Decisions

Minor changes to the wording/phrasing of published school admission arrangements were required to be written in line with guidance from the Department for Education. Changes were also made for clarification, defining key terminology and the changing dates for the admissions process. The in-year application form has also been rewritten to comply with the DfE guidance.
A reduction in pupil admission numbers (PAN) at Hannah More Primary, May Park Primary and St Michael’s on the Mount Primary are required due to falling birth rates and the resulting drop in demand for primary school places. The pupil admission numbers at St Werburgh’s Primary School have been reduced due to uncertainties regarding accommodation on the school site and deadlines to set the PAN, as laid out in the School Admissions Code.

To agree the proposed school admission arrangements and co-ordinated schemes for primary and secondary schools for the 2020/2021 academic year.
To agree the proposals to reduce the Published Admission Number (PAN) at the following schools:
•Hannah More Primary - from 60 to 30
•May Park Primary – from 120 to 90
•St Michael's on the Mount CE VC Primary – from 30 to 15
•St Werburgh’s Primary School – from 56 to 28

The Brexit Project Board has assessed immediate actions required following the council's Brexit No Deal Scenario Assessment. In doing so it has taken account of that document, official government advice (including its EU Exit Preparedness Check List), regional input via SW Councils and the professional views of the Officers involved. This allocation will support the council's Brexit preparedness by providing additional resourcing for the service areas outlined above.

To approve the allocation of up to £115k of available resources to Brexit preparedness projects, with delegation for detailed expenditure within this envelope delegated to the Director: Policy, Strategy and Partnerships.
This allocation consists of:
1. Expenditure from non-ringfenced national funds of £105k in 2018/19 and up to £10k from the council's allocated reserves for:
- Community cohesion - outreach and engagement project: up to £30k
- Communications (including SME engagement/advice, community cohesion campaign, enhanced internal communications): up to £40k
-Project Support - cross skilled capacity to assist project reporting, internal/external reporting and command/control structures, Civil Protection Unit resilience: up to £45k

The Organisational Improvement Plan (2018-2023) commits to building the skills and confidence of our front-line team leaders across the organisation to do the best job they can and to enable their teams to do the same. The Bristol Leads programme is helping us to achieve this.

To procure a supplier to:
Re-run the successful Bristol Leads programme for an additional 100-130 team managers. This is a practical business focused programme to support team managers to innovate, improve and deliver services to a high standard.
Provide practical support to the 150 team managers who completed the Bristol Leads 2018 programme to get the best from their teams and to continue applying the tools and approaches to improve services.

The existing lighting equipment is dated and no longer energy efficient. The lighting is controlled by local timers, so whenever the site is open late (generally to support sports events) an engineer had to go on site to change the settings before and after. Upgrading to LED with remote access nodes will improve energy efficiency, provide better lighting on site and allow timers to be set remotely so we can respond to ad-hoc opening hours more efficiently.

To approve the payment of £127,659 to Volker Highways Ltd for replacement Lighting at Portway Park and Ride

The Council is leading a major regeneration programme in Lockleaze which will deliver new homes, new school and sustainable transport improvements. The grant funding will ensure Lockleaze Neighbourhood Trust have capacity to work collaboratively with the local community and key stakeholder, meaningfully engage them in the regeneration programme and keep them fully informed about the changes taking place in their community.

Provide Lockleaze Neighbourhood Trust £40,000 grant funding per annum for a three year period (2019 – 2021) to deliver a range of community engagement activities which will support and contribute to the delivery of the Lockleaze Regeneration Programme.