Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

293.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

There were no apologies received at the meeting.

294.

Declarations of Interest

To receive any declarations of interest. Members are advised to consider the advice contained within the Declaration of Interest form attached at the back of this agenda. If a Member declares an interest, they should complete that form and hand it to the officer clerking the meeting and then take the prescribed course of action.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

295.

Minutes of Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 84 KB

To approve the summary of recommendations and decisions of the Cabinet meeting held on 10 September 2015, copy attached.

Minutes:

Councillor Lin Fairbrass proposed, Councillor Stummer-Schmertzing seconded and Members agreed the minutes to be a true record of the meeting held on 10 September 2015.

296.

Corporate Performance Qtr1 and Qtr2 Report pdf icon PDF 144 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Members discussed the corporate performances of the various Council service areas and joint arrangements, which included the EK Services, EK Human Resources and EK Housing. Cabinet acknowledged the comments that were made by the Corporate Performance Review Working Party.

 

The following Members spoke under Council Procedure 24.1:

 

Councillor Bayford;

Councillor Game;

Councillor I. Gregory;

Councillor Taylor-Smith;

Councillor Johnston;

Councillor Campbell.

 

Councillor Crow-Brown proposed, Councillor Stummer-Schmertzing seconded and Cabinet agreed to note the council’s performance.

297.

Proposed Council funding of the documentation of TDC artefacts collection, Margate Museum pdf icon PDF 135 KB

Minutes:

The Overview and Scrutiny Panel reviewed the current process for cataloguing the Council’s artefacts collection at the Margate museum and forwarded a recommendation to Cabinet that an application for external funding be made for an Archivist to support the ongoing cataloguing project.

 

Councillor K. Gregory and Councillor Johnston spoke under Council Procedure 24.1.

 

Councillor Lin Fairbrass proposed, Councillor Townend seconded and Cabinet agreed that delegation is given to the Director of Community Services to make an application for external funding through the Heritage Lottery Fund for the total cost of the professional archivist post be pursued as a matter of priority.

298.

QEQM Hospital Petition - Council Referral to Cabinet pdf icon PDF 139 KB

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Minutes:

Members considered a petition that had been referred to Cabinet by Full Council. Council recommended that a cabinet advisory group be set up to advise Cabinet on the response to the proposed review of A&E services at QEQM Hospital by the East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust (EKHUFT).

 

Councillor Bayford spoke under Council Procedure 24.1.

 

Councillor Wells proposed, Councillor Brimm seconded and Cabinet agreed the following:

 

1.  That as per the recommendation of Full Council; establish the QEQM Hospital Cabinet Advisory Group;

 

2.  To set the membership at 8 Councillors;

 

3  That Representation on the CAG to be made up of 4 UKIP; 2 Conservative; 1 Labour; 1 Democratic Independent Group (DIG);

 

4.  The draft terms of reference as set out in Annex 2 of the Cabinet report.