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Decisions published

18/02/2020 - ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES PROCUREMENT ref: 592    Recommendations Approved

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Made at meeting: 18/02/2020 - Cabinet

Decision published: 18/02/2020

Effective from: 18/02/2020

Decision:

1.    Cabinet noted the Pre-procurement Business Case for a range of environmental services contracts (attached at appendix A of the report).

2.    Cabinet noted that the current contract for the treatment of residual waste will require a 1 year extension to align the expiry date to 31/03/2022, along with the other current key contracts.

3.    Cabinet noted that, the £80k budget earmarked to fund external consultancy advice in 2020/21, may need to be subject to an early draw down in Q4 of 2019/20. This advice being to shape detailed proposals for the procurement.

4.    Cabinet noted that this procurement would be subject to a soft market testing exercise.

5.    Cabinet noted that a new draft waste management and streetscene strategy would be subject to a public consultation.


18/02/2020 - WRITE OFF OF IRRECOVERABLE DEBTS - Exempt Appendix ref: 595    Recommendations Approved

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Made at meeting: 18/02/2020 - Cabinet

Decision published: 18/02/2020

Effective from: 18/02/2020

Decision:

This item was considered in private.


18/02/2020 - PUPIL PLACE PLANNING ref: 590    Recommendations Approved

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Made at meeting: 18/02/2020 - Cabinet

Decision published: 18/02/2020

Effective from: 18/02/2020

Decision:

1.    Cabinet noted the update on pupil place planning for Rutland.

2.     Cabinet endorsed the actions taken to address pupil place planning for Rutland.


18/02/2020 - QUARTER 3 - PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT REPORT ref: 587    Recommendations Approved

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Made at meeting: 18/02/2020 - Cabinet

Decision published: 18/02/2020

Effective from: 18/02/2020

Decision:

Cabinet noted the overall position in relation to performance so far during 2019/20 and the actions being taken to address areas of underperformance.


18/02/2020 - QUARTER 3 - FINANCE MANAGEMENT REPORT ref: 586    Recommendations Approved

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Made at meeting: 18/02/2020 - Cabinet

Decision published: 18/02/2020

Effective from: 18/02/2020

Decision:

1.    Cabinet noted the 2019/20 estimated revenue and capital outturn positions as at Quarter 3

2.     Cabinet approved the changes to the revised budget detailed in Appendix A of the report.


18/02/2020 - PROGRESS UPDATE ON ST GEORGE'S BARRACK ref: 585    For Determination

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Made at meeting: 18/02/2020 - Cabinet

Decision published: 18/02/2020

Effective from: 18/02/2020

Decision:

Cabinet noted the progress update in respect of the St George’s Project.


18/02/2020 - WRITE OFF OF IRRECOVERABLE DEBTS ref: 593    Recommendations Approved

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Made at meeting: 18/02/2020 - Cabinet

Decision published: 18/02/2020

Effective from: 18/02/2020

Decision:

1.    Cabinet noted the action taken to recover outstanding debts.

2.    Cabinet approved the write off of the debts shown in the private document at Appendix A.


18/02/2020 - PROCUREMENT OF HOME TO SCHOOL TRANSPORT SERVICES - AWARD OF CONTRACT ref: 591    Recommendations Approved

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Made at meeting: 18/02/2020 - Cabinet

Decision published: 18/02/2020

Effective from: 18/02/2020

Decision:

1.     Cabinet approved the procurement model (section 4) and criteria for the award of home to school transport (section 5 and appendix C) contracts for academic year 20/21.

2.     Cabinet delegated authority to the Strategic Director for Places in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Culture & Leisure, Highways & Transportation and Road Safety to award the contracts resulting from this procurement.


18/02/2020 - PROCUREMENT OF PUBLIC BUS SERVICES ref: 588    Recommendations Approved

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Made at meeting: 18/02/2020 - Cabinet

Decision published: 18/02/2020

Effective from: 18/02/2020

Decision:

1.    Cabinet approved the procurement model and criteria for the award of the Rutland Flyer 2 (RF2) bus service contract.

2.     Cabinet delegated authority to the Strategic Director for Places, in consultation with the Cabinet Member with portfolio for Culture & Leisure, Highways & Transportation and Road Safety, to award the contract resulting from this procurement.


