Decisions made

That the Executive Member for Economic Development:

1.1.        Approves the 2016/17 annual report and accounts for the Business Services Group.

1.2.        Notes that, in reference to section 4.16 of the report, a total of £550,000 in loyalty discount benefits have been made to schools over the previous five years.

1.1.        The 2017/18 business plans for the Business Services Group be approved.

1.2.        The planned application of funds in the accumulated surpluses of the Business Services Group as set out in paragraphs 3.6 and 3.7 be noted.

1.3.        The provision of up to £2 million annually, as set aside in the County Council’s Capital Programme, for the purchase of new and replacement vehicles by HTM be noted.

a)     That the Executive Member for Adult Social Care and Health be requested to make appointments/nominations to Health Organisations (Outside Bodies) as detailed below.  The term of office to expire in May 2021.

HEALTH ORGANISATIONS (OUTSIDE BODIES)

b)   That the Executive Member notes that Chase Community Hospital, Bordon, Steering Board has been disbanded and a County Council appointment is no longer required.

That the Executive Member for Adult Social Care and Health gives approval to spend up to £735 million for contracts awarded under the Help to Live at Home Open Framework to commence August 2017 for a period of up to 7 years on a 5 + 2 basis.

The decision:

a)      That the Executive Lead Member for Children’s Services gives approval to the project proposals for Milesdown Children’s Home, at an estimated total cost of £1,243,000.

b)      That the Executive Lead Member for Children’s Services grants procurement and spend approval for contracting activity associated with the project as outlined in Section 3.4 of this report.

c)      That the proposals in paragraph 4.3 for the application of inflation up to £84,000 (including fees) be approved

That the allocation of responsibility for Executive Functions and consequential amendment to responsibility for Security Functions are noted by Cabinet (including changes to the Constitution), and reported to the County Council at the County Council meeting on 20 July 2017. 

That Cabinet:

1. Notes the £140m Tt2019 programme breakdown, the Department targets and the headline programme timetable – section 3;
2. Notes the Tt2017 delivery achievement, the positive position reported in respect of Adults and acknowledges that there are no legacy implications for the Tt2019 programme and therefore the Tt2017 programme is formally closed – section 4;
3. Notes the early opportunity assessment work completed by Departments to this point and in particular acknowledges some of the specific challenges of this programme including timing, complexity and the inevitability of a changing service delivery risk profile – section 5;
4. Notes, per the programme timetable, the commencement in July of a public consultation exercise aimed at helping to inform the early autumn budget decision making process – section 6

That Cabinet:

1. Note the County Council’s key performance outcomes against the Shaping Hampshire plan for 2016/17;

2. Approve the approach taken to revising the County Council’s Performance Management Framework, as set out in section 5

3. Note the activity planned to improve further the County Council’s approach to performance reporting, as set out in section 5.

4. Express appreciation to County Council staff in recognition of their contribution in achieving high performance.

That Cabinet:

1. Approves the Serving Hampshire Strategic Plan and recommends to Full Council that it be adopted as part of the County Council’s Policy Framework, as set out in the Constitution, replacing the County Council’s Corporate Strategy;

2. Agrees for the Serving Hampshire Strategic Plan to replace the County Council’s Sustainable Community Strategy, and recommends to Full Council that the latter to be removed from the County Council’s Policy Framework, as set out in the Constitution

3. Delegate authority to the Head of Law and Governance and Monitoring officer in consultation with the Leader and the Executive Member for Communities Partnerships and External Affairs including BREXIT to make any amendments to the Serving Hampshire Strategic Plan and any necessary consequential amendments to schemes which refer to the Corporate Strategy but which now will need to reflect the content of the new Serving Hampshire Strategic Plan, subject to the Plan being approved by Full Council.

The decision:

a)     That the Executive Member for Education gives approval to the project proposals for the permanent expansion at Rownhams St. John’s Church of England Primary School, at an estimated total cost of £551,000.

b)     That the Executive Member for Education grants procurement and spend approval for contracting activity associated with the project as outlined in Section 3.2 of this report.

The decision:

a)    That the Executive Member for Education gives approval to the project proposals for the expansion at Pilgrims’ Cross Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Primary School in Andover, at an estimated total cost of £1,456,000.

b)    That the Executive Member for Education grants procurement and spend approval for contracting activity associated with the project as outlined in Section 3.3 of this report.

c)    That this approval is subject to the revised total funding amount receiving approval from the Executive Lead Member for Children’s Services on 19 June 2017.

