Decisions

That the Cabinet Member for Corporate Services and Budget approves the sum of £154K being allocated from the Corporate Feasibility Assessment Reserve to progress Option 2 (section 6b) to fund the two permanent G11 and G8 Facilities Budget Monitoring Officers posts within Corporate Property over 2 years.

RESOLVED: to

1)    Approve the setting up of a Reserve for Highways Drainage; and

2)    Approve the transfer of any unspent Revenue Pressures from 2022-23 given for Highway Drainage into this reserve.

RESOLVED:

To note the current position on the monitoring of Capital schemes.

RESOLVED:

To approve the recommendations as detailed in the not for publication report. 

RESOLVED: to

1)    Note the significant progress that has been made in delivering the Key Cycle Network across Derbyshire;

2)    Approve the proposed forward plan of activities as set out in section four of the report, including a series of community engagement exercises, subject to all planned funding being confirmed;

3)    Approve to accept the Active Travel Capability and Ambition Fund Grant 2022 od £285,069 to undertake further feasibility and business case development for sustainable travel opportunities;

4)    Note the submission of a bid to the Active Travel Fund Tranche 4 which has been developed in consultation with the Executive Director of Place, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for  Infrastructure and Environment; and

5)    Delegate authority to the Executive Director of Place, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Infrastructure and Environment to modify the planned Key Cycle Network delivery programme as required, providing it remains consistent with the Council’s priorities and aspirations for sustainable travel.

RESOLVED to:

1)    Note the progress made on implementing the Low Emissions Vehicles Infrastructure Strategy as set in paragraph 4.7 of the report;

2)    Approve the launch of an online community engagement exercise to create a robust evidence base and more clearly define where resident, business and visitor demand for public charge points exist;

3)    Approve the proposed strategic approach to creating and delivering a comprehensive network of electric vehicle charge points across the County as set out in the report;

4)    Delegate to the Executive Director of Place, in association with the Cabinet Member for Infrastructure and Environment, the authority to amend or modify the strategic approach to charge point delivery as required, if it remains consistent with the Council’s approved Low Emissions Vehicles Infrastructure implementation;

5)    Approve the framework procurement  approach that utilises Oxford City Council Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) framework, as set out in 4.21 of the report;

6)    Note that further monitoring and evaluation reports will be submitted for member consideration for this stage of work prior to commencing the next phase of the Low Emissions Vehicles Infrastructure implementation; and

7)    Note that the Council will explore opportunities and submit bids where applicable for further grant funding through the Office for Zero Emission Vehicle and Low Emissions Vehicles Infrastructure fund.

RESOLVED: to

1)    Note the national Early years funding rates for 2023-24;

2)    Note the changes in the Teachers Pay Grant and Teachers Pension Employer Contributions funding arrangements and funding rates for 2023-24;

3)    Approve the changes to the Early Years Single Funding Formula allocations for 2023-24 as set out in section 4.2 of the report; and

4)    Note the central Early Years budgets approved by the Schools Forum.

RESOLVED: to

1)    Note the high needs settlement for 2023-24;

2)    Approve the places commissioned in Appendix three of the report;

3)    Approve the increase to special school, support centre and ER Element 3 profiles in top ups as set out in section 4.2, Appendix 4 of the report;

4)    Approve the central high needs budgets in Appendix five of the report; and

5)    Agree to accept the Forum’s request to de-delegate funds for the functions listed in section 4.6 of the report.

RESOLVED: to agree

1)    the authority’s refreshed Council Plan 2023-25 and recommend the Plan to Full Council for approval;

2)    the authority’s refreshed Council Plan Delivery Plan 2023-24 and recommend the Delivery Plan to Full Council for approval; and

3)    the authority’s refreshed Departmental Service Plans 2023-25 and recommend them to Full Council for approval.

RESOLVED:

To approve the grant expenditure plan for the Contain Outbreak Management Fund for 2022-23 and 2023-24 as set out in Appendix two of the report.

