Agenda and minutes

Record of the decision making held on 16^th April, 2019, attached.

Record of the Previous Decision Making on 16 April 2019 approved as a correct record.

To receive the report of the Chair of the Reducing and Preventing Domestic Abuse in Southampton.

Cabinet received the Scrutiny Inquiry Panel – Reducing and Preventing Domestic Abuse in Southampton in order to formulate their response to the recommendations contained within it, in order to comply with the Council’s Constitution.

To consider the report of the Service Director, Legal and Governance seeking approval for the Executive Appointments in the 2019/20 Municipal Year.

The Executive appointments for the 2019/20 Municipal Year were approved as set out in the revised Register, with the following amendments:

·  Southampton International Airport Consultative Committee – now Councillors Bunday/Fuller/Mintoff;

·  F W Smith Bequest Purchasing Committee – now Councillors Bogle/B Harris;

·  Southampton Record Series – now Councillors P Baillie/Blatchford/Mitchell.

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Place and Transport seeking a decision to introduce a permit scheme for the use of the Household Waste and Recycling Centre.

DECISION MADE:  (CAB 19/20 23495)

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

1.  Not impose a £5 per visit charge for the use of the HWRC at City Depot for non-Hampshire residents wanting to use this site, and does not require Southampton residents to register to use the City Depot HWRC.

2.  To note the continued support for the provision of a waste permit for vans and trailers, recognising that HCC are now charging an annual fee of £15 per trailer for new permits.

3.  To endorse SCC’s continued support for HCC’s communications plan, to ensure residents are informed about the new scheme, charges and online registration scheme, if they wish to use HWRC’s in Hampshire, as an alternative to the site at City Depot, Southampton.

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Adult Care proposing to extend the hours of operation of the Learning Disability Respite Service at Kentish Road.

DECISION MADE:  (CAB 19/20 23764)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Adult Care, and having considered the reasons therein, and having considered representations from MENCAP and carers, Cabinet agreed the following:

To agree to extend hours of operation to seven days a week.

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Place and Transport  seeking approval of the draft Trading Standards, Port Health & Parking Fraud Investigations Enforcement Policy.

DECISION MADE:  (CAB 19/20 23874)

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

To consider and approve the proposed Trading Standards, Port Health & Parking Fraud Investigations Enforcement Policy and linked Protocols.

DECISION MADE:  (CAB 19/20 23861)

On consideration of the report of the Director of Legal and Governance, Cabinet agreed the following:

To note the urgent action taking by the Director of Legal and Governance under delegated powers to accept the voluntary undertaking to the court on behalf of Joseph Ashford to pay a further £616,000 ‘compensation to the council’  to the effect that Joseph Ashford pays the sum in monthly instalments each of which is no less than £40,000. Further, that in the event that any one payment is in excess of £40,000 the excess balance can be carried forward. The total value to be paid no later than August 2020. In response to this the council will defer institution of further confiscation proceedings, retain the existing £720,000 property on restraint, and, on conclusion of all payments totalling £616,000 undertake to withdraw further proceedings.

To consider the report of the Leader seeking approval to commercial terms for re-structuring of existing leases and completion of the necessary documentation required in order to progress regeneration of the Nelson Gate site.

DECISION MADE: (CAB 19/20 23856)

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

(i)  That the principles of the Commercial Terms set out in Confidential Appendix 3 be endorsed.

(ii)  That following consultation with the Leader of Council, the Director of Finance and Commercialisation subject to receipt of a satisfactory S123 report, the Director of Growth be given delegated authority to finalise terms as referred to in (i) above for the proposed transaction and legal agreements relating thereto.

(iii)  That the Director of Legal and Governance be given delegated authority to enter into all legal documentation necessary to facilitate regeneration of Nelson Gate (e.g. new leases) pursuant to terms of the Agreement referred to at (ii) above being met.