Agenda and minutes

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport detailing the establishment of a Regional Transport Board and seeking approval to join jointly with Portsmouth City Council, attached.

DECISION MADE:  (CAB 17/18  19023)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  Portsmouth City Council and Southampton City Council jointly join

TfSE as a single member with a single vote.

(ii)  The success of the joint arrangement should be jointly reviewed

with Portsmouth City Council after a year to ensure that the

interests of both cities and the wider Solent area is being

represented effectively with this proposed approach.

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport detailing the implementation and governance associated with operating a Council wide TAMP, attached.

DECISION MADE:  (CAB 17/18  18962)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  To approve the TAMP and so permit its operational, strategic and decision making approach of managing highways and transport related assets.

(ii)  To implement the relevant systems and processes to maintain Southampton’s highway transport network as prescribed by the TAMP.

(iii)  To recognise the implications of the limited financial resources available to deliver the TAMP.

(iv)  To delegate authority to Service Lead – Supplier Experience following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport to approve the prioritisation of schemes arising from the TAMP.

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Housing and Adult Care outlining the procurement of carers support services. This procurement will be commissioning an integrated service for children, young people and adults, attached.

DECISION MADE:  (CAB 17/18  19014)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Housing and Adult Care, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  To approve the recommendation to proceed with a procurement of an integrated Carers Support Services

(ii)  To delegate authority to the Director of Quality & Integration to carry out a procurement process for the provision for the carers’ support services as set out in this report and to enter into contracts in accordance with the Contract Procedure Rules.

(iii)  To delegate authority to the Director of Quality & Integration following consultation with the relevant Cabinet Members to decide on the final model of commissioned services for Carers Support Services and all decision making in relation to this recommissioning.

(iv)  To authorise the Director of Quality and Integration to take all necessary actions to implement the proposals contained in this report.

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Housing and Adult Care seeking to accept the allocation of £9.7M one-off additional Government funding over three years, for the purpose of meeting adult social care needs, reducing pressures on the NHS and stabilising the social care provider market, attached.

DECISION MADE:  (CAB 17/18  19041)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Housing and Adult Care, Cabinet agreed the following:

Cabinet recommends to Council on 19 July 2017:

(i)  To approve the acceptance of the one-off Government grant of £9,710,902 for adult social care over three years from 2017/18 to 2019/20;

(ii)  To approve the addition of £4.98M to the Housing & Adult Social Care Portfolio’s revenue budget for 2017/18 and to note that the remaining £4.73M of the Government grant award will need to be added to the revenue budgets for 2018/19 and 2019/20; and

(iii)  To approve revenue expenditure of £4.98M in 2017/18 on schemes (set out in Appendix 1) that will meet adult social care needs, reduce pressures on the NHS and stabilise the social care provider market, in accordance with the grant conditions, Financial Procedure Rules and the governance arrangements for Southampton’s Better Care Fund.

To consider the report of the Leader of the Council recommending further integration between health and social care in the City through the establishment of a Joint Commissioning Board, attached. 

DECISION MADE:  (CAB 17/18  19230)

On consideration of the report of the Leader of the Council, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  To approve the establishment of a Joint Commissioning Board between the Council and Southampton City Clinical Commissioning Group to undertake Executive functions within the Boards proposed Terms of Reference.

(ii)  To delegate authority to undertake joint commissioning functions that are executive functions within agreed budgets to individual members of the Board (Officers and Members as appropriate) acting at Board meetings within the procedures set out in the terms of reference.

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport detailing proposals to make revenue savings from the Highways contract and extend the term of the Highways contract and the associated 'Citywatch' contract, attached.

DECISION MADE:  (CAB 17/18  19004)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport, and an amended Appendix 1, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  To delegate authority to the Service Director, Business Operations and Digital, following consultation with the Service Director, Legal and Governance and the Service Director, Finance and Commercialisation, to amend the HSP Contract by extending its term until 23:59 hours on 30 September 2025 and make associated amendments to reduce the Council’s General Fund costs associated with this contract in each of the remaining years of the contract from 2017-18 onwards.

(ii)  To delegate authority to the Service Director, Business Operations and Digital, following consultation with the Service Director, Legal and Governance and the Service Director, Finance and Commercialisation, to extend the term of the Citywatch (also known as ‘ROMTV’) contract until 23:59 hours on 30 September 2025 and make associated amendments to reduce the Council’s General Fund costs associated with this contract in 2017-18.

(iii)  To note the increase in financial commitment to the Authority covering the period 2020/21 to October 2025 to meet the additional contract costs over the extended years of the HSP and Citywatch contracts which total an estimated £13.3M (uplifted by indexation).

(iv)   To note that the renegotiated terms for the HSP and ROMTV contracts will achieve estimated General Fund savings - compared to current spending and costs. These are detailed in confidential Appendix 1.

Decision by the Cabinet Member for Communities, Culture and Leisure on Round 1 awards for the Community Chest grants 2017/18, following recommendations from the cross-party Community Chest Grant Advisory Panel, attached.

DECISION MADE:  (CAB 17/18  19026)

On consideration of the report of the Director of Quality and Integration, and an amended Appendix 1, the Cabinet Member agreed the following:

To agree the recommendations made by the cross-party Community Chest Grant Advisory Panel.