The decision:

a)    That the Executive Member for Education gives approval to the project proposals for a new 6FE secondary school at Budds Lane, Bordon, at an estimated total cost of £29,990,000.

b)    That the Executive Member for Education grants procurement and spend approval for contracting activity associated with the project as outlined in Section 3.4 and 3.5 of this report.

That Cabinet:

1.    Endorse the approach to ‘Working Better Together’ and support the proposed direction of travel to develop a closer working relationship with parish and town councils.

2.    Support Parish and Town Councils to strengthen locality working and to take on greater roles and responsibility, where they choose to do so, through the use of existing grant programmes and the partnership approach with HALC.

3.    Approve the development of a joint initiative with HALC to develop a locality focused approach and receive more detailed proposals for implementation through a further report to the Executive Member for Policy and Resources later in 2017.

4.    Support a 3 year grant negotiation with HALC to enable them to provide full and ongoing support for the devolution and locality working agenda in partnership with Hampshire County Council.

The decision:

a)    That the Executive Member for Education gives approval to the proposal published by the Local Authority, in accordance with sections 15 and 19 of the Education and Inspections Act and the School Organisation (Prescribed Alterations to Maintained Schools)(England) Regulations 2013 to

-       Discontinue Fort Hill Community School (including resourced provision), Kenilworth Road, Basingstoke RG23 8JQ from 31 August 2017.

-       Establish resourced provision for up to 16 pupils with a Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD) at Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College (Community School), with effect from 1 September 2017.

b)    That the Local Authority make available the Fort Hill site to the governing body of Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College so that they can continue to offer education on the Fort Hill site for year 10 and 11 pupils from September 2017 should they wish to do so.

c)    That support is offered, to those pupils currently on the roll of Fort Hill Community School in years 7 and 8 who will transfer to Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College in September 2017, with travel between the two schools at the beginning and end of the school day. This support to be offered for a maximum of two years from 1 September 2017. This offer would be extended to pupils in years 10 and 11 if at anytime during this period a decision is taken by the governing body to cease the offer of education on the Fort Hill site. This support would be available for any pupil on roll of Fort Hill at the time of the Executive Member’s Decision day on the 20 March 2017.

The decision:

That the Executive Member for Education:

      i.        Notes the process that has been followed (as set out in the report) and the responses to the public consultation that have been received (as summarised in the revised 2017 Post-16 Transport Policy Statement set out in Annex A).

    ii.        Acknowledges the material changes from the 2016 Post-16 Transport Policy Statement

   iii.        Approves the 2017 Post-16 Transport Policy Statement set out in Annex A.

The decision:

a)    That the updated capital programme for 2017/18 to 2019/20 following further announcements on capital grant allocations by the Department for Education on 3 April 2017 is approved.

b)    That the revised capital programme cash limit of £143.809m for 2017/18 be approved.

c)    That the revised 2017/18 Capital Programme at Appendix 1 is approved, along with the amendments to the 2017/18 programme.

d)    That it be a recommendation to Cabinet that the uncommitted funding of £36.365m as set out in Appendix 2 be carried forward from the 2016/17 to the 2017/18 programme.

e)    That is recommended that the Director of Culture, Communities and Business Services undertakes initial feasibility work for the proposed 4-16 SCN/ASD Special Free School.

f)     That is recommended that £0.2m of partnership funding be approved to support the Chineham Park project from the 2017/18 programme.

g)    That is recommended that approval be given to commence the statutory process to change the age range at The Samuel Cody Specialist Sports College and that funding of £0.7m be approved to support the process.

h)   That is recommended that approval be given for the application of planning permission and procurement for modular buildings to be located on the additional sites in Appendix 3.

i)     That the projects listed at Appendix 4 for Access Improvements in Schools are approved.

j)      That projects approved under delegated powers by the Director of Children’s Services in Appendix 5 are noted.

