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Agenda and minutes

Cabinet - Thursday, 14th December, 2023 6.00 pm

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

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No. Item

95.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

The meeting was opened by the Chief Executive, Andrew Barratt.

 

In the absence of the chair Councillor S Smith was appointed as Chair of the Committee for this meeting.

 

(Moved by Councillor T Clements and seconded by Councillor A Cooper)

 

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor T Jay. It was noted that when the agenda was published, he was Deputy Leader and his apologies had been given in advance of the meeting.

 

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor J Oates. It was noted that when the agenda was published that Councillor Oates was not a member of the committee.

96.

Minutes of Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 127 KB

Minutes:

The minutes of the previous meeting held on 30th November 2023 were approved as a correct record.

 

(Moved by Councillor T Clements and seconded by Councillor A Cooper)

 

97.

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.

98.

Question Time:

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

Minutes:

There were none.

99.

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

Minutes:

There were none.

100.

Council Tax Base 2024/25 pdf icon PDF 59 KB

(Report of the Portfolio Holder for Operations and Finance)

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Report of the Portfolio Holder for Operations and Finance to report the Council Tax Base for the Borough Council for 2024/25.

 

Resolved

that Cabinet:

 

 

1.

Approved that Tamworth Borough Council resolves its calculation of the Council Tax Base for the year 2024/25 to be 23,479 (2023/24 – 23,376).

 

 

 

(Moved by Councillor P Thompson and seconded by Councillor M Summers)

 

 

 

101.

Write Offs 1 April 2023 to 30 September 2023 pdf icon PDF 77 KB

(Report of the Portfolio Holder for Operations and Finance)

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Report of the Portfolio Holder for Operations and Finance to update Members on Wite Offs for the period 1st April 2023 to 30th September 2023.

 

Resolved

that Cabinet:

 

 

1.

Endorsed the amount of debt written off for the period of 1st April 2023 to 30th September 2023 – Appendix A-E.

 

 

 

(Moved by Councillor T Clements and seconded by Councillor M Summers)

 

 

 

102.

Review of Temporary Reserves, Retained Funds and Provisions pdf icon PDF 226 KB

(Report of the Portfolio Holder for Operations and Finance)

 

Minutes:

Report of the portfolio holder for operations and finance to advise Members of the levels of reserves and to seek approval to re-purpose unspent reserves, following the recent review by CMT and the Executive Director Finance.

 

Resolved

that Cabinet:

 

 

1.

Approved the transfer of the reserves, as detailed in Appendix A,

including £135,910.36 to General Fund Balances and £67,104 to

Housing Revenue Account Balances (HRA); and

 

 

2.

Noted the current levels of reserves remaining

 

 

 

(Moved by Councillor M Summers and seconded by Councillor P Thompson)

 

 

 

103.

Scrap Metal Policy 2024 - 2028 pdf icon PDF 70 KB

(Report of the Portfolio Holder for Environmental Health and Community Partnerships)

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Report of the Portfolio Holder for Environmental Health and Community Partnerships to bring before Cabinet the outcome of the approved consultation exercise for the draft scrap metal policy 2024 – 2028. The public consultation exercise concluded on 24th September 2023.

 

Resolved

that Cabinet

 

 

1.

Considered the draft Scrap Metal Policy 2024 – 2028 as suitable for adoption, subject to the revised code of conduct being incorporated.

 

 

 

(Moved by Councillor M Summers and seconded by councillor T Clements)

 

 

 

104.

Publication of planning monitoring reports pdf icon PDF 82 KB

(Report of the Portfolio Holder for Housing and Planning)

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Report of the Portfolio Holder for Housing and Planning to seek Cabinet approval for the publication of three monitoring reports that support the Local Plan. In addition, the report seeks to delegate the publication of the Monitoring Report, the Housing Delivery Paper in future years. Furthermore, the Neighbourhood Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) allocation projects require to be determined by Cabinet.

 

Resolved

that Cabinet

 

 

1.

Approved for publication on Tamworth Borough Council’s website the report attached as Appendix A and named draft ‘Authority Monitoring Report’

 

 

2.

Approved for publication on Tamworth Borough Council’s website the report attached as Appendix B and named draft ‘Housing Delivery Paper’

 

 

3.

Delegated authority to publish future editions of the Authority’s Monitoring Report and Housing Delivery Paper to the Assistant Director – Growth & Regeneration in consultation with the Portfolio Holder responsible for planning;

 

 

4.

Approved for publication on Tamworth Borough Council’s website the report attached as Appendix C and named draft ‘Infrastructure Funding Statement’

 

 

5.

Allocated Neighbourhood CIL funding to the projects within Castle and Wilnecote ward as set out in the report.

 

 

 

(Moved by Councillor P Thompson and seconded by Councillor A Cooper)

 

 

(Cllr Clements raised a question around whether she should vote as the item sits within her ward, however after discussion it was apparent there was no DPI but the conversation was noted)

 

 

105.

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 T Clements and seconded by Councillor A Cooper)

106.

Homeless Hub & Severe Weather Emergency Protocol Arrangements

(Report of the Portfolio Holder for Housing and Planning)

 

Minutes:

Report of the Portfolio Holder for Housing and Planning to update on the Home Hub & Severe Weather Emergency Protocol Arrangements.

 

Resolved

that Cabinet:

 

 

1.

Endorsed the Home Hub service offer and associated communications/ publication detailing face-to-face contact at the five community locations which will be known as the Home Hub. (See Annex 1- Draft Leaflet provided by the partners advertising the service.)

 

 

2.

Supported the continuation of the Winter Relief scheme for the period 1st December 2023 – 28th February 2024 as approved by Cabinet on 16th March 2023. This includes enhanced support for additional units. Further to this delegating authority to the Portfolio Holder for Housing & Planning any required extension.

 

 

3.

Acknowledged, as part of the assessment conducted on the 1st November 2023, there were no (0) recorded rough sleepers.

 

 

 

(Moved by Councillor T Clements  and seconded by Councillor P Thompson)