Agenda and decisions

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 21 May 2024 (copy attached).

Members are reminded of their responsibility to declare any disclosable pecuniary interest, other registerable or non-registrable interest which they have in any item of business on the agenda, no later than when that item is reached and, when appropriate, to leave the meeting prior to discussion and voting on the item.

At each Cabinet meeting, up to 15 minutes shall be allocated for questions or statements from and discussion with, non-Cabinet members. Members wishing to speak during this session are encouraged to give notice in advance. Who speaks and for how long will be at the complete discretion of the person presiding.

Members of the public who live or work in the district are invited to put one question or statement of not more than three minutes duration relating to items to be discussed in Part 1 of the agenda only. If a question is asked and answered within three minutes, the person who asked the question may ask a supplementary question that arises from the reply.

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There is an overall time limit of 15 minutes for public speaking, which may be extended at the Chair’s discretion.

It has been proposed by the Leader of the Council, that Cabinet be recommended to agree the referral of the following four items, without debate, to Council on 16 July 2024, as set out in Report number: CAB/WS/24/028:

a.       Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME) Centre Project

Portfolio holder: Councillor Indy Wijenayaka

Lead officer: Julie Baird

b.      Housing Related Support (HRS)

Portfolio holder: Councillor Richard O’Driscoll

Lead officers: Jill Korwin and Jen Eves

c.       Bury St Edmunds Leisure Centre

Portfolio holder: Councillor Diane Hind

Lead officers: Jill Korwin and Mark Walsh

d.      Olding Road, Bury St Edmunds: Options Appraisal

Portfolio holder: Councillor Diane Hind

Lead officer: Rachael Mann

Resolved:

It be agreed that full reports for decisions on the delivery of:

1.       Housing Related Support

2.       Bury St Edmunds Leisure Centre

3.       Olding Road, Bury St Edmunds: Options Appraisal

be referred directly to Council on 16 July 2024.

Report number:     CAB/WS/24/029

Chair of the Committee: Councillor Peter Armitage

Portfolio holder: Councillor Diane Hind

Lead officer: Christine Brain

Report number:     CAB/WS/24/030

Portfolio holder: Councillor Diane Hind

Chair of the Committee: Councillor Peter Armitage

Lead officer: Rachael Mann

Recommended to Council: (16 July 2024)

That, subject to the approval of Council, the Local Code of Corporate Governance, as contained in Appendix 1 to Report number: PAS/WS/24/012, be approved.

To consider the most recently published version of the Cabinet’s Decisions Plan

Report number:     CAB/WS/24/031

Leader of the Council: Councillor Cliff Waterman

Lead officer: Ian Gallin

Report number:     CAB/WS/24/032

Portfolio holder: Councillor Gerald Kelly

Lead officer: Alex Wilson

Resolved:

That:

1.       the update contained in Report number: CAB/WS/24/032 on the use to date of the Council’s £1 million Decarbonisation Initiatives Fund be noted; and

2.       the balance of the Fund be allocated to a one-off grants scheme to decarbonise community assets on the basis set out in section 2.3 of Report number: CAB/WS/24/032.

Report number:     CAB/WS/24/033

Portfolio holder: Councillor Diane Hind

Lead officer: Rachael Mann

Resolved:

That the write-off of the amounts detailed in the exempt appendices to Report number: CAB/WS/24/033, be approved, as follows:

1.       Exempt Appendix 1: Council Tax totalling £28,339.39

2.       Exempt Appendix 2: National Non-Domestic Rates (NNDR) totalling £737,398.65

3.       Exempt Appendix 3: Sundry debt totalling £53,996.18

To consider whether the press and public should be excluded during the consideration of the following items because it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during the items, there would be disclosure to them of exempt categories of information as prescribed in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, and indicated against each item and, in all circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

Exempt appendices 1, 2 and 3 to Report number:   CAB/WS/24/033

Portfolio holder: Councillor Diane Hind

Lead officer: Rachael Mann

(These Appendices are to be considered in private under paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as they contain information relating to an individual and information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual.)