Decisions

Cabinet approved:

1.      the Council entering into conditional agreements and an agreement for lease with Legal & General, based on the principles set out in the Heads of Terms contained within the exempt Appendix I.

Cabinet authorised:

2.      the Executive Director for Growth and Regeneration, in consultation with the Deputy Mayor Finance Governance and Performance, the S.151 Officer, and Director of Legal Services to finalise the terms and conclude all necessary legal agreements between the parties.

Cabinet approved:

3.      the allocation of £2m to the G&R Directorate to support the development of the project in line with the financial Appendix G – including further site investigation and scheme development work, whilst funding is sought to deliver the full extent of enabling works.

4.      the repurposing of EDF funding as per Appendix G, and the development and submission of funding applications of up to £32m to WoE LEP to enable BCC to implement enabling works to support the delivery of the Temple Island mixed use scheme and subject to Joint Committee approve and acceptance of the award incorporated into the council’s capital programme.

Cabinet noted:

5.      The proposed Memorandum of Understanding between the Council and L&G (at Appendix A.2) to support broader joint working within the TQEZ.

6.      Officers will keep the G&R scrutiny Commission informed and updated regarding the progress of the overall scheme.

Cabinet endorsed:

1.      the application for the enabling housing innovation for inclusive growth grant and the Council’s involvement in the partnership.

Cabinet noted:

2.      the verbal update that the bid had been successful.

Cabinet authorised:

3.      the Executive Director of Growth and Regeneration, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing, to allocate/disperse the grant funds and/or take all other steps necessary to successfully implement the Council’s element of the programme (including procuring all appropriate contracts/agreements).

To seek approval for publication of Library Strategy 2019-2024.

Cabinet approved:

1.      the Library Strategy 2020-2024

Cabinet authorised:

2.      the Executive Director Growth and Regeneration in consultation with the Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Member – Communities (Public Health, Public Transport, Libraries, Parks), Events and Equalities to implement the strategy.

Cabinet approved:

1.      the re-procurement of the contracts for domestic and sexual violence services from 1st August 2021 to 31st July 2026, with an option to extend for a further 2 years (up to 31st July 2028), at a cost of £1.36m per annum.

Cabinet authorised:

2.      the Executive Director for People in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Public Health to take all steps necessary to procure and award the contract(s).

To seek approval for procurement of a replacement software system for Revenues and Benefits function.

Cabinet approved:

1.      the procurement of a replacement Revenues and Benefits Software System and replacement of IT Infrastructure.

Cabinet authorised:

2.      the Director of Finance, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance, Governance & Performance, to:

a)      procure the Northgate solution from the approved Data and Applications Solutions framework for a term of up to 7 years;

b)      procure 3 other ancillary Revenues and Benefits  systems  for term of between 4-7 years from G-Cloud and Kent Reseller Framework;

c)      approve the implementation of additional modules and other change activities to support the rationalisation of systems (estimated to be a one off cost of approximately £225k, of which £120k to be funded from the Line of Business Reserve).

3.      the Director of Digital Transformation, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance, Governance & Performance, to:

a)      Procure a  replacement platform (servers and operating system) for the transition of the core Revenues and Benefits system to an alternative, more robust platform;

b)      transition other referenced systems to the cloud (IDOX LLPG, IDOX TLC and ESRI ARC GIS), or data archive solution (Kana Lagan and Legacy Housing Management system OHMS)

Cabinet noted:

4.         that the costs in 3 above were estimated to cost approximately £530k and were fully funded from the Line of Business Reserve.

To seek approval to commission an Occupational Health and Employee Assistance Programme Provider.

Cabinet approved:

1.      the procurement of a new OH and EAP provision for 3 years plus up to 2 years extension at a cost of £1.825m;

Cabinet authorised:

2.      the Executive Director Resources in consultation with the Deputy Mayor/Cabinet Member Finance Governance and Performance to take all steps necessary to procure and award the contract.

To seek approval to adopt the Community Led Housing Land Disposal Policy & the Self-Build Land Disposal Policy for the disposal of Council-owned sites.

Cabinet approved:

1.      the adoption of the Community Led Housing Land Disposal Policy

2.      the adoption of the Self-Build Housing Land Disposal Policy ;and

Cabinet delegated authority:

3.      to the Executive Director for Growth and Regeneration in conjunction with Director - Legal and Democratic Services and Deputy Mayor – Finance, Governance and Performance to dispose of the following sites in accordance with the Community Led Housing Land Disposal Policy:

                                i.            Land to side of Hillfields Park Community Centre, Speedwell, BS16, 4EH

                              ii.            Constable Road, (26-32), Lockleaze, BS7 9YB

                            iii.            Queens Road Car Park, Queens Road, Bishopsworth, BS13 8PH

                             iv.            Sea Mills Training Centre, The Crescent, Sea Mills, BS9 2JT

To provide update to Cabinet for period 10.

Cabinet approved:

1.      A net reallocation of £1.178m reserves as reflected in 2020 Budget report and set out in detail Appendix A;

Cabinet noted:

2.      A risk of overspend on General fund services of £6.1m for 19/20 representing 1.6% of the approved budget (Appendix A), supplementary estimates requests will be expected to balance the 2019/20 in-year position;

3.      A forecast £2.6m underspend position with regard to the Housing Revenue Account and any underspend at year-end will be carried forward and built into the future programme;

4.      A forecast £0.8m overspend for the Dedicated Schools Grant against approved budget;

5.      Risks of £0.1m overspend to be covered by ring-fenced reserves on Public health, which is being monitored;

6.      The Sundry Debt position of £20.8m over 90 days as at Period 9, slightly increased from £20.5m since P8. Individual directorate detail included under Appendix A1-6.