Agenda and minutes

Councillor Hart declared a non-pecuniary interest in item 10 as a Member of the Board of the Active Partnership Trust.

Minority Group Leaders in attendance at the meeting are able to ask questions on agenda items. Any questions should be provided in writing no later than 12 noon on the day before the meeting.

None received.

RESOLVED:

To approve as a correct record, the minutes of the meeting held on 28 July 2022.

Councillor S Spencer introduced a report, which had been circulated in advance of the meeting, informing Cabinet of the latest Capital budget monitoring position as at 30 June 2022.

RESOLVED to:

Note the current position on the monitoring of Capital schemes.

Councillor S Spencer introduced a report, which had been circulated in advance of the meeting, seeking approval for the proposed timetable for the Council’s 2023-24 budget preparation and procedures and the associated consultation arrangements. 

RESOLVED to:

1)   Approve the timetable for completion of the 2023-24 budget, including arrangements for consultation with stakeholders and the carrying out of an assessment of the need for a full equality impact assessment on budget saving proposals;

2)   Note the proposals for reviewing and updating the Five Year Financial Plan; and

3)   Note the arrangements for reviewing Earmarked Reserves and updating the General Reserve projections.

Councillor K S Athwal introduced a report, which was circulated in advance of the meeting, seeking approval of the new Derbyshire and Derby Road Safety Partnership Strategy.

RESOLVED to:

1)   Approve the new Derbyshire and Derby Road Safety Partnership Strategy set out at Appendix 2 to this report; and

2)   Agree to a new Derbyshire killed and seriously injured (KSI) road casualty reduction target for the year 2030, of 33% of the baseline mean annual KSI figure for the five-year period 2015 to 2019.

Councillor K S Athwal introduced a report, which had been circulated in advance of the meeting, seeking approval to progress the A5012 Safer Roads Fund Major Project.

RESOLVED to:

1)    Approve the progress of the A5012 Safer Roads Fund Major Project to the Consultation and Public Engagement process;

2)    Confirm receipt of and accept the Department for Transport Grant at the confirmed value of £3.079m for the Safer Roads Fund A5012 “Via Gellia” Cromford to Newhaven project, and that this Grant Value/Project Budget should be confirmed in the 2023-24 Capital Programme; and

3)    Confirm that the outcome of the Consultation, together with the final scheme design and procurement strategy, will be reported back to Cabinet for approval.

Councillor K S Athwal introduced a report, which had been circulated in advance of the meeting, seeking approval to progress the A5004 Safer Roads Fund Major Project.

RESOLVED to:

1)   Approve the progress of the A5004 Safer Roads Fund Major Project to the Consultation and Public Engagement process;

2)   Confirm receipt of and accept the Department for Transport Grant at the confirmed value of £2.54 million for the Safer Roads Fund A5004 “Long Hill” Buxton to Whaley bridge project, and that this Grant Value/Project Budget should be confirmed in the 2023-24 Capital Programme; and

3)   Confirm that the outcome of the Consultation, together with the final Scheme Design and Procurement Strategy, will be reported back to Cabinet for approval.

Councillor C Hart introduced a report which had been circulated in advance of the meeting, seeking approval to change the grant funding of physical activity interventions to a commissioned approach.

RESOLVED to approve the approach to Public Health physical activity provision as set out in this paper:

1)   Derbyshire County Council Public Health entering negotiations to develop of a partnership agreement (as outlined in the Council’s Financial Regulation’s, pages 111 to 115) with Active Partners Trust, and current providers, district and borough councils and SHIFT, who deliver Exercise by Referral, Walk Derbyshire, a programme for Looked after Children and Jog Derbyshire;

2)   The development of a partnership agreement to achieve the aims and objectives of the Council by the most effective means and to improve service delivery by maximising and sharing the use of resources and forging new relationships and ways of working;

3)   The negotiation of a partnership agreement which will involve all parties for the first year to ensure that a new model of services is developed, and all legal requirements are met. With the intention to move towards a sole provider model in year 2 with Active Partners Trust (Active Derbyshire) becoming the lead commissioning body; and

4)   Agrees that the Director of Public Health approves the associated service specification and partnership agreement.

Councillor C Hart introduced a report, which had been circulated in advance of the meeting, seeking approval to utilise the Contain Outbreak Management Fund.

RESOLVED to:

Approve usage of the Contain Outbreak Management Fund to grant fund Derbyshire Mind to lead the development and provision of systemwide support and training for services working with residents in Derbyshire to have trauma-informed conversations that recognise the impact of trauma and how residents can be supported to engage in health protecting and health promoting behaviours, including minimising disease transmission. Work will start October 2022 and run to March 2024, with grant funding expended by March 2023, at a cost of £0.495m with funding coming from the Contain Outbreak Management Fund.

Councillor C Hart introduced a report, which had been circulated in advance of the meeting, asking Cabinet to note that the Health and Wellbeing strategy had been recently refreshed.

RESOLVED to note that:

1)   The Health and Wellbeing Board approved the final version of the refreshed Health and Wellbeing Strategy;

2)   The refreshed Health and Wellbeing Strategy has been published; and

3)   A full strategy refresh will take place in 2023.

Councillor C Hart introduced a report, which had been circulated in advance of the meeting, outlining the Council's support of the implementation of the Homelessness Strategy from a partnership perspective.

RESOLVED to:

1)    Note the Derbyshire Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy;

2)    Endorse the principle of the Derbyshire Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy and recognise that people at risk of homelessness may be in need of public health or other service support;

3)    Note that Derbyshire County Council does not have overall responsibility for housing and homelessness; and

4)    Note that the Council supports the implementation of the Derbyshire Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy from a partnership point of view.

Councillor T King introduced a report, which had been circulated in advance of the meeting seeking Cabinet approval for the Council to act as the accountable body for the Government’s three year Multiply programme for Derbyshire.

RESOLVED to:

1)   Approve that the Council acts as the accountable body for the Government’s three year, Multiply programme for Derbyshire covering the financial years 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25 and any associated grant funding awarded by government for the period;

2)   Delegate authority to the Executive Director of Place to undertake any operational decisions required to implement the Multiply programme within Derbyshire.  This will allow the Council to respond flexibly and effectively to any challenges, risks and opportunities that occur during the grant period and maintain our ability to swiftly adopt delivery as required; and

3)   Accept the total Grant funding from the Department for Education, split over the three years of the Programme.

Councillor S Spencer introduced a report, which had been circulated in advance of the meeting, that presented the Executive's Forward Plan for the period 1 September to 31 December 2022 for discussion.

RESOLVED:

To note the contents of the Forward Plan attached at Appendix 2 to the report.

To move “That under Regulation 4 (2)(b) of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England)  Regulations 2012, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that in view of the nature of the items of business, that if members of the public were present, exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 would be disclosed to them.”

RESOLVED:

That under Regulation 4(2)(b) of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that in view of the nature of the items of business, that if members of the public were present, exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 would be disclosed to them.

RESOLVED:

To approve as a correct record, the exempt minutes of the meeting held on 28 July 2022.

RESOLVED:

To approve the recommendation in the not for publication report.

RESOLVED:

To approve the recommendation in the not for publication report.

RESOLVED:

To approve the recommendations in the not for publication report.