Agenda and minutes

Record of the decision making held on 14 March 2022, attached.

The Record of Decision Making held on 14^th March 2022 was noted.

Regarding minute 59 – Call-In of Executive Decision CAB 21/22 33197: St Mary’s Leisure Centre, Sue Atkins and Parveen Ishfaq were in attendance at the meeting and with the consent of the Chair addressed the meeting.

Cabinet approved the Executive Appointments for 2022-23 as set out in the register attached to the report, with the following additions:

King Edward School – Cllr Winning

SIGOMA – Cllr Kaur

Cabinet received and noted the Scrutiny Inquiry Panel – Accessible Southampton final report for the Executive to formulate its response to the recommendations contained within it, in order to comply with the requirements, set out in the Council’s Constitution.

To consider key financial decisions relating to the acquisition of vehicles through purchase or lease. 

DECISION MADE: (CAB 22/23 33674)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Finance and Change, Cabinet agreed the following:

To Delegate authority to the Executive Director – Finance and Commercialism, to decide on whether purchase or lease arrangements offer the best value for money for procuring council fleet vehicles. This delegation will be exercised following consideration of a business case and after consultation with the Executive Director of Communities, Culture and Homes and the Cabinet Member for Finance and Change.

Report of Cabinet Member for Economic Development detailing new development achieves nitrogen neutrality in accordance with the Habitat Regulations.

DECISION MADE: (CAB 21/22 33871)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Economic Development, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  To note the Nitrogen Mitigation Position Statement for use in the determination of planning applications.

(ii)  To delegate authority to the Director of Legal & Business Services, after consultation with the Head of Planning and Economic Development, to sign ‘section 33’ legal agreements with nearby Councils and mitigation providers in-order to implement the Position Statement in accordance with the Habitat Regulations.

(iii)  To delegate authority to the Head of Planning and Economic Development following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Economic Development to make future changes to the specifics of the Position Statement provided this does not affect the overall approach.

(iv)  To delegate authority to the Head of Planning and Economic Development to make future changes to the technical detail of the approach (e.g. commencement date, data updates, detailed methodology changes, etc) provided that this does not affect the overall approach.