RESOLVED: to

1)    Note and agree the update of Council Plan performance and the Revenue Budget position/forecast outturn for 2022-23 as at 31 December 2022 (Quarter 3);

2)    Note the position on General and Earmarked Reserves;

3)    Approve that an earmarked reserve be established to be used to carry out the activities set out in the Homes for Ukraine guidance and to contribute to this reserve any un-ringfenced “tariff grant” received for the Homes for Ukraine scheme; and

4)    Approve the contribution of £3.155m Business Rates Relief Reconciliation 2021-22 Section 31 Grant income to the Business Rates Risks earmarked reserve.

To seek Cabinet Member approval for an extension to the contracts for the Derbyshire Domestic Abuse Support Services and the Derbyshire Domestic Abuse Helpline at a cost of £0.243m. These extensions will maintain the enhanced capacity within the commissioned Domestic Abuse Services up until end March 2024, in order to meet continued high demand.

That the  Cabinet Member:

Approves an extension of the contracts for the Derbyshire Domestic

Abuse Support Service and the Derbyshire Domestic Abuse Helpline,

at a cost of £0.243m, to maintain enhanced capacity of the

commissioned Domestic Abuse Services up until the end of March

2024, to meet continued high demand.

The Cabinet Member:

1) Declined the request for the introduction of a controlled pedestrian crossing on Mansfield Road, Clowne.

2) Declined the request to introduce various pedestrian refuges along Mansfield Road.

3) Acknowledged that Clowne Parish Council were actively seeking permission to install a SID on Mansfield Road.

The purpose of this report is to present a Project Proposal for the restoration of an approximate one-mile section of the Chesterfield Canal at Renishaw.
The Cabinet Member is recommended to:

a)Approve the delivery of the Project Proposal to restore the one-mile section of the Chesterfield Canal at Renishaw in compliance with The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, and subject to the revised cost estimate to be identified by the Principal Designer being affordable against the project’s overall budget of £0.433m.

b)Approve the appointment of the Chesterfield Canal Trust as the Principal Contractor in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding executed between the Council and the Trust on 14 September 2015.

c)Approve the allocation of a (previously approved) Council budget of £0.233m for the project’s delivery.

d)Approve in principle the Council agreeing a revised partnership Memorandum of Understanding with the Chesterfield Canal Trust to include a commitment from the CCT to contribute £0.200m towards the overall budget for the Project Proposal’s delivery.

e)Delegates authority to the Director of Legal and Democratic Services, in consultation with Executive Director – Place, to agree the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of the Council and then to enter into the agreement.

That the Cabinet Member:

a)     Approves delivery of the Project Proposal to restore the one-mile section of the Chesterfield Canal at Renishaw in compliance with The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, and subject to the revised cost estimate to be identified by the Principal Designer being affordable against the project’s overall budget of £0.433m made up as detailed in (c) and (d) below

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b)     Approves the appointment of the Chesterfield Canal Trust as the Principal Contractor in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding executed between the Council and the Trust on 14 September 2015.

c)     Approves the allocation of a (previously approved) Council budget of £0.233m for the project’s delivery.

d)     Approves in principle the Council agreeing a revised partnership Memorandum of Understanding with the Chesterfield Canal Trust to include a commitment from the CCT to contribute £0.200m towards the overall budget for the Project Proposal’s delivery.

e)     Delegates authority to the Director of Legal and Democratic Services, in consultation with Executive Director – Place, to agree the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of the Council and then to enter into the agreement.

That the Cabinet Member approves the continuation of payments to VCS organisations providing specialist advice services for a twelve-month period from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 as set out in this report.

That the Cabinet Member approves the continuation of payments to VCS organisations providing BME support and consultation services for a twelve- month period from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 as set out in this report.

The Cabinet Members for Health and Communities approved the:

a)       Extension of the physical activity grant funding awarded to each District and Borough Council for the delivery of Exercise by Referral, Walk Derbyshire and Active Fostering services to the sum of £0.422m, noting the full breakdown of allocations outlined in 4.13 from 01 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.

b)       Extension of the grant funding for the Jog Derbyshire programme delivered by Peak Running CIC to the sum of £0.070m from 01 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.