Decisions

Approved a virement from Capital contingency to Waste services creating a capital budget of £67,000 for waste bins to continue to deliver the services to new and existing customers.

1.    Approved the award of the contract for Lot 1A for the provision of Plastic Wheeled Bins (2 Wheeled) to MGB Plastics of Barbot Hall Industrial Estate, Mangham Road, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S61 4RJ for the duration of four years from 01 October 2020 to 30 September 2024 for a contract value of £226,325.00.

2.    Approved the award of the contract for Lot 1B for the provision of Plastic Wheeled Bins (4 Wheeled) to MGB Plastics of Barbot Hall Industrial Estate, Mangham Road, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S61 4RJ for the duration of four years from 01 October 2020 to 30 September 2024 for a contract value of £50,340.00.

3.    Approved the award of the contract for Lot 2 for the provision of Metal Waste Containers (4 Wheeled) to Egbert H Taylor of Oak Park, Rylands Lane, Elmley Lovett, Droitwich, Worcestershire, WR9 0QZ for the duration of four years from 01 October 2020 to 30 September 2024 for a contract value of £630,893.00.

1.    Approved the recommended action to implement waiting and loading restrictions to parts of Warstones Drive; Glade Gardens; North Green (Plan T4/4254).

2.    Approved the recommended action to implement waiting and loading restrictions to parts of Prosser Street; Ambergate Road; Babbington Drive; Bagshaw Close; Broad Lanes; Cairnhill Drive; Chaman Lal Gardens; Cardowen Place; Coseley Road; Elswick Close; Highfields Road; Ladymoor Road; Lowick Drive; Montagu Drive; Norman Davies Gardens; Welldale Grove (Plan T3/1216).

3.    Approved the recommended action to implement 20mph Speed Limit to Norman Davies Gardens; Ambergate Road; Montagu Drive; Cardowen Place; Elswick Close; Cairnhill Drive; Chaman Lal Gardens; Babbington Drive; Welldale Grove; Lowick Drive; Bagshaw Close (Plan T3/1218).

4.    Approved the recommended action to implement 7.5 Tonnes Weight Limit to Norman Davies Gardens; Ambergate Road; Montagu Drive; Cardowen Place; Elswick Close; Cairnhill Drive; Chaman Lal Gardens; Babbington Drive; Welldale Grove; Lowick Drive; Bagshaw Close (Plan T3/1219).

5.    Approved the recommended action to implement Verge and Pavement Parking Order to Ambergate Road (Plan T3/1220).

6.    Approved the recommended action to implement waiting and loading restrictions to parts of Lakefield Road; Lancaster Drive; Bernard Hall Avenue; John Sills Road; Victor Meade Drive; Gordon Rabbetts Crescent; Reginald Smith Crescent; Vincent Southworth Drive; Jennie Lee Avenue; Green Meadow (Plan T31244).

7.    Approved the recommended action to implement 20mph Speed Limit to Bernard Hall Avenue, John Sills Road, Lancaster Drive, Victor Meade Drive, Gordon Rabbetts Crescent, Reginald Smith Crescent, Vincent Southworth Drive, Ronald O Donnell Gardens (Plan T3/1241).

8.    Approved the recommended action to implement waiting restrictions to parts of Vicarage Road (Plan T4/4318).

9.    Approved the proposed revocation (in part) of existing Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) in Prosser Street where necessary to allow the implementation of the new TROs.

10. Authorised the Director of Governance to implement the relevant traffic regulation orders.

1.    Approved the recommended action to implement waiting restrictions to parts of Dartmouth Street and implement as shown on plan T4/4295 appended to this report.

2.    Approved the recommended action to implement waiting restrictions to parts of Hurst Road and implement as shown on plan T4/4159 appended to this report.

3.    Approved the recommended action to implement waiting restrictions to parts of Wesley Street, Bilston and implement as shown on plan T4/4154A appended to this report.

4.    Approved the recommended action to implement waiting restrictions to parts of Bradley Lane and Stirling Road and implement as shown on plan T4/4204 appended to this report.

5.    Approved the recommended action to implement waiting and loading restrictions to parts of Kenilworth Crescent, Moreton Avenue and Hateley Drive and implement as shown on plan T3/1263 appended to this report.

6.    Approved the recommended action to implement waiting and loading restrictions in parts of Wallace Road, School Drive and Pace Crescent and implement as shown on plan T4/4174 appended to this report.

7.    Approved the recommended action to implement waiting and loading restrictions in parts of Thornton Road, Cavendish Road and Stow Heath Lane and implement as shown on plan T4/4247A appended to this report.

8.    Authorised the Director of Governance to implement the relevant traffic regulation orders.

Approved virements to individual projects within the overall programme for the £1 million Town Fund, in order that projects can be implemented in an agile and timely manner.

Approved the allocation of £1.2 million from the Corporate Contingency to individual projects within Corporate Asset Management to facilitate the programme of works detailed in Table 1 to include nine new projects.

1.    Approved the completion of the purchase of the former council properties listed in Appendix 1 at the agreed price of £744,000.