18/02/2020 - REVENUE AND CAPITAL BUDGET 2020-2021 ref: 584    Recommendations Approved

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Made at meeting: 18/02/2020 - Cabinet

Decision published: 18/02/2020

Effective from: 18/02/2020

Decision:

Cabinet recommended to Council that it

a)    approves the Revenue Budget for 2020/21 detailed in Appendix 1, section 3

b)    approves that the minimum level of general reserves remains at £2m

c)    approves a Council Tax increase of 3.99% (of which 2% is for expenditure on adult social care)

d)    notes the capital programme as detailed in Section 4 of Appendix 1

e)    notes that additional revenue may be incurred in 2019/20 funded through 2019/20 underspends to be carried forward via earmarked reserves

f)     approves a surplus of £126k on the Collection Fund as at 31 March 2020 of which £108k is the Rutland share

g)    notes the responses to consultation (section 3)

h)      notes the updates since the draft budget was approved (section 2.2)

 


18/02/2020 - DELEGATION OF DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY FUNCTION AND CONTRACT ref: 589    Recommendations Approved

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Made at meeting: 18/02/2020 - Cabinet

Decision published: 18/02/2020

Effective from: 18/02/2020

Decision:

(a)  Cabinet approved the delegation of specific elements of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards function to Leicestershire County Council as set out in Section 3.1 of this report;

(b)  Cabinet approved the continuation and extension of the delegation agreement with Leicestershire County Council to undertake those elements of the function on Rutland’s behalf;

(c)  Cabinet delegated the decision on future provision of the new Liberty Protection Safeguards legislation to the Strategic Director of People, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Safeguarding Adults, once the implications of that legislation are known.

 


18/02/2020 - EXCLUSION OF THE PRESS AND PUBLIC ref: 594    Recommendations Approved

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Made at meeting: 18/02/2020 - Cabinet

Decision published: 18/02/2020

Effective from: 18/02/2020

Decision:

Cabinet agreed to exclude the public and press from the meeting in accordance with Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended, and in accordance with the Access to Information provisions of Procedure Rule 239, as the following item of business is likely to involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

 

Paragraph 3: Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

 


29/01/2020 - Pubs Discount Policy 2020/21 ref: 583    Recommendations Approved

TO APPROVE THE PUBS DISCOUNT POLICY FOR 2020/21 IN ACCORDANCE WITH CENTRAL GOVERNMENT GUIDANCE.

Cabinet authorised (report number 97/2017) that the Assistant Director (Finance), in consultation with the Cabinet member with portfolio for Growth, Trading Services and Resources (except Finance) to determine, finalise and review the Discretionary Revaluation Rate Relief Policy and other rate relief schemes in line with guidance issued by the Government and further local schemes relating to Non-Domestic Rate Relief as advised.

Decision Maker: Strategic Director for Resources

Decision published: 13/02/2020

Effective from: 29/01/2020

Decision:

The Government have advised that they will provide a £1,000 discount for public houses with a rateable value of less than 100,000 for 2020/21.
They have asked local authorities to use their discretionary power to implement the discount which will be fully funded via S31 grant.

A policy has been devised which mirrors the previous scheme approved by Cabinet (Report 97/2017)

Lead officer: Saverio Della Rocca


29/01/2020 - Discretionary Retail Discount Policy updated-2020/21 ref: 582    Recommendations Approved

TO UPDATE THE DISCRETIONARY RETAIL DISCOUNT POLICY FROM 2020/21 IN ACCORDANCE WITH CENTRAL GOVERNMENT GUIDANCE.

Cabinet authorised (report number 97/2017) that the Assistant Director (Finance), in consultation with the Cabinet member with portfolio for Growth, Trading Services and Resources (except Finance) to determine, finalise and review the Discretionary Revaluation Rate Relief Policy and other rate relief schemes in line with guidance issued by the Government and further local schemes relating to Non-Domestic Rate Relief as advised.

Decision Maker: Strategic Director for Resources

Decision published: 13/02/2020

Effective from: 29/01/2020

Decision:

The Government provided a retail discount scheme for occupied retail properties with a rateable value of less than 51,000 for each of the years 2019/20 and 2020/21. The Government have announced their intention to increase the discount for 2020/21 to 50% and requested all local authorities to apply the discount promptly.
A policy has been approved under delegation and has been updated to reflect the change

Lead officer: Saverio Della Rocca


04/02/2020 - PETITIONS, DEPUTATIONS AND QUESTIONS ref: 560    Recommendations Approved

Decision Maker: Audit and Risk Committee

Made at meeting: 04/02/2020 - Audit and Risk Committee

Decision published: 11/02/2020

Effective from: 04/02/2020

Decision:

There were none.