Agenda and minutes

16.1     Councillor Glazier approved as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 15 September 2015. 

Disclosure by all Members present of personal interests in matters on the agenda, the nature of any interest and whether the Members regard the interest as prejudicial under the terms of the Code of Conduct.

17.1     Councillor Simmons declared a personal non prejudicial interest in item 5 (minute number 20) as a Director of Sea Change Sussex.

18.1     Reports referred to in the minutes below are contained in the minute book.

Report by the Chief Executive

19.1     The Leader and Lead Member considered a report by the Chief Executive, which proposed the following amendments to the delegation of executive functions.

DECISIONS

19.2     RESOLVED to amend the Cabinet portfolios as set out above.

Reasons

19.3     The Leader is responsible for appointing members of the Cabinet and determining the content of portfolios assigned to Cabinet members.  The agreed changes align portfolios in the interests of efficiency. 

Report by the Director of Communities, Economy and Transport

20.1     The Lead Member considered a report by the Director of Commuities, Economy and Transport.

DECISIONS

20.2     RESOLVED to (1) agree to re-profile the South East Local Enterprise Partnership’s Local Growth Fund allocation within the agreed arrangements under the South East Local Enterprise Partnership Accountability and Assurance Framework;

(2)        agree that all the available funding is re-allocated in 2015/16 on approved priority East Sussex schemes that are able to be brought forward for spend in this financial year;

(3)        agree that the S151 Officer recommend to South East Local Enterprise Partnership’s Local Growth Board for East Sussex (Team East Sussex) under its ‘advisory capacity’ to formally agree the variation under the Local Accountability arrangements; and

(4)        delegate authority to the S151 Officer to take any further actions required to enable the request for variation to be taken to the South East Local Enterprise Partnership Accountability Board for approval on 13 November 2015.

Reasons

20.3     It is important for the County Council and Team East Sussex to take full advantage of the flexibility available in the re-allocation of the funding to drive forward economic growth.  There is a total of £7.35m now available to reallocate in this financial year to approved schemes.  The Government is clear that the Local Growth Fund monies should be spent in the year in which it is allocated.