Decisions

1) Agreed that Bristol City Council accepts the funding and through a formal legal agreement with the participating West of England Authorities passports the approved Department for Transport funding to each of the authorities as outlined in their individual bids. Bristol City Council will be the lead authority on Bids 1 and 3 with South Gloucestershire Council leading on Bids 2 and 4.

2) Agreed that the Service Director for Transport is given delegated authority to undertake all necessary procurement activities and enter into contractual arrangements with the successful tenderer(s) to carry out the works as specified in the bids.

1) Approved the proposed three thematic Priorities and Technical Assistance scheme for the £1 million Port Communities Resilience Fund and their respective capital allocations;

2) Approved the objectives, criteria and delivery plans for the Community Facilities Grant Scheme and its public launch in August / September 2017, and to delegate the award and distribution of grants (including signature of grant agreements) to the Strategic Director Neighbourhoods in consultation with Cabinet Member - Resources;

3) Approved the delegation of further decisions to approve final delivery plans for schemes under the Jobs & Enterprise and High Streets priorities to the Strategic Director HR, Change & Communications, Business Change in consultation with the Cabinet Member – Resources.

1) To note the contents of this report, specifically the projected outturn position at period 3 2017/18 of £8.5m, and work in progress to develop a package of proposed management actions to mitigate overspends (Section 3 & 11), projected delivery against planned efficiency savings (Section 8), movement in the Capital Programme of £10.1m, movement on reserves (Section 9) and the current Aged Debt Analysis (Section 10).

2) To note the seriousness of school reserves as at 31 March 2017, forecasted outturn of the Dedicated Schools Grant and an anticipation that a number of schools will be in a deficit position by end of 2017-18 (Section 5).

3) To note that Strategic Directors / Service Directors will continue to review the levels of over and underspends and reallocate budgets to remain within the directorate service allocations for 2017/18 and hold funds in ‘abeyance’ to assist in offsetting the overspends should the mitigation action not have the desired impact. A further update will be brought back to Cabinet for its meeting of the 19th September.

1)         Agreed to support the re-development of Callowhill Court in Broadmead

             as an important part of our City Centre strategy.

2)         Agreed, in-principle, for the Council to use Compulsory Purchase Order

Powers if necessary, to enable the development of Callowhill Court. The powers will be used if BALP are not able to agree to terms with the various leasehold interests that need to be acquired prior to re-development. The use of the powers will be subject to a list of  preconditions (to be developed, but to include a formal request being made by BALP that the Council makes a CPO, planning permission in place, development agreement in place and BALP to cover all related costs) in accordance with the CPO legislative framework.  

3)         Agreed that if CPO is required and all pre-conditions have been met then the

             decision will be brought back to Cabinet for final resolution.

1)  Approved the increase in budget for the MetroBus programme of £6.834 million to meet the current forecast budget pressure;

2)  Agreed to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Bristol City, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset Unitary Authorities to ensure that a properly qualified team are employed and provided with the necessary resources to process and adjudicate claims made under Part 1 of the Land Compensation Act;

3)  Agreed to delegate authority to the Service Director for Property, to approve settlement terms and payment for valid Part 1 Claims.

Approved the extension of the current Rough Sleeper Service contract from 1st October 2017 for a period of two years until 30th September 2019 and assimilate the grant funding for Business in the Community into the two year extension.

Approval and authorisation to carry out a procurement exercise and enter into a new contract that will deliver a full Recruitment Package for our Bristol school customers and generate income through a supplier rebate based on volumes.