Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Cllr Lawrence.

There were no declarations of interest.

[To approve the minutes of the previous meeting as a correct record.]

The minutes were approved as an accurate record of the meeting.

[To consider any matters arising from the minutes.]

There were no matters arising.  

[To approve entering into collaboration agreements to enable delivery of the Black Country Local Broadband Plan and delegate authority to the Chief Legal Officer to execute the final collaboration agreement, and to approve entering into collaboration agreements to enable delivery of future Black Country externally funded projects and delegate authority to the Chief Legal Officer to execute final collaboration agreements.]

Resolved:

1.    To approve entering into collaboration agreements to enable delivery of the Black Country Local Broadband Plan and delegate authority to the Chief Legal Officer to execute the final collaboration agreement.

[To approve the extension of the Service Level Agreement (SLA) for the provision of Urban Traffic Control (UTC) services to Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (DMBC) until 31 March 2015.]

Resolved:

To approve the extension of the Service Level Agreement (SLA) for the provision of Urban Traffic Control (UTC) services to Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (DMBC) until 31 March 2015.

[To delegate authority to the Cabinet Member for Schools, Skills and Learning, in consultation with the Strategic Director for Education and Enterprise, to accept tenders for the provision of Hired School Transport for the 2014/15 academic year.]

Resolved:

To delegate authority to the Cabinet Member for Schools, Skills and Learning, in consultation with the Strategic Director for Education and Enterprise, to accept tenders for the provision of Hired School Transport for the 2014/15 academic year.

[To approve the corporate condolence protocol to be implemented as required.]

To approve the corporate condolence protocol to be implemented when required, subject to the amendments below:

(a) That the Leader of the Council will determine in consultation with the Director of Delivery, when the flag should be flown at half-mast.

(b)That ‘immediate’ Royals should be defined in consultation with the Department of Communities and Local Government when appropriate. 

[To note the summary of open and exempt individual executive decisions approved by the appropriate Cabinet Members following consultation with the relevant designated employees.]

Resolved:

To note the summary of Individual Executive Decisions approved by the appropriate Cabinet Member or Cabinet Members, following consultation with relevant stakeholders.

[To pass the following resolution:

That in accordance with Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business as they include the likely disclosure of exempt information on the grounds shown below.]

Resolved:

That in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business as they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information falling within the paragraphs of Schedule 12A of the Act set out below:

[To approve the list of schemes to be funded from the Statutory Compliance Measures Fund and to approve the list of schemes to be funded from the Minor Works Programme for Adults & Children’s Social Care Fund.]

Resolved:

1.    To approve the list of prioritised schemes and reserve list as amended.

2.    To note that a further report will be submitted to July Cabinet (Resources) Panel on the proposed schemes to be funded from Planned Maintenance Enhancements Fund.

[To agree an addendum to the minutes of the meeting of 17 December 2013, to retrospectively approve exchanging a contract with Neptune Projects Limited to purchase the long leasehold interest in Block 11, the bus station and the Queen’s Building.]

Resolved:

1.    To agree an addendum to the minutes of the meeting of 17 December 2013, to retrospectively approve exchanging a contract with Neptune Projects Limited to purchase the long leasehold interest in Block 11, the bus station and the Queen’s Building.

[To review the options to deliver the Information, Advice and Guidance service in Wolverhampton from April 2015.]

Resolved:

1.    To agree that the LA impartial information, advice and guidance (IAG) service and other associated activities presently delivered by Prospects Services Limited and commonly referred to as the Connexions Service be delivered through an in-house service from 1 April 2015.

2.   To delegate authority to the Director for Education and Enterprise in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Schools, Skills and Learning to:

a)    provide further information reports which update and advise members of the Cabinet (Resources) Panel on the progress of bringing the service in-house

b)    monitor the due diligence exercise (Section 5 of this Report)

c)  authorise the terms of any TUPE Business Transfer Arrangement entered into with Prospects Services Limited

[To agree the acceptance of the award and extension of Council contracts as required by the Council’s Contract Procedure Rules.]

Resolved:

1.    To renew the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement with Bytes Software Services as a direct call off from the National Pro5 Framework Agreement and approve a virement from the budget for Future Developments to the Refresh budget within the ICTS main capital programme, and to approve the Chief Legal Officer to be authorised to execute the contract.

2.    To approve the variation to the existing contracts to provide day services for older people until 31 March 2016 and give delegated responsibility to Commissioners and Procurement Officers to formalise the variation to the contract.

3.    To delegate authority to the Cabinet Member for Resources, supported by the Director for Pensions, to approve the award of a contract for the appointment of a West Midlands Pension Fund Property Portfolio Manager once the evaluation process is complete, and to approve that the Chief Legal Officer to be authorised to execute the contract.

4.    To approve the holding of a PRS Music license by the Council and for the Council to make royalty payments to PRS music on the grounds that there is only one source for this license.

5.    To approve the on-going use of the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB checks) to provide the checks required for employees who work with vulnerable children and adults.