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27/11/2019 - Land and Property Transactions - IEDN 035 ref: 3495 Recommendations Approved
Report seeking approval to proceed with land and property transactions and their terms as detailed herein.
Decision Maker: Deputy Leader: City Housing
Decision published: 03/01/2020
Effective from: 27/11/2019
Decision:
Approved the completion of the transactions listed below:
a. Statutory Transfer of land from the Borough Council of Dudley to City of Wolverhampton Council – Land at Highfields Road, Coseley.
b. Lease renewal of premises at Bee Lane to West Midlands Reserve Forces and Cadets Association - Land at Bee Lane, Fordhouses.
c. Relocation of the Youth Offending Team to Former Merridale Fire Station Offices, Merridale Street, WV3 0RE – 12-year lease and licence of alterations.
Wards affected: Bilston South; Bushbury North; Graiseley;
Lead officer: Mitchell Spencer
27/11/2019 - Award of Local Full Fibre Network contract ref: 3401 Recommendations Approved
To award the Local Full Fibre Network contract
Decision Maker: Cabinet Member for Digital and Community Inclusion
Decision published: 28/11/2019
Effective from: 27/11/2019
Decision:
Approved the award of the Local Full Fibre Network contract to CityFibre Limited of 15 Bedford Street, London, WC2E 9HE for the duration of 20 years for a total contract value of £9.1 million.
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Heather Clark, Barry Greenwood
20/11/2019 - Allocation of Corporate Contingency – Potentially Violent Persons Register (PVPR) ref: 3400 Recommendations Approved
Individual Executive Decision Notice
Report title Allocation of Corporate Contingency –
Potentially Violent Persons Register (PVPR)
Decision designation GREEN
Cabinet member with lead responsibility Councillor Louise Miles,
Cabinet Member for Resources
Councillor Sandra Samuels, Cabinet Member for Governance
Wards affected All Wards
Accountable Director Claire Nye, Director of Finance
Mark Taylor, Deputy Chief Executive
Originating service ICT
Accountable employee Gail Rider Head of ICT
Tel 01902 553496
Email Gail.Rider@wolverhampton.gov.uk
Report to be/has been considered by Project Assurance Group
Deputy Chief Executive Leadership team
Strategic Executive Board 1 August 2019
1 August 2019
1 August 2019
Summary
At the Cabinet meeting on 20 February 2019, Cabinet approved that
authority continues to be delegated to the Cabinet Member for
Resources, in consultation with the Director of Finance, to approve
the allocation of the Corporate Contingency to individual projects
in order that corporate priorities may be addressed in a more agile
and timely manner.
Recommendation for action:
That the Cabinet Member for Resources and the Cabinet Member for
Governance, in consultation with the Director of Finance and the
Deputy Chief Executive:
1. Allocate £50,000 from the Corporate Contingency within the
ICT Capital Programme to the Potentially Violent Persons Register
project enabling the implementation of an improved solution in the
2019-2020 financial year.
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1.0 Purpose
1.1 To approve the allocation of £50,000 from the Corporate
Contingency within the ICT Capital Programme to the Potentially
Violent Persons Register project enabling the implementation of an
improved solution in the 2019-2020 financial year.
2.0 Background to the Potential Violent Persons Register
2.1 The purpose of a Potentially Violent Persons Register (PVPR) is
to ensure staff safety through the provision of recorded data of
potentially violent person (PVP) for all those who need it. Also,
highlighting what specific precautions might need to be taken when
interacting with an individual PVP.
2.2 Duplication of data is prevalent across the council as various
service areas record data in different applications. For instance,
the Carefirst system can be utilised to flag a PVP. This
information is visible to all Carefirst users but colleagues who do
not have access to this system would not be aware of any PVP.
Wolverhampton Homes generate their own PVPR in isolation of that
held by the Council. With multiple data sources there is a risk
that staff safety is compromised.
2.3 As a result of works carried out, to review the usability and
functionality of the currently operated by the Council, it is
considered that investment into an improved solution would be
beneficial.
2.4 An improved solution would require streamlined functionality
and the ability to integrate with all current applications through
application programming interfaces. Providing an up to date and
integrated PVPR to be used and accessible by all relevant business
areas.
2.5 It is the aim to implement a council wide PVPR that is the true
source of data for any PVP within the local authority area
accessible by all relevant business areas internally to the council
and including Wolverhampton Homes.
3.0 Options
3.1 Do nothing - the current PVPR will remain in operation. The
application is not supported on its current platform (Sharepoint
2010). There is a risk that PVPs are not always captured and that
data currently logged is not maintained and up to date.
3.2 Do minimum – update the current platform from Sharepoint
2010 to Sharepoint online. This will ensure the register is stable
and allow the integration of Wolverhampton Homes data with that
council services and stored in one location.
