Venue: Sparkenhoe Committee Room, County Hall, Glenfield
Contact: Miss. G. Duckworth (Tel. 0116 305 2583) Email: gemma.duckworth@leics.gov.uk
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Webcast and Order Paper. A webcast of the meeting can be viewed at https://bit.ly/2NKDhFz Additional documents:
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Urgent items. |
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Declarations of interest. |
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Provisional Revenue and Capital Outturn 2021/22. Additional documents:
Decision: (a) That the 2021/22 provisional revenue and
capital outturn be noted; (b) That the prudential indicators for 2021/22
as shown in Appendix E to the report be noted; (c)
That the
increasing pressures on the Capital Programme be noted with concern and that,
in regard to infrastructure required to support housing and economic growth in
the delivery of District Local Plans: i)
The
affordability of major road schemes (A511 and Melton Mowbray Distributor Road
North and East sections) included in the Capital Programme will be reviewed
when contract prices are received; ii)
In the
case of the other highway schemes not in the Capital Programme, financial risk
will be managed by the County Council only committing to construction upon
receipt of funds from developers, noting that increased congestion may result,
although the County Council as local highway authority will seek to mitigate
the impact through the formal planning process; iii)
In the
case of education provision, (i) the County Council will meet its statutory
requirement to provide school places, whilst (ii) financial risk will be
managed through stronger risk transfer to developers , noting that additional
school places required may have to be through transport of pupils to existing
schools; and iv)
The
District Councils as the promoters and owners of Local Plans be advised
accordingly; (d) That the net underspend of £7.9m be used for
the additional commitments as specified in the report, namely – £3.6m – budget equalisation reserve for additional
risks, £1.1m – contribution to the Transformation
earmarked fund, £3.2m – budget equalisation reserve, for the
increased risk of inflation. (KEY DECISION) REASONS FOR DECISION: To inform the Cabinet of the provisional revenue and capital outturn for
2021/22. The ways of addressing increasing pressures on the Capital Programme, particularly in regard to infrastructure required to support housing and economic growth in the delivery of District Local Plans, are detailed. |
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Draft Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Carers Strategy 2022-25. Additional documents:
Decision: a) The outcome of the engagement report findings,
attached as Appendix A, be noted; b)
The
draft joint Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland (LLR) Carers Strategy
2022-2025, attached as Appendix B, be approved for a formal six-week joint
consultation; c)
The
draft action plan, attached as Appendix D, be noted, this will be published
alongside the draft Strategy during the consultation period; d)
A
further report
be submitted to the Cabinet in the autumn presenting the outcome of the
consultation, the final LLR Carers Strategy and supporting action plan for
approval. REASONS FOR DECISION: An engagement
exercise undertaken during the summer of 2021 demonstrated that Leicestershire
Carers continue to identify with the priorities contained in the 2018-2021
Strategy. The Directors of
Adults and Communities, Children and Family Services and Public Health require
the Cabinet’s approval to undertake a formal joint consultation alongside the
partner Councils and CCGs on the priorities and actions identified for
supporting unpaid carers. Amendments may be
required to the draft Strategy following the consultation. |
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Decision: That the Cabinet notes the urgent action taken
by the Chief Executive to directly award by exception, in accordance
with Contract Procedure Rule 6b(ii), contracts for a period of six months (to
commence by no later than 31 May 2022) and with an option to extend by two
additional periods of no more than three months each, to deliver minor
adaptations for older and disabled people at home. REASONS FOR
DECISION: The Council’s Constitution (Contract Procedure Rule 6 (b))
provides that exceptions to the Contract Procedure Rules may be made by the
Cabinet where it is satisfied that an exception is justified on its merits and
that in urgent cases the Chief Executive (after consultation with the Leader or
Deputy Leader save where this is not practicable) may direct that an exception
be made subject to it being reported to the Cabinet. The exception was necessary because the current contract
with the four providers had already been extended previously and a further extension
is not possible if compliance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015 is to
be maintained. The direct award of the
contract will be compliant with the Regulations and allow the necessary time to
undertake a full re-procurement. |
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Decision: That an exception to the Contract Procedure Rules is agreed to enable
the Director of Children and Family Services to approve
the direct award of contracts to suppliers to supply Holiday Activities and
Food holiday club provision for the 2022 summer holiday period,
with a maximum, combined potential spend of £800,000. REASONS FOR
DECISION: The County Council’s Contract Procedure Rules (Part 4G of
the Constitution) require that, where the estimated value of a contract exceeds
£181,302, formal tenders must be invited. Where an exception to the Contract Procedure Rules is
required for contracts over £177,897, Rule 6 (b)(ii) provides that Cabinet
approval be obtained to the exception where this is justified on its merits.
