Decisions

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)          Agree that the Council’s Sports and Leisure Council will be disbanded as of 31^st March 2023

(2)          Agree that from 31^st March 2023, the funds used to support Sports and leisure grants will be retained by the Council

(3)          Agree that the future spend of funds will be subject to the criteria as set out in 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6 of the report

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)          Note the implications of the budget targets presented to Strategy & Resources Committee on 26 July 2022.

(2)          Support the changes to services and savings identified in section 3 of this report and that these are included within the budget presented to this Committee in January 2023.

(3)          Note that any additional new growth items supported by this Committee will need to be fully funded from existing budgets.

The Chair informed the Committee that items 6 (IT Strategy Review) and 8 (Horton Cemetery) of the agenda pack had been withdrawn from the agenda and would not be considered at the meeting. The Chair also informed the Committee that an additional urgent item in relation to the extension of the Interim Monitoring Officer appointment had been added to the agenda and would be considered as item 8 of the meeting.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)        Approve the extension of the Interim Monitoring Officer for a period of up to 6 months from 1 October 2022 or until the appointment of a permanent Head of Legal Services and Monitoring Officer, whichever is sooner.

Note: in the opinion of the Interim Chief Excutive and in accordance with the Paragraph 16 of the Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rules, Part 4 of the Council’s Constitution the decision on this item is considered to be urgent and is not subject to call-in.

The Committee resolved to exclude the Press and Public from the meeting in accordance with Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that the business involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act (as amended) and that pursuant to paragraph 10 of Part 2 of the said Schedule 12A the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

The following declarations were made in relation to Items of business to be discussed at the meeting:

Horton Chapel

Councillor David Gulland, Other Interest: In the interests of openness and transparency, Councillor David Gulland declared that he had been the Treasurer and a Trustee of the Horton Chapel Arts & Heritage Society, but had resigned these positions and did not consider that he had a pecuniary or prejudicial interest with regard to this item.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)        Consider the BID Business Plan as defining the scope on purpose of the BID.

(2)        Agree to support the proposed bid and authorise the Chief Executive to vote “yes” in the forthcoming ballot on behalf of the Council.

(3)        Determine (commensurate with (2) above), in its capacity as Billing Authority, not to use its right of veto under Section 51(2) of the Local Government Act 2003.

The decision on this item is recorded in a separate (not for publication) restricted Decision Notice.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)        Authorise additional funding of £55,000 from the Capital Receipts Reserve to deliver replacement boilers and controls at the Community & Wellbeing Centre.

(2)        Authorise the purchase of the equipment required now to carry out the works.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)        Appoint Members and a Chair for the Shareholder Sub Committee as required by its Terms of Reference, and set out in paragraph 3.3 of the report, namely:

·                 Councillor Neil Dallen (Chair)

·                 Councillor Hannah Dalton

·                 Councillor Graham Jones

·                 Councillor Colin Keane

·                 Councillor Kate Chinn

This item was withdrawn from the agenda and was not considered at the meeting.