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Agenda and minutes

Cabinet - Thursday, 11th December, 2014 6.00 pm

Venue: Committee Room 1 Marmion House, Lichfield Street, Tamworth

Contact: Democratic Services  01827 709264

Items
No. Item

77.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

None

78.

Minutes of the Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 52 KB

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 27th November 2014 were approved and signed as a correct record.

 

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

79.

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.

80.

Question Time:

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

Minutes:

None

81.

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

None

Minutes:

None

82.

Public Sector Commissioning Progress Report pdf icon PDF 44 KB

(Report of the Leader of the Council)

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Report of the Leader of the Council seeking Cabinet approval to the revised terms of reference for the Tamworth Strategic Partnership (TSP) which will establish a locality commissioning function within the partnership and establish the appropriate delegations to Tamworth Borough Council officers to manage commissioning activity through the Locality Commissioning Hub in accordance with the Council’s financial guidance and governance TSP and to inform Cabinet on the progress of contracts awarded under Commissioning cycle 2 was considered.

 

RESOLVED:

That:

1

the revised terms of reference for the TSP establishing a locality commissioning function, called the Tamworth Locality Commissioning Hub, reporting to the TSP Executive Board be endorsed;

2

authority be delegated to the Chief Executive, the Director of Community, Planning and Partnership and the Director of Housing and Health to participate in the Commissioning Hub and to make commissioning decisions through the Commissioning Hub as and when appropriate in line with the Council’s financial guidance and governance of the TSP;

3

the delegated officers in the Commissioning Hub be authorised to receive monies into the Council from TSP partners and pool funding and award contracts to support joint commissioning activity as and when appropriate in line with the Council’s financial guidance and governance of the TSP;

4

the revised Public Sector Commissioning Framework reflecting the new commissioning landscape be approved;

5

the removal of the Voluntary and Community Sector Commissioning Board from the Outside Bodies List be authorised;

6

the progress made by the providers awarded contracts under the Council’s Commissioning Cycle 2 procurement exercise and the 6 month performance report on the Commissioning Cycle 2 contracts be endorsed, and;

7

the creation of the budgets up to £555,000 to facilitate the pooling of funds to the cost centre established be authorised.

 

 

(Moved by Councillor D Cook and seconded by Councillor S Claymore)

 

83.

Housing Regeneration Update pdf icon PDF 37 KB

(Report of the Leader of the Council)

Minutes:

The Report of the Leader of the Council seeking to update members regarding the current position of the Tinkers Green and Kerria regeneration project, seeking agreement of the appointment of GVA to complete the next stage of preparatory work and seeking agreement to make changes to the current year’s budget structure to ensure continued delivery of the project was considered.

 

RESOLVED:

That:

1

The contents of the report be endorsed;

2

Cabinet noted the typographical error in the recommendations and asked that for the minutes the recommendation reads “that £421,750 be vired in 2014/2015 from the Kerria budget to the Tinkers Green budget”, and;

3

GVA be appointed to undertake Stage Three preparation.

 

(Moved by Councillor D Cook and seconded by Councillor S Claymore)

 

84.

Tamworth Borough Council Revised Statement Of Licensing Policy 2015-2020 (Licensing Act 2003) pdf icon PDF 28 KB

(Report of the Portfolio Holder for Environment and Waste Management)

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Report of the Portfolio Holder Environment and Waste Management to consider the Revised Statement of Licensing Policy 2015-2020 and refer to Council for adoption on 16 December 2014was considered.

 

RESOLVED:

That:

1

the draft policy be endorsed by Cabinet and provided comments alongside the consultation which will be presented at Council on 16th December 2014, and;

2

Cabinet wish to have their thanks passed on to the Team who put a lot of time into producing the policy.

 

 

(Moved by Councillor S Doyle and seconded by Councillor D Cook)