City Executive Board decisions (Minutes)

(1)       Minutes of the meeting held on 12^th September 2012.

Single Executive Member decisions (Minutes)

(1)       Minutes of the Single Executive Member Decision Meeting (Board Member – Corporate Governance and Strategic Partnerships) held on 30^th July 2012.

(2)       Minutes of the Single Executive Member Decision Meeting (Board Member – Customer Services and Regeneration) held on 16^th August 2012.

(3)       Minutes of the Single Executive Member Decision Meeting (Board Member – Cleaner, Greener Oxford) held on 23^rd August 2012.

Council had before it minutes (previously circulation, now appended) of the City Executive Board and Single Executive Member meetings held since the last meeting of Full Council.

(a)       City Executive Board decisions – 12 September 2012 (Minutes)

(1)       Minute 22 – Youth Ambition Programme for Oxford City – Councillor Fooks asked when this was going to be taken forward.

(2)       Minute 23 – The Oxford Challenge: Achieving world class teaching in Oxford City Schools serving disadvantaged people – Councillor Fooks said that this did not mention the Leadership Plan or which schools would be included.

Councillor Tanner said that a simple change to the schools funding formula would mean that Rose Hill Primary School would have a real term funding cut and would lose 2.5% in funding each year and would effectively cancel out the pupil premium.

Councillor Price said that a meeting would be held on 10^th October 2012 and following this it would be known which Schools would be included.

(3)               Minute 24 – Community Grants Programme 2011/12 – Monitoring Feedback.  Councillor Simmons said that the City Council was not providing funding for the Cowley Road Carnival and hoped the Council would change its mind on this.

Councillor Bance in response said that the organisers were not eligible to run the Carnival in the year that there was no carnival and that is why no funding was provided.

Councillor Price said that the document was for the Council and that the budget was as a supporter not a provider.  He said regarding the Cowley Road Carnival, discussions had taken place with the ‘Cowley Road Works’ Group which would be organising the Carnival.

Councillor Wolff said that it was true that the Committee felt that a grant could not be given as there was no Carnival.  However he said that the event was on-going as it was about building community capacity.  He added that the timing of grant funding did not always match with the work that had to be done, for example issues of safety for the carnival started very early before the grants process, so early notification of any successful grant funding was vital.  He further added that the Community and Partnerhsips Scrutiny Committee would be looking into how the Council supported these types of events.

(4)       Minute 30 – Culture Strategy – Consultation Outcome.  Councillor Benjamin asked where was the plan for the inclusion of smaller groups and she was concerned that there was no mention of better access for studio space for artists.

Councillor Campbell commenting on Councillor Turner’s response in the minutes, felt it was very important that there was a representative from the smaller groups on the Cultural Actions Group.

(b)       Single Executive Member Decisions (Minutes)

(1)               Minutes of the Single Executive Member Decision meeting (Board Member – Corporate Governance and Strategic Partnerships) held on 30^th July 2012).

(2)               Minutes of the Single Executive Member Decision meeting (Board Member – Customer Services and Regeneration) held on 16^th August 2012.

(3)       Minutes of the Single Executive Member Decision meeting (Board Member – Cleaner, Greener Oxford) held on 23^rd August 2012.