Agenda item

To receive reports and any announcements from the Leader and members of the Cabinet on matters falling within their area of responsibility:

(a)        Report of the Leader;

(b)        Report of the Assets and Economic Development Portfolio Holder;

(c)        Report of the Environment Portfolio Holder (attached);

(d)        Report of the Finance Portfolio Holder (attached);

(e)        Report of the Housing Portfolio Holder (attached);

(f)        Report of the Leisure and Community Services Portfolio Holder (attached);

(g)        Report of the Planning and Governance Portfolio Holder (attached);

(i)         Report of the Safer, Greener and Transport Portfolio Holder (attached); and

(j)         Report of the Technology and Support Services Portfolio Holder (attached).

The Council received written reports from all the Portfolio Holders. The Chairman invited the Leader to provide an oral report and any other members of the Cabinet to give an update of their written report, if required.

(a)          The Leader of Council

The Leader advised that he had represented the Council at a number of external meetings and events. He had attended the Essex Assembly in Chelmsford which brought together all the major stakeholders across the County in the public, private and voluntary sectors; the launch of the Health and Wellbeing Strategy ‘Live Well’; a meeting with Police Crime Commissioner (PCC) Roger Hirst about the District’s Policing requirements; and finally he had met with Leaders from the London, Stansted, Cambridge Strategic Growth Corridor. 

Finally he thanked Councillor T Boyce for his active part as Tourism Champion, Councillor W Breare-Hall as the Environment Portfolio Holder, the Chairman of Council, Councillor D Stallan as the former Housing Portfolio Holder for their support on the Cabinet.

(b)          Leisure and Community Services Portfolio Holder

Councillor H Kane congratulated the Youth Council for wining the National Crime Beat Award for their MiLife Project. She thanked previous Youth Councillors, current Youth Councillors and Officers for supporting the project and the recognition it had achieved.

(c)          Safer, Greener and Transport Portfolio Holder

Councillor S Kane advised that the Police Crime Commissioner Roger Hirst, had informed him that there would be an increase of 150 additional Police officers in Essex over the next two years. He informed the Council that the Brentwood and Epping Police team for 999 responses would see an increase of 9 officers, the Community Policing team would increase by 4 officers, in addition to the 3 officers that would be funded by the Council and 6 additional Local Policing Team officers that would be based in Loughton.