Agenda and minutes

Cabinet
Tuesday, 23 December 2003 3:00 pm

Venue: Civic Centre, Dagenham

Contact: Barry Ray, Democratic Services Officer, Civic Centre, Dagenham Telephone - 020 8227 2134, Fax - 020 8227 2171 / e-mail - barry.ray@lbbd.gov.uk

Items
No.	Item
239.	Minutes (16 December 2003) Minutes: Agreed.
240.	Council Tax Base PDF 63 KB View the background to item 240. Minutes: Noted a report advising of the financial position regarding the treatment of single person discounts for Council Tax purposes.
241.	Local Government Provisional Settlement 2004 / 2005 and Budget Considerations for 2004 / 2005 PDF 101 KB View the background to item 241. Minutes: Noted details of the provisional financial settlement for 2004 / 2005, including the Formula Grant Settlement and Formula Spending Share, and the difficult budget pressures to be faced as set out in the report. Agreed to delegate the Director of Finance, in consultation with the Deputy Leader of the Council, to respond to the consultation on the provisional settlement by the new deadline of 9 January 2004.
242.	* Naming of Buildings, Facilities and Roads Minutes: Received a verbal report highlighting recent occurrences where suggestions for the naming of buildings and facilities have been discussed and noted that no formal procedures are currently set out in the Constitution. Agreed, in order that procedure be put in place, that: The naming of buildings, facilities or roads etc, which the Council has commissioned or has direct or indirect influence over, should be reserved to the Executive subject to any statutory requirements; and A report be submitted to the Executive setting out a proposed procedure covering the above so that recommendations can be made to the Assembly.
243.	Private Business Minutes: Agreed to exclude the public and press for the remainder of the meeting, as the business was confidential.
244.	Internal Refurbishment Programme to Low-Rise Dwellings (Kitchen / Rewire Works) - Notification of Tender
245.	Customer First Implementation View the background to item 245. View the decision for item 245.
246.	Progress Report on the Education Private Finance Initiative Contract View the background to item 246.
247.	Emerging Findings From Benefits Fraud Inspectorate Site Inspection
248.	* Recruitment of the Head of Older Peoples Services
249.	* Recruitment to the Head of Organisational Development and Employee Relations
	* Item considered as a matter of urgency with the consent of the Chair under Section 100 (4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972.