Decisions

That Cabinet Member approves an allocation of £400,000 from the Feasibility Reserve in order to progress with feasibility and reviews for the above-mentioned schemes, at paragraph 4.5, in order to progress the Councils commitment to Net Zero.

That the Cabinet Member:

Approves the procurement of four new landfill leachate storage tanks for the closed landfill sites at Crich and Glapwell 2 as detailed in the report.

The nomination of a new member to the Thomas Williams Educational body of Trustees

That the Cabinet Member approves the appointment of Mrs Jayne Anders as the Derbyshire County Council representative to the Thomas Williams Foundation for a further period of 3 years

To request Cabinet Member approval for the inclusion within the small grant fund to broaden grants for decarbonisation, supporting small business to work towards a zero-carbon future.

An appended report sets out the purpose of the small grants programme and the decarbonation measures the fund will support, approved by the Green Entrepreneurs Fund Programme Board in October 2022, now seeking Cabinet Member approval.

That the Cabinet Member:

a)   notes the outputs of the review and agrees to amend the small grants criteria to include eligibility for mainstream technologies;

b)   agrees to include the requirement to assess wider community benefits as part of the grant process, include monitoring of impacts; and

c)    agrees to setting a nominal funding ceiling of £350,000 within the small grants strand of £500,000 for ‘mainstream technologies’ supported by regular monitoring information to the Programme Board to allow assessment of demand and impacts on the wider fund.

To seek approval under Protocol 2a of the Council’s Financial Regulations to utilise the North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) Framework for specialist professional services to commission a specialist independent analysis of the Derbyshire Integrated Health and Social Care System. The proposed contract will be for a period up to 6 months.

That the Cabinet Member:

     approves, under Protocol 2a of the Council’s Financial Regulations, the

     use of the North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) Framework for

     the provision of specialist professional services.

RESOLVED to

Approve the first-year costs of £0.504m for a hosted Social Care Management Solution, which include implementation costs of £0.140m, to be met from a combination of the General Reserve/additional borrowing where appropriate. Further years costs will be met from the General Reserve if necessary, as outlined at Appendix One to the report.

RESOLVED to:

Approve the revised Executive Health and Safety Policy Statement and Responsibilities.

RESOLVED to:

Approve the revised Wellbeing Strategy and its timeline for implementation.

RESOLVED to:

1)    Note the content of the report;

2)    Approve the creation and the allocation of funds to existing or new Section 106 projects identified in Appendix 2 to the report, adding them to the highways capital programme where appropriate;

3)    Approve the draft process for managing Section 106 agreements as outlined in the report;

4)    Agree to receive an annual report detailing progress and updates aligned to the annual Infrastructure Funding Statement; and

5)    Delegate amendments to the Section 106 process described in the report, and future Section 106 allocations, to the Director of Highways, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Highways, Assets and Transport.

RESOLVED to:

Approve the Youth Justice Plan and recommend it to Council for approval as part of the policy framework.

RESOLVED to:

Approve the undertaking of a procurement exercise to procure a block contract for children’s residential placements for a period of 3 years, with the option to extend for 2 further periods of 2 years, up to a maximum contract period of 7 years and for a maximum contract value of £4.5 million per year, thus totalling a maximum contract value of £31.5 million over the 7-year term. 

RESOLVED to:

1)    Approve a procurement solution of a block contract for a Creative Mentoring Programme which would incorporate the recruitment, training, and supervision of creative mentors;

2)    Approve the diversion of the current maximum spend of £200,000 per annum to a 3-year, block contract commitment of a maximum of £600,000. The funding of which to remain from unallocated Pupil Premium Plus; and

3)    Delegate the award of the contract to the Executive Director of Children’s Services.

RESOLVED to:

1)   Note the receipt/availability of s106 funding and approve allocations to the projects outlined at Appendix 2 to the report; and

2)   Note the repayment of unexpended time limited funds outlined at Appendix 2 to the report.

RESOLVED to:

1)   Note the responses to the statutory consultation on the proposed closure of Wirksworth Infant School; and

2)   Approve the closure of Wirksworth Infant School from 31 August 2023.

RESOLVED to:

1)   Approve the allocation of £743,292 to support the growth of the Adult Careers Service and, in particular, the expansion of the Youth Hub; and

2)   Note that a further request for funding will be made to Cabinet for the additional £175,000, should the funding from the Council’s Public Health and the Department of Work and Pensions not be secured.

RESOLVED to:

1)   Approve the acceptance of the 2023-24 Local Transport Plan grant from the Department for Transport to the Highways Capital Programme and gives permission to procure all necessary goods/services in accordance with the Council’s procurement protocols;

2)   Approve the proposed scheme list and budget allocations as detailed at Appendices 3 and 4 to the report;

3)   Authorise spend to start in current year on 2023-24 schemes in line with budgets set out in Appendix 4 to the report to be funded from current budget allocations held by Place Department and approved by the Director of Highways.

4)   Delegate authority to the Director for Highways to approve any changes to the programme, (within the tolerance of the overall budget).