Agenda

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Contact: Karon Hadfield 

Items
No. Item

1.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

2.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 115 KB

To agree that the following minutes be confirmed as a true record and signed by the Chair:-

 

(a)      Tuesday 17 August 2021.

 

(b)      Wednesday 25 August 2021

 

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3.

DISCLOSURE OF MEMBERS' INTERESTS

Unless already entered in the Council’s Register of Members’ interests, members are required to disclose any personal interest (which includes any disclosable pecuniary interest) they may have in any of the items included on the agenda for the meeting in accordance with the Code of Conduct adopted by the Council on 4 July 2012, and are reminded that if they have any personal interests of a prejudicial nature (as defined under paragraph 17 of the Code Conduct) they must not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must leave the room. NB Any member needing clarification must contact Legal Services, on 01670 623324. Please refer to the guidance on disclosures at the rear of this agenda letter.

4.

REPORT OF THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LOCAL SERVICES AND REGENERATION pdf icon PDF 190 KB

          The Northumberland Line

 

To provide Cabinet with an update on progress on the Northumberland Line project in the last 12 months including the achievement of several significant milestones and an overview of the next stages of the project and their funding implications (Appendix A).

The report of the CSEG OSC on this matter will be circulated when the Committee has met.

 

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5.

REPORT OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE pdf icon PDF 153 KB

Private Sector Housing Strategy 2021 – 2023

 

The report presents Cabinet with the draft Private Sector Housing Strategy 2021-2023, providing details of the proposed strategic objectives for the Council’s Private Sector Housing Service for the following three years (Appendix B).

The report of the Communities and Place OSC is attached to the back of the report.

 

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6.

REPORT OF THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND SECTION 151 OFFICER pdf icon PDF 775 KB

Financial Performance 2021-22 - Position at the end of June 2021

 

The purpose of the report is to ensure that the Cabinet is informed of the current financial position for the Council against the Budget for 2021-22 (Appendix C).

 

7.

REPORT OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE pdf icon PDF 201 KB

Seaton Valley Neighbourhood Plan

 

To seek approval to formally ‘make’ the Seaton Valley Neighbourhood Plan. The Plan passed independent examination in May 2021. A local referendum held in the Parish of Seaton Valley on 29 July 2021 returned a majority vote in favour of using the Plan to make decisions on planning applications. The Council is now obliged by statute to make the Neighbourhood Plan unless it considers that doing so would breach European Union obligations (Appendix D).

 

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8.

REPORT OF THE SERVICE DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC COMMISSIONING AND FINANCE pdf icon PDF 102 KB

Summary of New Capital Proposals considered by Officer Capital Strategy Group

 

The following report summarises proposed amendments to the Capital Programme considered by the officer Capital Strategy Group via email on 6 August 2021 (Appendix E).

9.

URGENT BUSINESS

To consider such other business as, in the opinion of the Chair, should, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency.

PART II

It is expected that matters included in this part of the Agenda will be dealt with in private.  Reports referred to are enclosed for members and officers only, coloured pink and marked "Not for Publication".

10.

EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC

The Committee is invited to consider passing the following resolution:

 

(a)    That under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item on the Agenda as it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A of the 1972 Act, and

 

(b)    That the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure for the following reasons:-

 

Agenda Items          Paragraph of Part I of Schedule 12A

 

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

 

AND                         The public interest in maintaining this exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure public interest in disclosure because of the commercially sensitive nature of the content.

 

                               

12                             3

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

 

AND                         The public interest in maintaining this exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure public interest in disclosure because of the importance of ensuring that the Council is able to make use of commercially sensitive information shared by care providers, and because of the need to ensure that the fairness of the forthcoming procurement process is not compromised.

 

                               

11.

MINUTES

Confidential minutes of the meeting of Cabinet held on Tuesday 17 August 2021, as circulated, to be confirmed as a true record and signed by the Chair.

 

12.

REPORT OF THE SERVICE DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC COMMISSIONING AND FINANCE

Tender Approval for Statutory Maintenance Contracts

 

Property Services currently engages a number of maintenance contractors to provide statutory maintenance services for the Council’s property portfolio. These contracts were last tendered in April 2016 for a period of 4 years with a 2 year extension and therefore are due to expire on 31st March 2022. The purpose of the report is to seek authorisation to re-tender these contracts in readiness for 1st April 2022 (Appendix F).