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Also agreed on Monday were the following changes because Jim Wilkie (Chief Executive) is still ill and absent from work. Ian Coleman is Deputy Chief Executive/Acting Chief Executive in Jim’s absence/Director of Finance. David Taylor-Smith is Acting Chief Finance Officer while Ian Coleman is Acting Chief Executive. Tom Sault is Acting Deputy Chief Finance Officer [...]

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As it was a short meeting I’ve already uploaded it to Youtube. It’s in two parts, part 1 (the first twelve minutes) and part 2 (the last eight minutes), which are also below. The agenda and reports can be found on Wirral Council’s website except at the time of writing this, the AOB item entitled [...]

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Well as promised in a previous post here’s a writeup of part of last Thursday’s Cabinet meeting, well at least some highlights. Item 8 (Chief Executives Office) along with its its appendix have been deferred to a future meeting. Cllr Jeff Green wanted to waive call-in on item 27 regarding St. Anselms College but was [...]

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The agenda and reports for the Cabinet meeting can be found by following the link. Present: Cllr Steve Foulkes (Chair) Cllr Harry Smith Cllr Chris Meaden Cllr Ann McLachlan Cllr Anne McArdle Cllr George Davies Cllr Adrian Jones Cllr Brian Kenny Cllr Phil Davies Cllr Steve Foulkes welcomed people to the Cabinet meeting. A blanket [...]

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Cllr Steve Foulkes said the debrief should include lessons learnt and a critique. He said he had been there on Friday night and said people had been “working hard” and that it was a “huge National Grid operation”. Cllr Foulkes said they had been lucky the weather had been relatively mild. He referred to Cllr [...]

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Cllr Steve Foulkes said that the terms of reference for [this] committee were clear and he would like to “make progress” and move onto item 3. Jim Wilkie, Chief Executive referred to the ten key lines of enquiry (KLOE) as well as further discussion on the involvement of councillors. He said the report sets out [...]

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The committee considered item 3 Work Program, Progress and Associated Issues. However Cllr Jeff Green went back to agenda item 2 (Minutes). He said as part of the minutes, the list of committee meetings was not agreed. Bill Norman said there had been some confusion in the briefing. There had been discussion with each political [...]

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Jim Wilkie said it was a working response to changing circumstances and that councillors made policy. He asked for further discussions on its precise role and interdependencies. Cllr Foulkes said he saw it as a start despite the implied criticism. He asked for a detailed overview and said it would help corporate governance. He called [...]

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Cllr Foulkes moved the meeting on to the Policy Unit report. Jim Wilkie said he had been critical of the formation of a policy unit, but it would have to be at the heart of the decision making process. It would initially agree policies to be implemented. He was aware of the changes in circumstances, [...]

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Cllr Harney said he agreed with all that, but he’d appreciate a flowchart with the key dates. He said the approach with reviews and milestones would be helpful as each stage was reached, this way he would know they were “all singing from the same hymn sheet”. Jim Wilkie agreed and said that in the [...]

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