Agenda and minutes

Councillor Fitzhenry was appointed to the Solent Growth Forum for the remainder of the Municipal Year.

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Healthier and Safer City detailing progress of the commitments made in the Charter Against Modern Slavery. 

DECISION MADE: (CAB 19/20 25917)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Healthier and Safer City, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  To note the progress made against each of the ten commitments of the Charter, and

(ii)  To delegate authority to the Executive Director for Finance and Commercialisation to publish an annual update of the implementation of the Charter on the Southampton City Council website.

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Green City and Environment seeking adoption of a Green City Delivery Plan for Southampton City Council.

DECISION MADE: (CAB 19/20 26184)

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

(i)  To adopt the Green City Delivery Plan for Southampton City Council, 2020-2030, and

(ii)  To delegate authority to the Executive Director of Place to take any action necessary to finalise the Plan for implementation, including making minor or consequential amendments following consultation with the Leader and Cabinet Member for Green City, so that all implementation, delivery and management requirements are sufficient and effective.

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Aspiration, Children and Lifelong Learning seeking approval to publish the admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools for academic year 2021-2022.

DECISION MADE: (CAB 19/20 25926)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Aspiration, Schools and Lifelong Learning:

(i)  To approve the Admissions Policies and the Published Admission Numbers (PANs) for Community and Voluntary Controlled schools and the schemes for coordinating Infant-Primary and Junior admissions for the school year 2021-22 as set out in appendices 1 to 5, and

(ii)  To authorise the Executive Director - Wellbeing, Children and Learning to take any action necessary to give effect to the admissions policies and to make any changes necessary to the admissions policies where required to give effect to any Acts, Regulations or revised Schools Admissions or School Admissions Appeals Codes or binding Schools Adjudicator, Court or Ombudsman decisions whenever they arise.

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Place and Transport seeking approval to enter into a inter authority agency agreement between Southampton City Council and East Hampshire District Council under S.101 of the Local Government Act 1972 for the purposes of enforcing littering across the City.

DECISION MADE: (CAB 19/20 26050)

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

(i)  To approve the delegation of functions under s.101 Local Government Act 1972 to East Hants District Council to authorise the provision of an Environmental Enforcement Service to tackle littering within the SCC boundary for a twelve month initial period, renewable annually by agreement;

(ii)  To delegate authority to the Head of Consumer Protection and Environmental Services following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Place and Transport and the Head of Legal Partnerships to conclude and enter into a s.101 Deed of Delegation with East Hampshire District Council (EHDC) to deliver the service for an initial 1 year period and to determine annually whether the service should be renewed on the terms set out in the Deed; and

(iii)  To note that any proposal for early termination of the arrangement or any changes to the terms of the Deed of Delegation will be reported to Cabinet for further decision.

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Resources, detailing the Social Value and Green City Procurement Policy. 

DECISION MADE: (CAB 19/20 25722)

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

(i)  To approve the Social Value and Green City Procurement Policy at Appendix 1 of this report;

(ii)  Subject to the approval of recommendation (i), to delegate authority to the Executive Director – Finance and Commercialisation to implement the Policy;

(iii)  Subject to the approval of recommendations (i) and (ii), to delegate authority to the Executive Director – Finance and Commercialisation following consultation with the Leader of the Council, to make amendments to the Policy, following reviews of the Policy; and

(iv)  To note the SSVP Framework, which is attached as Appendix 2 for information.

To consider the report of the Director of Quality and Integration seeking approval on round 2 awards for the Community Chest Grants 2019/20, following recommendations from the cross-party Community Chest Grant Advisory Panel.

DECISION MADE: (CAB 19/20 25691)

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

(i)  To agree the recommendations for 2019/20 round 2 grants made by the cross-party Community Chest Grant Advisory Panel; and

(ii)  To award the remainder of the funding to Southampton Voluntary Services, as a grant, to distribute to local community and voluntary organisations.

NB: Councillor Barnes-Andrews declared a personal interest and remained in the meeting.