Decisions

RESOLVED

That Cabinet agree the proposed hourly tariff, charging period, and season ticket pricing for the new Piries Place car park as set out within this report

Reasons for Recommendations

i)       The Piries Place car park investment justification assumed an increase in tariff.

ii)      Continue the consistent pricing approach within the town centre

iii)     Usage data is not available to inform this process, the tariff has been set the same as local car parks

There were no matters of special urgency to be considered.

RESOLVED

Cabinet approved that:

i)          A single item charge of £20 and subsequent items at £14.

ii)         A 50% discount available to those in receipt of benefits.

iii)        a free of charge service for those in receipt of benefits over the state Pension age be continued.

Reasons for Recommendations

i)          The Council can continue to provide a bulky waste reuse and recycling programme

ii)         The Council needs to introduce a revised charging structure that will allow a sustainable service to be provided. The proposed charges are in line with neighbouring authorities and they still represent a reasonable charge for service.

iii)        The revised discount of 50% takes in to account individual financial circumstance, offering a comparable discount to that offered by other neighbouring authorities iv) The free of charge service offered to those in receipt of benefits who are of state pension age remains unchanged.

RESOLVED

That Cabinet delegate authority to the Director of Place to enter into a contract with the successful contractor as detailed in Appendix 1 on the terms recommended.

Reasons for Recommendations

For the Council to continue to carry out planned, preventative and reactive works to the Council’s property portfolio.

RESOLVED

That Cabinet:

i)          delegate to the Director of Corporate Resources, in consultation with the Cabinet Lead for Finance & Assets, to award the contract for the provision of telephony after the tender process is complete.

Reasons for Recommendations

In line with the Constitution Cabinet would normally (approve the) award any contract with a total value over £250,000. The report recommends a delegation to the Director of Corporate Resources to avoid this delay.

RESOLVED

That Cabinet:

i)       approve the publication of the Local Development Scheme July 2019 – July 2022.

Reasons for Recommendations

i)       To ensure that the Council acts in accordance with the requirements of the Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended by the Localism Act 2011).

RESOLVED

That Cabinet

  i.         Approve the proposed development of Oakhurst Phase 4, at a budget of £1.96m, funded from the £3m investment portfolio capital budget. The target completion date is Spring 2020, therefore the majority of the expenditure would be incurred in 2019/20.

 ii.        Delegate authority to the Director of Place to enter into a contract with the building contractor who submitted the lowest tender as set out in Appendix 1.

Reasons for Recommendations

For the Council to continue to expand the Council’s property investment portfolio, the income of which is used to support Council services.

RESOLVED

That Cabinet recommend to Council that a supplementary capital budget of £112,664 be approved for the project.

Reasons for Recommendations

i) To enable the successful delivery of the rural car-parks digital signage project.

RESOLVED

That Cabinet

i)       Approved the transfer of £0.144m from the General Fund reserve to the earmarked transformation reserve.

ii)       

iii)     Delegated to the Chief Executive in consultation with the Leader, the authority to use the transformation fund as appropriate.

Reasons for recommendations

i) To top up of the earmarked transformation reserve for projects that would help transform the Council in the future; being effectively funded from the 2018/19 budget surplus.