Agenda item

To consider a joint report of the Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Policy, Finance & Devolution and the Cabinet Member for Reform and Governance.

Over the course of the year the Cabinet has been progressing its growth and reform ambitions to address challenging demand pressures and ensure Stockport can become locally self-financing by 2019/20. 

Most recently it presented a series of proposals across Children and Young Peoples, Place and Corporate and Support services which were approved in December and are now built into the Budget presented elsewhere on this agenda.

This report is the latest update and specifically focusses upon the options presented in November relating to Adult Social Care and Public Health services. The Cabinet has been working on our proposals, understanding from local people and partners their views and further and developing these to reflect this feedback, as well as other considerations or opportunities that have emerged. These are now been presented to Cabinet for further consideration and approval.

The Cabinet are recommended to:

•        Discuss the progress outlined within this report and note the considerations outlined within section.3 in relation to consultation, workforce implications and equality implications;

•        Discuss the updated proposals appended (appendix 4-12) and consider the recommendations below:

Mental Health Review (appendix 10)

-       Note the update and commitment to review Mental Health services during 2018/19

Parking Tariffs (appendix 12):

-       Approve the updated proposal for implementation.

All other proposals

-       Approve the proposals for implementation.

Officer contact: Holly Rae, 0161 474 3014, holly.rae@stockport.gov.uk

A joint report of the Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Policy, Finance & Devolution and the Cabinet Member for Reform & Governance submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) setting out a range of growth and reform proposals to address the challenging demand and financial pressures facing the Council.

The proposals contained in the report had been subject to consultation with the public, staff or stakeholders as necessary, and where appropriate had been revised in light of the feedback received.

A further addendum to the report had been submitted (copies of which were circulated) relating to Appendix 5 (Adult Social Care proposals) and Appendix 12 (Parking Tariffs).

The Cabinet Members for Adult Social Care; Children & Family Services; Communities & Housing, and for Health outlined changes proposed to the proposals within their portfolios arising from consultations.

The Leader of the Council highlighted that the proposals were the second year of a two year budget and that the Cabinet had sought to minimise the impact on front line services and on staff during the first year, but stressed that due to the level of savings the Council was required to make it would not be possible to achieve that without some redundancies. He stated that unfortunately it was projected that 65.5 posts would need to be made redundant, but that it was planned to achieve this through a voluntary and targeted approach to minimise disruption to services.

RESOLVED – That in relation to the Cabinet Response to the MTFP Growth and Reform Programme Update:-

·         the progress outlined within this report and addendum and the considerations outlined within section 3 in relation to consultation, workforce implications and equality implications be noted;

·         approval be given to the updated proposals appended to the report and contained in the addenda and revised appendices, in particular

-      Mental Health Review (appendix 10) - the update and commitment to review Mental Health services during 2018/19 be noted;

-      Parking Tariffs (appendix 12 and addendum) - the further updated proposal be updated for implementation.

-      All other proposals including updated proposals set out in addenda to the report, be approved for implementation.