3.3 Do something – implement an integrated cloud based PVPR
which will be the sole point of information for all PVP details and
have the ability to integrate between various in-house applications
currently in operation including Northgate, Carefirst, Capita
One.
4.0 Reasons for decisions
4.1 It is the aim to implement a council wide PVPR that is the true
source of data for any PVP within the local authority area
accessible by all relevant business areas internally to the council
and including Wolverhampton Homes. For this reason, the preferred
option would be to implement an integrated cloud based PVPR.
4.2 This can be achieved through a middleware application called
Fibonacci. Currently we have PVP data held in and across multiple
applications. Fibonacci enables users to search all integrated
applications removing the need to search each one
individually.
4.3 Implementation of an updated PVPR will allow users to input,
store, track and report on specific PVP data. All staff will have
the information available to them in order to ensure that they have
a clear understanding of any PVP they might come across and what
precautions they would need to take for each individual case.
5.0 Financial implications
5.1 This report seeks approval to the allocation of £50,000
from the Corporate Contingency within the ICT Capital Programme to
the Potentially Violent Persons Register project enabling the
implementation and integration of an improved solution in the
2019-2020 financial year.
5.2 The £50,000 capital investment will be accommodated
within the approved ICT capital programme. The investment cost
includes those associated with the acquisition and implementation
of the cloud solution, Fibonacci application integration and
business analyst support.
5.3 In addition to the capital cost of implementation
(£50,000), there are associated running costs estimated in
the region of £6,000 per annum which will be met from
existing General Fund revenue budgets across the business.
6.0 Legal implications
6.1 There are no direct legal implications arising as a result of
this report.
7.0 Equalities implications
7.1 There are no direct equalities implications arising as a result
of this report.
8.0 Environmental implications
8.1 There are no direct environmental implications arising as a
result of this report.
9.0 Human resources implications
9.1 There are no direct human resources implications arising as a
result of this report.
10.0 Corporate landlord implications
10.1 There are no direct Corporate Landlord implications arising as
a result of this report.
11.0 Health and wellbeing implications
11.1 The implementation of an updated PVPR will ensure that all
staff have a clear understanding of any PVPs they might come across
and what precautions they would need to take for each individual
case.
11.2 Sharing relevant information about potential risk with
employees can make them feel more valued, improve morale, increase
confidence, increase productivity, reduce sickness levels, increase
staff retention maintaining an experienced and skilled
workforce.
11.3 Health & Safety at Work Act; Section 2 deals with
employers' duties, and states: "It shall be the duty of all
employers to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the
health safety and welfare of all their employees whilst they are at
work".
12.0 Schedule of background papers
12.1 Cabinet, 20 February 2019, Capital programme 2018-2019 to
2022-2023 quarter three review and 2019-2020 to 2023-2024 budget
strategy.
Decision Maker: Cabinet Member for Digital and Community Inclusion
Decision published: 27/11/2019
Effective from: 20/11/2019
Decision:
Approved an allocation of £50,000 from the Corporate Contingency to the ICT Capital Programme to fund the Potentially Violent Persons Register project enabling the implementation of an improved solution in the 2019-2020 financial year
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Pardeep Khatkar
21/11/2019 - Application of Right to Buy receipts for additional social housing - property purchase 15 ref: 3398 Recommendations Approved
Approval to purchase two additional units for affordable housing
Decision Maker: Leader of the Council
Decision published: 25/11/2019
Effective from: 21/11/2019
Decision:
1. Approved the completion of the purchase of two former council homes at the agreed negotiated price totalling £325,000.
2. Agreed the payment for these properties be made from the monies received through affordable housing contributions within Section 106 Agreements.
3. Authorised the Chief Legal Officer or other authorised officers to execute legal documentation to put the purchases into effect.
Wards affected: Tettenhall Regis;
Lead officer: Karen Beasley
06/11/2019 - Local Lettings Plan - Trent Gardens ref: 3399 Recommendations Approved
To approve a local lettings plan for the Trent Gardens housing development.
Decision Maker: Deputy Leader: City Housing
Decision published: 25/11/2019
Effective from: 06/11/2019
Decision:
1. Approved a local lettings plan for the Trent Gardens development of 37 general need new build homes at Burton Crescent:
a. To allocate these properties to applicants in housing need, Emergency Band, Band 1, Band 2 and Band 3 assessed housing priority through Homes in the City;
b. To allocate 10% of properties to Emergency Band applicants, at least 45% of properties to transferring Council tenants and up to 45% of properties to transferring Council tenants with a local connection to the Spring Valley/ Springfields/ Falkland Crescent area;
c. To allow the allocation of a proportion of the bungalows, ground floor accessible flats and four bedroom homes to transferring tenants with a local connection to the Spring Valley/ Springfields/ Falkland Crescent area who have an assessed Emergency Band or Band 1 need for these property types.
Wards affected: Heath Town;
Lead officer: Henry Gregory, Mila Simpson