This evening’s Full Council:

• Agreed the leadership’s Corporate Plan*
• Agreed to start off a fresh Local Plan
• Delegated to council officers the power to spend 40 per cent of its Community Infrastructure Levy strategic funds on the new Ely Leisure Centre, 25 per cent on Littleport schools, and 25 per cent on the Ely southern bypass, leaving only 10 per cent to be allocated by councillors (a change from the original proposal)*
• Agreed to set up a committee to prepare for the establishment of a Local Authority Trading Company*
• Approved new arrangements for disciplining and dismissing its most senior staff
• Appointed a new ‘Section 151 officer’, a legally required financial post.

The council papers are here if you would like to read more; and a Youtube footage of the council proceedings is on YouTube here.

I’ll post up copies separately of what I said about the items marked *.