2.    Authorised the Chief Legal Officer or other authorised officers to execute legal documentation to put the purchases into effect.

1.    Approved payments totalling £40,960.53 as detailed at section 5.3.

Approved payments totalling £91,679.50 as detailed at section 5.3.

1.    Agreed to the provision of discretionary top-up for the case detailed in the report below at a total cost of £18,382.40 subject to any additional unforeseen costs which may increase the amount of discretionary grant required.

2.    Determined that the full amount of any discretionary grant becomes repayable if the ownership of the property is transferred by any means within 10 years of the completion of the grant aided works. A local land charge would be registered to reflect this condition

1.    Established supplementary revenue expenditure budgets totalling £174,265 for the enforcement surge funding fully funded by Government Grant to support the financial implications of increased enforcement on Covid compliance.

2.    Established supplementary revenue budgets totalling £198,000, fully funded by the Next Steps Accommodation Programme for continuing to support rough sleepers supported during the Covid response.

3.    Established supplementary revenue budgets totalling £273,765.47 fully funded by Government Grant for the new test and Trace Payment scheme.

4.    Agreed payments to individuals under the new Test and Trace Support Payment scheme who have tested positive for Covid-19 and their close contacts, in line with Government Guidance in line with the information in section 2 of the report.

5.    Approved the Council extending the grant agreement already in place between the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and CQC registered care providers in the city together with any ancillary documents necessary for the Council to receive Infection Prevention Control Grant.

6.    Approved an increase of £3.0 million to the supplementary budget of £3.3m created on 16 June 2020 and expenditure in line with the grant terms and conditions. The additional monies are fully funded by the Adult Social Care Infection Prevention Ring Fenced Grant Round 2, October 2020 – March 2021 provided by MHCLG. This funding will be paid as a Section 31 grant ring fenced exclusively for actions which support CQC registered care homes and community care providers mainly to tackle the risk of Covid19 infections and is in addition to funding already received. 80% of the ring-fenced grant must transfer directly to CQC registered Care Homes and Providers in the city (2403 beds in total and 2281 in receipt of community care) and 20% spent by the local authority in line with grant conditions.

7.    Approved the proposed communication and process for allocation and monitoring of 80% of the grant funding to Care Homes and Providers in line with the grant conditions as set out in section 3.

8.    Approved the plan for the allocation of the 20% of grant funding to the Wolverhampton System in line with the grant conditions as set out in section 3.

9.    Endorsed the contract entered into for the supply of additional PPE gloves to ensure a continuous supply of gloves for health and safety purposes for the Council and partners for £330,000.

1.     Authorised a Small Works Assistance Grant under imminent risk to resident health and safety and approve that a land charge be applied to the property in respect of the value of the works to enable the Council to recover the costs incurred upon sale or change of ownership.

To receive a summary of open and exempt individual executive decisions approved by the appropriate Cabinet Members following consultation with the relevant employees.

That the summary of open and exempt individual executive decisions approved by the appropriate Cabinet Members following consultation with the relevant employees be noted.

To approve the approach proposed towards bringing forward the first phase of Canalside North.

To approve the acceptance of three grants to support children and young people in Wolverhampton.

1.      That the establishment of supplementary revenue expenditure budgets totalling £1,712,371 be approved and funded by:

a.      What Works for Children’s Social Care, Department for Education Grant of £411,675.

b.      Department for Education, Wellbeing for Education Return Grant (2020-2021) of £36,942.

c.      National Lotteries grant of £1,263,754 to extend the HeadStart programme until July 2022. 

2.   That the Council enter into such grant agreements as are necessary for the funds to be received by the Council.

To approve the award of contracts for works, goods and services

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 relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

To approve the development of the former Wednesfield Village Primary School with Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust for the establishment of a new Free school.

To approve entering into legal agreements for school expansion schemes.

1.      That the Council enter into all legal agreements in relation to school expansions included in Secondary School Expansion Programme 2019-2020.

2.      That the Council enter into all legal agreements in relation to schools included in Primary School Expansion Programme 2021 and 2022 and the Secondary School Expansion Programme 2021 and 2022.

3.      That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for Education and Skills in consultation with the Director of Children’s Services to approve the details of all agreements authorised under recommendations 1 and 2 above.

4    That it be noted that the Council entered into grant agreements necessary for the expansion of Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy and Aldersley High School.

5.   That it be noted that these approvals are essential in order to progress the expansion schemes.

To summarise two consultations on planning reform issued by the Government in August 2020 and their potential implications for Wolverhampton and to approve principles for a City of Wolverhampton Council response to the consultations.

1.      That the proposed principles for a City of Wolverhampton Council response to the current Government Planning Consultations set out in paragraphs 3.6, 3.8, 4.8, 4.12, 4.15, 4.19 and 4.21 of the report be approved.

2.      That the feedback from Scrutiny Board on Wolverhampton Response to Government Planning Consultations be received and noted.

To approve an appointment to the outside body.

That the appointment of Councillor Linda Leach as a St John Ambulance Ambassador be approved.

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 item of business as it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

To approve a policy which frames the Council’s requirements when managing agents seek to purchase properties within their operating area