Cabinet Warrants Of Office

Deputy - Economic Services Brief The Deputy is responsible for all matters relating to the Council's affairs in respect of the economic services brief. As such, the deputy is responsible for liaising with other members of the Cabinet, particularly where matters within the brief affect other aspects of Council business or affect the Borough. The Deputy is responsible for ensuring appropriate consultation with partners and the community on matters within the economic services brief. The Deputy will work closely with a designated Cabinet Secretary.

Councillor Kieran Quinn Cabinet Deputy (Economic Services)

Terms of Reference

• To have overall responsibility for;
  • regeneration strategy including, industrial and commercial activities
  • Council land policy, usage, sales, valuations
  • Landlord role for all Council buildings (including building works), subject to Local Management of Schools requirements
  • Development and monitoring of the Council’s Assets Registers via the Cabinet Secretary (Technical and Economic Services)
  • markets and vending facilities management
  • New Deal and other employment initiatives
  • industrial and commercial liaison activities
  • resource procurement - SRB, European and Lottery funding
  • credit union and co-operatives development
  • liaison with Manchester Enterprises
  • architectural and design services
  • community enterprise services
  • Economic Development Zones
  • responsible for programme and financial monitoring of all relevant activities
  • and act as the Head of Economic Services.
• In consultation with the Executive Leader, to represent and act as an ambassador for the Authority.
• To represent the Council's views on matters of corporate or strategic policy and any other matters which are within the Deputy's terms of reference.
• To request or commission research and other studies on any matters of policy or service provision within these terms of reference.
• To appoint or nominate the Authority's representatives on outside bodies/organisations that fall within these terms of reference.
• To adopt and review on an annual basis the service plans for economic services covered by these terms of reference.
• To take up corporate membership of any appropriate body or organisation whose objectives are considered to be beneficial to the pursuit of the Authority's own activities.
• To take urgent decisions on matters which fall within the Deputy's terms of reference.
• To work with other Cabinet members on matters, as directed by the Executive Leader.
• To submit to the Cabinet;
  • proposals on how to agree annual budget allocations between services covered by these terms of reference 
  • recommendations in respect of strategic policy concerning matters covered by these terms of reference 
  • all responses to consultation papers, relating to these terms of reference, issued by the Government and outside organisations 
  • annual estimates of expenditure and income in respect of services covered by these terms of reference 
  • all policy and/or operational matters which have corporate implications or which cross the remits of other individual deputies.
• To lead on energy savings and reduction of carbon emissions within the terms of reference with particular emphasis re Council buildings.