Decisions

These bespoke works are required to ensure that Council housing flats comply with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order (FSO).

Approval to award remedial fire safety works to lofts, communal ducts and flats with associated asbestos removal.

Bristol City Council have been successfully awarded funding from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to delivery energy saving measures to low-income, low-EPC rated households within Bristol and North Somerset. Bristol City Council’s Energy Service have developed the Bright Green Homes project and intend to install Solar PV systems and other energy saving measures to homes with this funding.

To award a contract to the successful tenderer for the provision of design, supply and installation of Solar PV systems to 175 homes across Bristol and North Somerset

Bristol City Council is required to set term dates for the Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools in Bristol in collaboration and co-ordination with Local Authorities in South West England, including neighbouring Local Authorities; Bath and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset. The decision was put to public consultation which was open from 14th May to 25th June 2021, Other schools, which are not Community and VC schools, are responsible for setting their own dates so these may vary from those set by BCC.

To proceed with the proposed school term and holiday dates for 2022/2023:
Term 1: Thursday 1st September 2022 to Friday 21st October 2022 (37 School Days)
Term 2: Monday 31st October 2022 to Friday 16th December 2022 (35 School Days)
Term 3: Tuesday 3rd January 2023 to Friday 10th February 2023 (29 School Days)
Term 4: Monday 20th February 2023 to Friday 31st March 2023 (30 School Days)
Term 5: Monday 17th April 2023 to Friday 26th May 2023 (29 School Days)
Term 6: Monday 5th June 2023 to Friday 21st July 2023 (35 School Days)
Total 195 School Days*
*In the school year 2022/23 pupils must attend for 190 days. School may decide which 5 days in the school year are INSET or non-contact days (days when pupils do not attend)

The use of Bristol City Council funds has attracted significant additional funding through the Home Office Grant. This additional investment in the city will enable delivery of an acquisitive crime reduction project to be undertaken in the areas of St Pauls and Portland Square. The area is currently home to approximately 1200 residential properties and is a well-used pedestrianised area for residents to access shopping areas and services. The intervention planned includes a variety of situational crime prevention initiatives such as installation of CCTV cameras, improved bicycle storage solutions, target hardening, improved community and neighbourhood watch initiatives. Implementation of these initiatives will serve to reduce acquisitive crime, reduce the fear of crime, and grow the power of these communities from within. The location for investment has been identified through analysis of crime data and engagement with partners and community groups.

To align £100,500 of council funds to access the grant awarded through the Home Office Safer Streets 2 Fund Grant. Bristol City Council will spend the combined funds on delivering a situational acquisitive crime reduction project in the area of St Pauls and Portland Square (Ashley Ward).

HIV treatment is now so effective that life expectancy for people with HIV is no different to those without, if people are diagnosed and treated promptly. However people living with HIV consistently report experiencing a poorer quality of life and poor mental health as a result of their diagnosis. Furthermore HIV stigma in society compounds these issues whilst almost impacting on individuals being tested for HIV.
This grant funding is looking to address these issues by funding a local Voluntary Brigstowe to provide support to individuals affected by their HIV diagnosis, raise awareness of the impact of HIV stigma across Bristol and drive forward the actions in the HIV Fast Track Cities Action Plan which reports to the One City Office.

To approve the decision to grant fund a local Voluntary Brigstowe to deliver the following HIV support elements from 2021/22 to 2023/24:
- Peer Support: Provide group HIV peer support to enable people to live well with HIV, be more resilient and independent.
- HIV Awareness Raising: To coordinate a team of awareness raising volunteers who live with HIV to expand opportunities to raise awareness of HIV amongst the public, the NHS and employers in Bristol.
- Tackling HIV Stigma: To support the delivery of relevant HIV stigma actions from the Bristol Fast Track Cities Action Plan and coordinate the support of the tackling stigma workstream of the Bristol Fast Track Cities Initiative. This may include developing education packages, and HIV charter and stigma survey
- Supporting other Bristol Fast Track Cities Initiative actions such as intensive support for those not engaged in treatment.

The Local Authority Compliance and Enforcement Grant is a ring fenced grant to be used for the specific purpose of COVID -19 compliance and enforcement activity only. The Director of Public Health, with the Chief Executive Officer, is responsible for advising the authority in relation to the Local Authority Compliance and Enforcement Grant and associated funding.
COVID-19 Marshalls are essential in promoting COVID secure practices. Director of Public Health recommends COVID-19 Marshalls as they will:
opromote social distancing and encourage public compliance with COVID-19 public health measures
oeducate and explain COVID-19 Secure guidelines in the public realm and for business premises
oidentify and support businesses and premises not following guidelines, escalating as appropriate
COVID-19 Marshalls will not enforce regulations or have any enforcement power. COVID-19 Marshalls will work with the police and Bristol City Council compliance and enforcement officers.

To use funding from the Local Authority Compliance and Enforcement Grant to pay for COVID-19 Marshalls, to promote COVID secure practices.

The Council is seeking to appoint to multi-disciplinary design team to develop an Integrated City Centre Development

To enter into contract with our Strategic Partner Arcadis to develop a City Centre Development and Delivery Plan in accordance with Cabinet Approval secured on 14th July 2020 and 22nd June 2021.

BCC have competitively tendered rates with the Strategic Partner and have secured the resource needed from the Partnership.

Temple Island – Strategic Partner Mobilisation. Call off 1-month mobilisation contract with Strategic Partner (Arcadis working with Arup and Mott MacDonald) for Professional Services on Temple Island.
Temple Island enabling works project is a 5-year programme of design and construction for a series of enabling works, to facilitate development of Temple Island site. The first 12 months the Council procured AECOM under the SCAPE framework to provide project management and design services to support the early (feasibility) RIBA stages of design of the works.

The Council requires a third party to deliver a specialist hay cut service and to remove the product from site. A tender process has been carried out to award a contract to carry out this work. The value of the contract awarded is potentially over £100,000.

This decision is to award a contract to deliver a conservation hay cut service on publicly accessible open space for 2021-22 and 2022-23.
Bristol has a number of heritage green spaces where managing grassland by annual conservation hay cutting has been continuous for decades and likely longer. This has resulted in rich, ecologically diverse habitats protected as Sites of Nature Conservation Interest and Sites of Special Scientific Interest.
The city also has a number of sites where annual conservation hay cutting is a more recent management regime designed to create new, ecologically diverse habitats over time. This is an important part of the city managing its parks and green spaces for the benefit of nature.

•A significant amount of work was done to reshape the IAG Grant in 2019 implementing a ‘step-change’ towards a ‘whole system’ model of integrated advice services, a referrer/citizen friendly system (see Appendix A and Ab)
•The Cabinet meeting on 3rd March 2020 approved the extension of the grant funding plan for one year to provide an opportunity to review the grant arrangement and align it with the city council strategic approach to advice and ethical debt (see Appendix B)
•This wider council project has not progressed due to Covid -19 and limited resource
•Current grant arrangements are working well, delivering benefits to Bristol Citizens and driving strategic improvements in the advice sector (see Appendix C)
•The Cabinet meeting on 3rd March approved the option to extend the current grant for a further two and a half years to 30th April 2024
•Extension of the current grant will provide stability to the advice sector at a time of high demand and allow time for Bristol City Council time to consider the strategic fit of the grant in the future.

Extension of the IAG Grant for IAG services from 1st November 2021- 30th April 2024

Finance Outturn Report 2021/22

Approve spot purchasing of Residential Care, Independent Foster Agency and Independent Special School and College placements for children and young people.