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Agenda and minutes

Cabinet - Thursday, 18th June, 2015 6.00 pm

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

Contact: Democratic Services  01827 709264

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

None

2.

Minutes of the Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 41 KB

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 23rd April 2015 were approved and signed as a correct record.

 

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

3.

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.

4.

Question Time:

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

Minutes:

None

5.

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

None

Minutes:

None

6.

Quarter Four 2014/15 Performance Report pdf icon PDF 20 KB

(Report of the Leader of the Council)

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Report of the Leader of the Council seeking to provide Cabinet with a performance health-check was considered. 

 

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet endorsed the contents of the report. 

 

 

(Moved by Councillor D Cook seconded by Councillor R Pritchard)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.

Write Offs pdf icon PDF 28 KB

(The Report of the Portfolio Holder for Operations and Assets)

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Report of the Portfolio Holder for Operations and Assets to provide Members with details of write offs from 01 April 2014 to 31 March 2015 was considered. 

 

RESOLVED:

That Members endorse the amount of debt written off for the previous financial year

 

 

(Moved by Councillor R Pritchard and seconded by Councillor D Cook)

 

 

 

8.

Capital Outturn Report 2014/15 pdf icon PDF 666 KB

(The Report of the Portfolio Holder for Operations and Assets)

 

Minutes:

The Report of the Portfolio Holder for Operations and Assets to advise Members on the final outturn of the Authority’s Capital Programme for 2014/15 (subject to audit confirmation) and to request formal approval to re-profile specific programme budgets into 2015/16 was considered. 

 

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet

1.

endorsed the final outturn position of the 2014/15 capital programme; and

 

2.

approved for each of the projects the re-profiling of the budget

into the Authority’s Capital Programme 2014/15

 

 

(Moved by Councillor R Pritchard and seconded by Councillor D Cook)

 

 

9.

Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme 2016/17 pdf icon PDF 74 KB

(The Report of the Portfolio Holder for Operations and Assets)

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Report of the Portfolio Holder for Operations and Assets to allow Cabinet to consider any changes to the 2014 Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme and consultation questionnaire for the consultation process due to take place between July and September 2015 in relation to the 2016/17 Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme was considered.

 

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet

1.

endorsed the consultation questionnaire in relation to the 2016/17 scheme and agreed amendments to the consultation to be undertaken between July and September 2015;

 

2.

considered  the exclusion of child maintenance as income and endorsed this inclusion within the 2016/17 and future years’ questionnaire and consultation process;

 

3.

endorsed the ongoing alignment of applicable amounts with the Housing Benefit scheme from April 2016; and

 

4,

agreed any other areas to be included in the 2015/16 on line

questionnaire

 

 

(Moved by Councillor R Pritchard and seconded by Councillor D Cook)

 

10.

Delivery of Corporate Property Repairs, Compliance works and Capital Works through Solihull Framework, Agreement pdf icon PDF 41 KB

(The Report of the Portfolio Holder for Operations and Assets)

Minutes:

The Report of the Portfolio Holder for Operations and Assets to set out for Cabinet the benefits of procuring corporate property repairs, compliance works and capital works through the Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council framework agreement was considered.

 

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet

1.

agreed to Tamworth Borough Council joining the Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council framework agreement for a period of 5 years for the delivery of repairs, compliance works and capital works in relation to its corporate and investment property portfolio;

 

2.

that authority be granted to the Director of Assets and Environment to enter into a suitable contractual arrangement to facilitate delivery of this framework;

 

3.

agreed to terminate compliance contract for corporate and investment properties and deliver through SMBC framework agreement; and

 

4.

agreed that any savings generated on repairs and maintenance and the compliance works estimated to be in the region of £44k through the use of the framework are reinvested in the in the property portfolio

 

 

(Moved by Councillor R Pritchard and seconded by Councillor D Cook)

 

11.

Insurance Tender 2015 pdf icon PDF 32 KB

(Report of the Portfolio Holder for Operations and Assets)

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Report of the Portfolio Holder for Operations and Assets to advise Cabinet that the Authority’s insurance requirements will be tendered during 2015, to seek endorsement of the contract brief and to request approval to delegate authority to the Director of Finance to award the contract was considered.

 

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet

1.

endorsed the contract brief for the for the procurement of Insurance contracts;

 

2.

agreed to delegate authority to the Director of Finance to award the contracts to the successful insurers following any negotiation with the insurers to finalise the contracts;

 

3.

endorsed the continual use of the current insurance Reserves for self-insurance liabilities;

 

4.

agreed that Terrorism cover is not required; and

 

5.

endorsed that part of any premium reductions achieved are utilised to establish funds, at an appropriate level, to cover the potential future impact on revenue budgets of increased excesses.

 

 

(Moved by Councillor R Pritchard and seconded by Councillor D Cook)

 

12.

ASB, Crime and Policing Act 2014 Implementation pdf icon PDF 63 KB

(Report of the Portfolio Holder for Communities and Public Health)

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Report of the Portfolio Holder for Communities and Public Health to review and agree the operating processes for the use of Community Protection Notices, Public Space Protection Orders and Community Trigger as defined in the ASB, Crime and Policing Act 2014 was considered.

 

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet

1.

approved the processes outlined to implement the legislation; and

 

2.

endorsed the level of Fixed Penalty to be set at the maximum permissible within the legislation (currently £100 reduced to £85 for prompt payment.

 

 

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