVED -

 

(1)       That the outcome of the consultation as detailed in the report be noted.

 

(2.)      That the Trafford Integrated Youth Offer proposal as detailed in the report be approved.

 

(3)       That approval be given to the implementation proposals as detailed in the report to achieve the changes required to create the new staffing and delivery structure of the Integrated Youth Offer (working title TIYO) in Trafford for April 2019.

109.

CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND WELLBEING ALL AGE TRAVEL ASSISTANCE POLICY 2019/2020 pdf icon PDF 201 KB

To consider a report of the Executive Member for Constitutional Reform and Resident Engagement.

Additional documents:

Decision:

1. That the content of the report be noted; in particular:

·         The methodology and approach used for the consultation process

·         The feedback received from the consultation process

·         The Equality Impact Assessment in relation to the travel arrangements policy for 2018/19

 

2. That the Children, Families and Wellbeing All Age Travel Assistance Policy 2019/2020 be approved as detailed in the report.

 

3. That the proposal to implement the above policy with effect from 1st June 2019 be approved.

Minutes:

The Executive Member for Constitutional Reform and Resident Engagement submitted a report setting out the approach taken to the All Age Travel Assistance consultation undertaken with regard to the proposed policy for 2019/2020, and seeking approval for the revised policy. In response to a query, it was clarified that, whilst it was necessary for the Council to have approved its policy to be in place by June 2019, it would take effect, for all relevant age groups, from 1st September 2019.

 

            RESOLVED -

 

(1)       That the content of the report be noted; in particular:

·         The methodology and approach used for the consultation process

·         The feedback received from the consultation process

·         The Equality Impact Assessment in relation to the travel arrangements policy for 2018/19

 

(2)       That the Children, Families and Wellbeing All Age Travel Assistance Policy 2019/2020 be approved as detailed in the report.

 

(3)       That the proposal to implement the above policy with effect from 1st June 2019 be approved.

110.

BREXIT: AN ECONOMIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR TRAFFORD pdf icon PDF 257 KB

To consider a report of the Executive Member for Investment, Regeneration and Strategic Planning.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Leader of the Council introduced a report of the Executive Member for Investment, Regeneration and Strategic Planning, setting out an analysis of the potential impact of “Brexit” on a range of key economic measures, and how this impact might be expected to vary under different possible scenarios. The report set out a range of measures which were available to the Council to attempt to mitigate the envisaged impacts. An opportunity was provided for Members to raise questions on the report’s content; these centred on the deployment of Government funding allocated to support preparations. It was noted that the senior officer group referred to in the report would make recommendations on this to the Corporate Leadership Team, which would also be regularly monitoring the developing situation.

 

            RESOLVED –

 

(1)       That the content of the report be noted.

 

(2)       That the measures identified to address the challenge of Brexit be noted.

 

(3)       That the role be noted of the Corporate Director for Place as the Senior Responsible Officer for monitoring the impact of Brexit in Trafford.

111.

AGMA COMBINED AUTHORITY / EXECUTIVE BOARD: FORWARD PLANS AND DECISIONS pdf icon PDF 365 KB

To receive and note the following:

Additional documents:

Minutes:

RESOLVED – That the content of the summaries of decisions taken by the G.M. Combined Authority and AGMA Executive Board on 25th January 2019 be noted.