The proposed contracts with selected
suppliers are expected to have a total value of £800,000. The circumstances and financial considerations surrounding
the proposal, explained in Part B of this report, mean that other procurement
processes are not possible in order to ensure delivery of the HAF programme
during the 2022 summer holiday period. An exception to the Contract Procedure Rules is requested as
there is insufficient time to undertake a full procurement process to put in
place contracts for the start of the school summer holidays (12th
July 2022). Work is taking place with the Commissioning Support Unit,
Legal Services and the Children and Family Services Department’s Commissioning
Service to undertake a procurement exercise (compliant with the Council’s
Contract Procedure Rules and the Public Contract Regulations 2015) to award
contracts for the remainder of the Holiday Activities and Food programme, from
winter 2022 to 2025. |
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Decision: That the Cabinet
approves the direct award of hostel- based and outreach-based support services
to Nottingham Community Housing Association and Falcon Support Services for the
period 1 July 2022 to 31 March 2024. REASONS FOR DECISION: The direct award
will enable continuity of service provision using existing service providers
whilst allowing time to review the provision as part of service
recommissioning. The Nottingham Community
Housing Association and Falcon Support Services have been delivering elements
of the existing provision via subcontract arrangements with the lead provider
(who does not wish to extend their contract) and this will give continuity of
provision. |
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Items referred from Overview and Scrutiny. |
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Exclusion of the Press and Public. The press and public are likely to be excluded during the
following items of business in accordance with Section 100(A) of the Local
Government Act 1972:- · East Midlands Development Company Limited |
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East Midlands Development Company Limited. (Exempt under Paragraphs 1, 3 and 10) Decision: (a) That the Cabinet records its concerns about
the management and governance of the East Midlands Development Company as set
out in this report; (b) That
those concerns be drawn in the first instance to the attention of the other
local authority members of the Company at statutory officer level, the local
authorities being the owners of the Company, prior to communication with the
Company; (c) That
the reply from the interim Chair of the Company to the letter from the Director
of Law and Governance of 29th April and her subsequent letter be
noted; (d) That
the Director of Law and Governance be requested to write a further letter to
the interim Chair of the Company setting out the County Council’s view that he
has a conflict of interest in respect of any matters relating to the East
Midlands Freeport being discussed by the East Midlands Development Company
Board given his role as the Chairman of a separate company which owns land in
another Freeport; (e) That
the Company be informed that the County Council is pausing its engagement with
the Company pending resolution of its concerns and will not be considering a
response to the Company’s Funding Notice until written responses to letters
from the Director of Law and Governance and any other response from the Company
have been considered by the Cabinet; (f) That
the Company and the other member authorities be informed of the County
Council’s view that a meeting of the Company Oversight Authority be called to
coincide with consideration of the findings of Tranche 1 of the work of the
Company’s commercial partner so that the political leaderships of the member
authorities and their executive bodies can give consideration to what is being
recommended in respect of the Company’s role and in Tranche 2 of their work;
and (g) That
the County Council does not support at this time a Memorandum of Understanding
between the Company and the East Midlands Freeport or any convergence of their
governance arrangments. REASON FOR
DECISION: It is necessary to
consider the County Council’s membership of the Company at the end of the first
year of operation in its current form, to seek information and justification
for the proposed funding from the County Council of £500,000 per annum and to
recognise the engagement by the Company of a commercial partner. |