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Venue: Committee Room 4 - Civic Centre. View directions
Contact: Dereck Francis, Democratic Services 01902 555835 or Email: dereck.francis@wolverhampton.gov.uk
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Apologies Minutes: No apologies for absence were received.
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Declarations of interests Minutes: There were no declarations of interests.
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Minutes of the previous meeting - 4 October 2016 PDF 97 KB [For approval] Minutes: Resolved: That the minutes of the previous meeting held on 4 October 2016 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.
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Matters arising [To consider any matters arising from the minutes of the previous meeting] Minutes: There were no matters arising from the minutes of the previous meeting. |
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Chair's announcements Minutes: Cllr Andrew Johnson (the Chair) stated that reports on the following urgent items would be considered at the meeting: · Remodelling and Tender of mental Health Preventative Contracts (open item). · Wolverhampton Interchange Programme (exempt item) |
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Wolverhampton Workbox PDF 296 KB [To consider the process and funds to develop a fully interactive online Wolverhampton Workbox to provide local people and businesses with improved access to information, careers advice and education, and training and employment opportunities] Minutes: Cllr John Reynolds presented the report on the process and funds to develop a fully interactive online Wolverhampton Workbox (working title) to provide local people and businesses with improved access to information, careers advice and education, and training and employment opportunities.
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Remodelling and Tender of Mental Health Preventative Contracts PDF 91 KB [To consider the outcomes of the consultation for a new service delivery model for mental health preventative service provision] Additional documents: Minutes: Further to the discussion at the previous meeting held on 4 October 2016, Cllr Andrew Johnson presented a report on the outcome of the formal consultation, based upon the proposed new service delivery model for Mental Health Preventative Service Provision, contained in the consultation report.
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3. That the outcome of the consultation contained in the Executive Summary of the consultation report be noted. |
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Schedule of Individual Executive Decision Notices PDF 67 KB Minutes: Resolved: That the summary of open and exempt individual executive decisions, approved by appropriate Cabinet Members following consultation with the relevant employees be noted.
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Exclusion of press and public [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 involve the likely disclosure of exempt information on the grounds shown below.] Minutes: 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 paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Act.
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Part 2 - exempt items, closed to press and public |
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Disposal of Properties at Langley Road, Whitburn Close, Vicarage Road and Warstones Drive, Wolverhampton [To consider declaring properties surplus to the Council’s requirements and to approve the demolition of buildings located on each site and to approve the disposal of the sites] Minutes: Cllr Peter Bilson presented a report on proposals for the disposal of properties that were surplus to service requirements.
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· Land and buildings at Whitburn Close Penderford · Land and buildings at Langley Road Wolverhampton · Land and buildings at Warstones Drive Wolverhampton · Land and buildings at Vicarage Road Wolverhampton
4. That virements from the capital allocation for disposals to establish capital budgets for the demolitions as per the table in paragraph 2.8 of the report be approved. |
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Procurement - award of contracts for works, goods and services [To consider various delegations of authority and award of contracts] Minutes: The Panel considered a report on proposals for the award of contracts for works, goods and services.
Resolved: 1. That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for City Housing and Assets, in consultation with the Strategic Director for Place, to approve the award of a contract for the Supply of Bread and Dairy when the evaluation process is complete.
2. That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for City Housing and Assets, in consultation with the Strategic Director for Place, to approve the award of a contract for Supply of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables when the evaluation process is complete.
3. That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for City Housing and Assets, in consultation with the Strategic Director for Place, to approve the award of a contract for the Demolition of Care Homes when the evaluation process is complete.
4. That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for City Environment, in consultation with the Strategic Director for Place, to approve the award of a contract for Environmental Enforcement when the evaluation process is complete.
5. That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for Governance, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Resources, Director of Governance and Director of Finance, to approve the award of a contract for Yoo Recruit Management Partner when the evaluation process is complete.
6. That authority be delegated to the Director of Governance to execute contracts in respect of the above as required.
7. That a report be submitted to Full Council recommending the option to opt-in to a sector led body either jointly with the seven WMCA councils or if a joint agreement cannot be reached then a sole appointment of external auditors for 2018/19 onwards for a maximum of five years and that authority is delegated to the Cabinet Member for Resources, in consultation with the Director of Finance, to award the contract when the appointment process is completed.
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Yoo Recruit Management Partner [To approve the procurement of a management partner for Yoo Recruit] Minutes: Cllr Milkinder Jaspal presented a report on an appraisal of options to support YOO Recruit (YOO), the Council’s wholly owned recruitment agency, to change its business processes and invest in additional support resources and systems to ensure compliance with recent and proposed legislation that directly affect employment agencies, in particular Automatic Pension Enrolment (Pensions Act 2008) and Use of Personal Service Companies in Public Sector (Budget 2016). The option to procure a management partner for Yoo Recruit was recommended.
Cllr Andrew Johnson commented that further work would be required on the Yoo Recruit company structure to ensure that the management partner could be incentivised to grow the business without the need for entering into a joint venture agreement.
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Wolverhampton Interchange Programme [To consider an update on the Interchange Programme] Minutes: Cllr John Reynolds presented an update report on the Wolverhampton Interchange Programme and sought approval to accept a contribution of £10.7 million from the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) towards the delivery of the scheme.
Cllr Johnson advised that following a discussion with the Deputy Section 151 Officer it would be necessary to refer to Full Council the recommendation to accept the contribution from the WMCA. He therefore asked that recommendation 1 in the report be amended by the addition of the words ‘subject to Full Council approving recommendation 5 below’.
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