To update Cabinet on the final position in respect of the 2016/17 financial year and to make any necessary decisions on resource allocation and reserves.cc

Cabinet Resolved:

a.    That the outturn position set out in Section 2 be approved.

b.    That the transfer of £22m to the Invest to Save Reserve be approved to make initial provision for the investment required in enabling IT to deliver the Transformation to 2019 Programme and Digital 2.

c.    That £1.23m of the corporate savings is allocated to enable the County Council to continue to pursue funding through the free schools initiative and minimise calls on our capital resources.

d.    That the transfer of the balance of net corporate savings of approaching £1.4m to the Grant Equalisation Reserve (GER) be approved.

e.    That the following reserves are closed and the balances transferred to the GER:

-           PSA Reward Grant Reserve (£83,000).

-           Minerals and Waste Development Reserve (£33,000).

-           Second Homes Reserve (£45,000).

f.     That the Corporate Efficiency Reserve be closed and that remaining commitments be met from the Invest to Save Reserve within which it should be subsumed.

g.    That funding of up to £250,000 per annum for two years from general contingencies to cash flow fund expenditure associated with the Enterprise Zone be approved, to be repaid from future business rate growth.

h.    That a one-off addition to revenue of up to £100,000 which will provide capacity to maximise the use of the newly introduced Apprenticeship Levy to be met from general contingencies be approved.

i.      That service capital programme cash limits for 2017/18 be increased to reflect the carry forward of capital programme schemes and shares of capital receipts, as set out in Appendix 4.

It be a Cabinet recommendation to Council that:

a)      A sum of £8.6m is approved from the Invest to Save Reserve to progress the Digital 2 Programme, a Corporate Wi-Fi Upgrade and other enabling IT infrastructure.

b)      An initial sum of £7.5m is approved from the Invest to Save Reserve to plan, scope, design and deliver other enabling IT projects to support the Transformation to 2019 Programme subject to business cases being approved by the Director of Corporate Resources.

c)      The report on the County Council’s treasury management activities and prudential indicators set out in Appendix 3 be approved.  

The decision:

That the Executive Lead Member for Children’s Services approves the updated Statement of Purpose for the Fostering Service, Adoption Service and Children’s Homes.

That subject to the agreement of the recommendations to the Executive Member contained within Item 5 on the agenda, Review of Outside Body appointments by the Executive Member for Culture, Recreation and Countryside, the Executive Member makes appointments to the Statutory Joint Committees, Outside Bodies and other organisations as detailed in the Decision Record. The term of office to expire at the County Council elections in May 2021.

That the Executive Member for Culture, Recreation and Countryside endorses the Libraries Taskforce’s Libraries Deliver: Ambition for Public Libraries in England 2016-2021 and recognises its good fit with Hampshire’s Library Strategy to 2020.

1.1.        That the Executive Member for Culture, Recreation and Countryside approves the proposals set out in section 6 of the report, including the changes that are set out in Appendices 4 and 5, for appointments to the outside bodies delegated to the Executive Member in the County Council’s Constitution, from June 2017. 

1.2.        That the Executive Member undertakes further consultation into the proposals contained within the report for Fordingbridge and District Community Association.

That the Executive Member for Culture, Recreation and Countryside approves:

1.1.        That the intention to introduce permanent Traffic Regulation Orders be advertised under section 1 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to restrict all motorised users with 3 wheels or more on Bentworth Byway Open to All Traffic Nos. 23, 27 & 28 and Wield Byway Open to All Traffic Nos. 19 & 20 and all motorised users on Wield Byway Open to All Traffic No 17, Selborne Byway Open to All Traffic No 67 and Worldham Byway Open to All Traffic No 38.

1.2.        That the proposal to make the order is published in the local press, and the order and map showing the effects of the order are made available for public inspection for a period of at least 21 days after the notices have been displayed.

1.3.        That once comments have been received on these proposals from interested parties a further report should be prepared for the Executive Member for Culture, Recreation and Countryside Decision Day on 18 September 2017, seeking approval for the making of the above mentioned Traffic Regulation Orders, should it still be considered appropriate to do so in light of those comments.

That the Executive Member for Culture, Recreation and Countryside:

1.1.        Approves grants for £136,210 from the Community Buildings Capital Fund 2017/18, as set out below:

That the Executive Member for Culture, Recreation and Countryside gives approval:

1.1.        To award funding totalling £15,980 of Culture and Community Activity grants 2017/18 to cultural, recreational and community organisations across Hampshire as outlined in Appendix 2 of the report.