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Agenda and minutes

Cabinet - Thursday, 15th December, 2022 6.00 pm

Venue: Town Hall, Market Street, Tamworth. View directions

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Items
No. Item

88.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors S Doyle and T Clements.

89.

Minutes of the Previous Meetings pdf icon PDF 144 KB

To receive the minutes of the previous two meetings.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 10th November 2022 and 1st December 2022 were approved as a correct record.

 

(Moved Councillor R Pritchard and seconded by Councillor A Farrell)

90.

Declarations of Interest

To receive any declarations of Members’ interests (pecuniary and non-pecuniary) in any matters which are to be considered at this meeting.

 

When Members are declaring a pecuniary or non-pecuniary interest in respect of which they have dispensation, they should specify the nature of such interest.  Members should leave the room if they have a pecuniary or non-pecuniary interest in respect of which they do not have a dispensation. 

Minutes:

There were no Declarations of Interest.

91.

Question Time:

To answer questions from members of the public pursuant to Executive Procedure Rule No. 13

Minutes:

There were no questions

92.

Matters Referred to the Cabinet in Accordance with the Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rules

Minutes:

This item was dealt with after exclusion of the press and public.

93.

UK Shared Prosperity Fund - delivery pdf icon PDF 248 KB

(Report of the Leader of the Council)

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Report of the Portfolio Holder for Skills, Planning, Economy & Waste to update Cabinet on proposals to deliver the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) allocation in Tamworth and to establish relevant governance and operational

Structures

 

RESLOVED:

That Cabinet

 

1.

Approved the Governance for delivering the UKSPF for Tamworth

 

2.

Delegated authority to the Head of Economic Development in consultation with the Assistant Director Growth and Regeneration and the Portfolio Holder for Skills, Planning, Economy & Waste to establish all relevant budgets, processes and procedures.

 

3.

Approved the spend profile & associated budgets totalling £2,328,244 funded from UKSPF across three years.

 

4.

Approved the approach to commissioning projects for year one.

 

 

(Moved by Councillor J Oates and seconded by Councillor R Pritchard)

 

94.

Council Tax Base 2023/24 pdf icon PDF 102 KB

(Report of the Portfolio Holder for Finance, Risk and Customer Services)

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Report of the Portfolio Holder for Finance, Risk and Customer Services to report the Council Tax Base for the Borough Council for 2023/24.

 

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet

 

 

Approved that Tamworth Borough Council resolves its calculation of the Council Tax Base for the year 2023/24 to be 23,376 (2022/23 – 22,968).

 

 

(Moved by Councillor M Bailey and seconded by Councillor R Pritchard)

 

 

95.

Write Offs 1 April 2022 to 30 September 2022 pdf icon PDF 138 KB

(Report of the Portfolio Holder for Finance, Risk and Customer Services)

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Report Of the Portfolio Holder for Finance, Risk And Customer Services to update cabinet on write offs – 1st April 2022 – 30th September 2022

 

 

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet

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Endorsed the amount of debt written off for the period 1st April 2022 to 30th September 2022

 

 

(Moved by Councillor M Bailey and seconded by Councillor R Pritchard)

 

 

 

96.

Infrastructure Funding Statement 2021/22 pdf icon PDF 85 KB

(Report of the Portfolio Holder for Skills, Planning, Economy & Waste)

Additional documents:

Minutes:

 

Report of the Portfolio Holder for Skills, Planning, Economy & Waste to seek Cabinet approval for the publication of the Infrastructure Funding Statement for 2021/22. Additionally, approval is sought for the allocation of £20,000 of neighbourhood CIL funds to projects proposed by ward members.

 

 

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet

1.

Approved that Regeneration projects within Tamworth remains the priority for spending the strategic element of CIL.

 

 

2.

 

Approved the draft Infrastructure Funding Statement at Appendix A for publication on the Council’s website subject to confirmation of the final figure.

 

 

3.

Approved £20,000 of CIL neighbourhood funds to be allocated to the projects proposed by the members for Spital and Wilnecote (£10,000 to each).

 

 

 

(Moved by Councillor J Oates and seconded by Councillor M Bailey)

 

 

 

 

 

97.

Statements of Common Ground on Planning Issues pdf icon PDF 109 KB

(Report of the Portfolio Holder for Skills, Planning, Economy & Waste)

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Report of the Portfolio Holder for Skills, Planning, Economy & Waste to seek Cabinet approval for the signing of Statements of Common Ground with South Staffordshire District Council and the councils in the Greater Birmingham and Black Country Housing Market Area.

 

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet

1.

Granted approval for the signing of the Statement of Common Ground with South Staffordshire District Council.

Authority is delegated to the Assistant Director Growth & Regeneration and the Portfolio Holder for Skills, Planning, Economy & Waste to make any final minor amendments to and sign the documents

2:

Granted approval for the signing of the Statement of Common Ground with the councils in the Greater Birmingham and Black Country Housing Market Area; and

3.

Approved the delegation of authority to the Assistant Director Growth & Regeneration and the Portfolio Holder for Skills, Planning, Economy & Waste to make any final minor amendments to and sign the documents

 

 

 

(Moved by Councillor J Oates and seconded by Councillor A Farrell)

 

 

 

98.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

To consider excluding the Press and Public from the meeting by passing the following resolution:-

 

“That in accordance with the provisions of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meeting and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012, and Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the following business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act and the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public  interest in disclosing the information to the public”

 

At the time this agenda is published no representations have been received that this part of the meeting should be open to the public.

 

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

That members of the press and public be now excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item on the grounds that the business involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

 

(Moved by Councillor J Oates and seconded by Councillor R Pritchard)

 

 

99.

Matters referred to Cabinet in accordance with the Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rules

(To receive the Report of the Chair / Vice-Chair with the recommendations of the Infrastructure Safety & Growth Scrutiny Committee)

Minutes:

Report of the Chair / Vice Chair of the Infrastructure Safety & Growth Scrutiny Committee

 

Executive Summary

 

The following Committees have referred the following matters to Cabinet:

 

Infrastructure Safety & Growth Scrutiny

Transport Integration Update

22nd November 2022

 

Purpose

To update Cabinet and to make recommendations to it following consideration of matters by the Scrutiny Committees.

 

 

RESOLVED :

That Cabinet

1.

Agreed to task relevant Officers to liaise with the partner organisations to identify any funding sources for the development of additional public transport links within the Borough; and

 

2.

Agreed that with immediate effect the report is referred to the County Council’s Prosperous Staffordshire Scrutiny Committee requesting they carry out a feasibility study into public transport opportunities to benefit wider Staffordshire. 

 

 

 

(Moved by Councillor J Oates and seconded by Councillor M Bailey)