Agenda and minutes

Cllr Kaur was appointed to the Southampton Cultural Development Trust.

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Resources detailing the 2019/20 Corporate Revenue Monitoring Report for the period to end of June 2019.

Recommendations in the report noted. 

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Resources detailing the Capital Financial Monitoring Report for 2019/20 for the period to end of June 2019.

Recommendations in the report noted. 

To consider the report of the Leader detailing responses to the recommendations in the Future of Work in Southampton Inquiry Report.

DECISION MADE: (CAB 19/20 23878)

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

(i)  To approve the response to the Future of Work in Southampton Scrutiny Inquiry recommendations as set out in the Action Plan attached as Appendix 1.

(ii)  To delegate authority to the Director of Growth, after consultation with the Leader of the Council, to include funding requirements as part of the annual budget setting process as highlighted in Section 4 of this report and detailed in the Future of Work in Southampton Action Plan.

(iii)  To delegate authority to the Director of Growth, after consultation with the Leader of the Council, to establish a citywide steering group to oversee the implementations of the recommendations set out in the Future of Work in Southampton Action Plan. The Steering group will report back to the Council in September 2021.

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Green City and Environment seeking approval on awards for the Community Chest Grants 2019/20, following recommendations from the cross-party Community Chest Grant Advisory Panel.

DECISION MADE: (CAB 19/20 23912)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Green City and Environment and having received representation from Creative Options, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  To agree the recommendations for 2019/20 round 1 grants made by the cross-party Community Chest Grant Advisory Panel as set out in appendix 1 of the report subject to no. 15 “Creative Options” grant being increased to £2500.

To consider the report of the Director of Quality and Integration seeking approval of the Transforming Health and Care for the People of Southampton, Five Year Strategic Plan 2019-2023.

DECISION MADE: (19/20 24212)

On consideration of the report of the Director of Quality and Integration and having received representation from representatives of ZEST, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  To endorse the strategic framework and the current draft of the emerging Southampton City five year strategic plan – Transforming Health and Care for the People of Southampton 2019-2023, and delegate authority to the Director of Quality & Integration following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Healthier and Safe City to provide a response and feedback on the proposed content of the Strategy; and

(ii)  That recommendation be made to the Clinical Commissioning Group that the timeframe of the Strategy be amended to reflect the five year period 2020 – 2025.

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Homes and Culture seeking approval of the Private Rented Sector Policy.

DECISION MADE: (CAB 19/20 23987)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Homes and Culture, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  That Cabinet considers and approves the proposed policy, attached as Appendix 1.

(ii)  That Cabinet delegates authority to the Director of Transactions & Universal Services to make minor amendments to the policy to reflect technical clarifications or legislative changes.

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Homes and Culture seeking approval of the draft HMO Licensing Policy.

DECISION MADE: (CAB19/20 23960)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Homes and Culture, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  That Cabinet considers and approves the proposed policy, attached as Appendix 1.

(ii)  That Cabinet delegates authority to the Director of Transactions & Universal Services to make minor amendments to the policy in relation to technical clarifications and legislative change.

(iii)  That Cabinet delegates authority to the Director of Transactions & Universal Services to set and amend the HMO licence fees.

To consider the report of the Director Quality and Integration detailing a review of the Terms of Reference for the Joint Commissioning Board.

DECISION MADE: (CAB 19/20 24224)

On consideration of the report of the Director of Quality and Integration, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  To approve the revised Terms of Reference for the Joint Commissioning Board as attached as appendix 1 of the report.

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Place and Transport seeking authority to procure a Commercial Waste disposal Contract.

DECISION MADE: (CAB 19/20 24206)

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

(i)  Subject to approval of Council recommendations (i) to (iii) below, that approval is given for the procurement of a single supplier waste disposal contract for commercial waste.

(ii)  That authority is delegated to the Service Director Transactions and Universal Services to carry out a procurement process for the delivery of a waste disposal contract for commercial waste, as set out in this report, and to enter into contracts for the delivery of the service in accordance with the Contract Procedure Rules.

(iii)  To authorise the Service Director Transactions and Universal Services to take all necessary actions to implement the proposals contained in this report

Report of the Cabinet Member for Place & Transport seeking approval for matters related to the consultation by Transport for South East.

DECISION MADE: (CAB 19/20 24085)

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

(i)  That Cabinet notes the content of the draft proposal to establish a sub-national transport body for the South East to be known as Transport for the South East (TfSE).

(ii)  That Cabinet agrees the principles set out in this report to form the basis of the Council’s response to the consultation on the draft proposal.

(iii)  That authority is delegated to the Director of Growth to finalise the detailed consultation response based on the approved principles following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Transport & Place.