The Cabinet's role is to implement all decisions within existing council policy and budget and to advise the full council on policies, plans, strategies and fixing the council budget and council tax. No individual member of The Cabinet has any decision making authority.
The Cabinet's full Terms of Reference and delegated functions can be found in the Council's Constitution below.
Council's Constitution (pdf 868kb opens in new window)
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The Cabinet is made up of 10 councillors, each of which is a Portfolio Holder.
| Portfolio Title |
Cabinet Portfolio Holder |
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Adult and Carer Services
- Designated lead member for adult services
- All services for adults aged over 19 years (including services for carers)
- Adult education
- Independent living
|
Cllr Richard Harrap |
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Children, Young People and Education
|
Cllr Julie Abraham |
|
Civic Wellbeing and Culture
- Leisure
- Museums
- Galleries
- Civic pride
- Sports development
|
Cllr Richard Burton |
|
Community Involvement and Performance
- Localism agenda
- Parish and town council liaison
- Community liaison
- Diversity and Voluntary Sector
- Public protection
- Community partnerships
- Performance
|
Cllr Jackie Cracknell |
|
Council Support Services
- Legal and Democratic Services
- Human Resources
- Pensions
- Support and Procurement Services
- Corporate policy
- Customer Service Centres
- Risk Management
|
Cllr Margaret Chadwick |
|
Economy, Investment and Inequalities
- Economic Development
- Inward Investment
- Renaissance Partnerships
- Tourism
- Reducing inequalities
|
Cllr Jane Evison |
|
Environment, Housing and Planning
- Environmental issues
- Waste
- Recycling
- Housing
- Planning
- Local Plan
- Transport policy
- Flood policy
|
Cllr Symon Fraser |
|
Infrastructure, Highways and Emergency Planning
- Highways and footways
- Local Transport Plan (LTP)
- Casualty reduction
- Car parking
- Emergency Planning
- Coastal and regional flooding
|
Cllr Chris Matthews |
|
Key Strategic Issues
- Asset strategy
- All major issues
- Communication
- Budget monitoring
- Capital programme
|
Cllr Stephen Parnaby, OBE (Leader)
|
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Transformation and Strategic Partnerships
- Health and wellbeing
- Policy development
- Strategic partnerships
- Transformation
|
Cllr Jonathan Owen
(Deputy Leader)
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Meetings of The Cabinet are chaired by the Leader of the Council, Councillor Parnaby, OBE.
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Meetings of The Cabinet take place on a 2 and 4 weekly cycle.
Cabinet Meetings
| Tuesday, 21 May 2013 |
10:30am |
County Hall, Beverley |
| Tuesday, 4 June 2013 |
10:30am |
County Hall, Beverley |
| Tuesday, 25 June 2013 |
10:30am |
County Hall, Beverley |
| Tuesday, 16 July 2013 |
10:30am |
County Hall, Beverley |
| Tuesday, 30 July 2013 |
10:30am |
County Hall, Beverley |
| Tuesday, 10 September 2013 |
10:30am |
County Hall, Beverley |
| Tuesday, 24 September 2013 |
10:30am |
County Hall, Beverley |
| Tuesday, 22 October 2013 |
10:30am |
County Hall, Beverley |
| Tuesday, 5 November 2013 |
10:30am |
County Hall, Beverley |
| Tuesday, 3 December 2013 |
10:30am |
County Hall, Beverley |
| Tuesday, 17 December 2013 |
10:30am |
County Hall, Beverley |
| Tuesday, 28 January 2014 |
10:30am |
County Hall, Beverley |
| Tuesday, 11 February 2014 |
10:30am |
County Hall, Beverley |
| Tuesday, 11 March 2014 |
10:30am |
County Hall, Beverley |
| Tuesday, 25 March 2014 |
10:30am |
County Hall, Beverley |
| Tuesday, 22 April 2014 |
10:30am |
County Hall, Beverley |
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Yes. All meetings of The Cabinet are open to the public but there may be some matters which will be considered in private. During such situations members of the public will be asked to leave the meeting at this point. The circumstances under which we can consider matters in private are tightly controlled by law.
However, in accordance with the Local Authorities Regulations 2012, members of the public may make representation to the Chief Executive regarding the exclusion for the considering of exempt items. For more information please see the following document:
Notice of exempt information to be considered in private by The Cabinet (pdf 62kb opens in new window)
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No. Members of the public are not permitted to ask questions or speak at Cabinet meetings.
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Agendas and reports for The Cabinet are placed on public deposit five clear working days before each meeting and can be viewed by selecting the relevant agenda or minute below.
Reports containing exempt or confidential matters will not, however, be available.
Minutes from Cabinet meetings are placed on public deposit no later than 5.00 pm on the day following each meeting and can be viewed by selecting the relevant agenda or minute below.
Please note: agendas and minutes of meetings prior to those available online may be obtained by contacting the Senior Committee Manager, Iain Edmiston:
Email: iain.edmiston@eastriding.gov.uk
Telephone: (01482) 393208
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Democratic Services
County Hall
Beverley
HU17 9BA
Please note: that there may be a charge for copying any information.
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The Forward Plan of Key Decisions contains matters which are likely to be subject of a key decisions.
The Council has defined a key decision as any decision which falls under one or more of the following definitions.
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Any decision relating to the approval of or variation to the Council’s policy framework or budget which is reserved in the Council’s constitution for determination by Full Council on a recommendation from The Cabinet (Any recommended to Council item), or
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Any decision made by The Cabinet in the course of developing proposals to the Full Council to amend the Policy Framework. This includes decisions made to amend draft policies for the purposes of consultation, or
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Any decision which will result in income, expenditure or savings with a gross full year effect of £500,000 or greater whether or not the item has been included in the relevant approved budget with the exception of expenditure which is required for the day to day provision of services (e.g. day to day supplies, payment of energy bills etc.), or
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Any decision which is likely to have a significant impact on people living or working in communities in two or more wards with the exception of decisions that involve two or more wards simply because of the carrying out of a programme of works.
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Forward Plans are prepared to cover a period of four months, beginning with the firs day of any month. They are prepared on a monthly basis and subsequent plans will cover a period beginning with the first day of the second month covered in the preceding plan.
To view the current Forward Plan of Key Decisions please click on the document below.
Forward Plan of Key Decisions (pdf 131kb opens in new window)
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