Minutes for EXECUTIVE meeting, Oct 13 2009, 9.30AM official page

To receive apologies for absence.

If any.

To approve as a correct record, the Minutes of the meeting of the Executive held on 15 September 2009.

(attached)

To receive from Members declarations and the nature thereof in relation to:-

(a)    

Personal Interests in any Agenda item

(b)    

Personal and Prejudicial Interests in any Agenda item

To receive Petitions in accordance with the scheme of public participation set out in Annex 2 of Part A4 of the Constitution.

To deal with general questions and statements from members of the public in accordance with the scheme of public participation set out in Appendix A to the Public Participation Scheme.

To consider reports from the following Overview & Scrutiny Committees:-

1.                  Business Transformation

2.                  Sustainable Communities

3.                  Children, Families and Learning

4.                  Sustainable Communities

To approve the joint delivery and spending plan between Central Bedfordshire Council and NHS Bedfordshire to provide breaks and services to carers.

The report highlights the Quarter 1 performance for Central Bedfordshire Council and its partners through the Local Area Agreement (LAA).

The report proposes that Executive approves the draft Community Engagement Strategy for formal consultation with key partners via the Local Strategic Partnership (LSP).

The report proposes the attached Customer Services Strategy be agreed and recommended to Council for approval. The strategy provides an overview of customer contact development for Central Bedfordshire Council and its ambition to deliver services jointly to our customers with other public sector partners. The Customer Service Strategy plays a key role in how the Council responds to local challenges and aligns fully with the Community Engagement Strategy, our Local Strategic Partnership and our role in national projects such as “Total Place” and “Tell Us Once”, and our overall Business Transformation Strategy.

The report proposes to award the Building Cleaning Services contract (2009 – 2014).

To provide information on the budget position at 31 August 2009 to enable decisions to be taken on resource allocation and service delivery.

This report proposes the adoption of the ‘Members Acceptable Use Policy’ which provides guidance on the use of computer and telephony services and ensures that these are operated in an economical, secure, accessible and legally compliant manner.

To authorise the execution of a lease document to Potton Town Council to use the premises for a Community Centre for Lifetime Learning until 31 March 2031. 

The report proposes a new policy for the Council in respect of Fees and Charges for services provided.

The report presents the Central Bedfordshire commissioning framework which will guide the work of the Children’s Trust.

To approve expenditure of up to £210k from the 2009/10 Central Bedfordshire Council capital programme ‘Community Football Development Centre – Dunstable’ so that the Council can undertake rerouting of the Sustrans cycleway and undertake a tendering exercise on the football development project.

To approve the appointment of the current consultants engaged on the project to undertake a traditional build process for the extension of Sandy Sport and Recreation Centre.  To approve £690,000 from the 2009/10 Central Bedfordshire Council capital programme.

This report requests Executive to approve expenditure of up to £52,000 on improvements to Dunstable and Tiddenfoot Leisure Centres.

This report sets out how the Council might go about producing a new Local Transport Plan (LTP) for Central Bedfordshire. It presents two options as to how the Council could develop the LTP and seeks the views of Executive as to the best way forward.

To receive the Forward Plan which covers the period from 1 November 2009 to 30 November 2010.

To consider whether to pass a resolution under section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the Press and Public from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that the consideration of the item is likely to involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part I of Schedule 12A of the Act.