Decisions

1.   That the appointment of Councillor Bhupinder Gakhal as Chair of Our Council Scrutiny Panel for the remainder of the municipal year 2019/2020 be approved.

2.   That the appointment of Councillor Bhupinder Gakhal as a member of the Scrutiny Board for the remainder of the municipal year 2019/2020 be approved.

1.    Agreed the expenditure of the grant monies in line with the allocation set out in the Cabinet report.

2.    Approved the Council entering into agreement with Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (CSU)to provide funds to enable the CSU to deliver the services set out in that agreement.

1.      That the Council entering into a grant agreement between the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and CQC registered care homes in the city to distribute the Infection Control Fund grant as directed by the Department of Health and Social Care, together with any ancillary documents necessary for the Council to receive the funds be approved.

2.      That the creation of a supplementary budget of £3.3m fully funded by the Adult Social Care Infection Prevention Ring Fenced grant 2020 provided by MHCLG and expenditure in line with the grant terms and conditions be approved. This funding would be paid as a Section 31 grant ring fenced exclusively for actions which support care homes and domiciliary care providers mainly to tackle the risk of Covid19 infections and is in addition to funding already received. 75% of the ring-fenced grant must transfer directly to CQC registered Care Homes (2,516 beds in total) and 25% spent by the local authority in line with grant conditions

3.      That the proposed communication and process for allocation and monitoring of 75% of the grant funding to Care Homes in line with the grant conditions as set out in section 3 of this report be approved.

4.      That authority be delegated to the Director of Adult Services, in consultation with the Director of Public health, to approve the plan on behalf of the council for the allocation of the 25% of grant funding to the Wolverhampton System in line with the grant conditions as set out in section 3 of this report.

1.     That the Council be authorised to enter into a contract with BBP Security Services Ltd for the provision of manned security services without going through a detailed procurement process in light of the need for urgent manned security of the food hub during the Covid-19 situation.

1.      That the Council entering into a grant agreement between the Cities and Local Growth Unit (CLGU) for the Reopening of the High Streets Safely Fund together with any ancillary documents necessary for the Council to receive the funds be approved.

2.      That the creation of a supplementary budget of £234,488 fully funded by Cities and Local Growth Unit (CLGU) grant provided by the European Regional Development Fund and expenditure in line with the grant terms and conditions be approved.

1.    Approved the services strategy that will enable Harlaxton Energy Networks Limited, (IDNO) to co-ordinate and deliver a full suite of services infrastructure to include Electricity, Gas, Water and Third Party Communications services at the i54 and i54 Western Extension (south) sites.

2.    Approved that the Council as landowner enters into Agreement with SCC, Harlaxton Energy Networks Limited and Harlaxton Engineering Services Limited for the Reservation of Connection Capacity.

Approved the allocation of £1.0 million from the Corporate Contingency to individual projects within Corporate Asset Management to facilitate the programme of works detailed in Table 1 which includes 19 new projects.

1.     That the use of an additional 16 Council housing properties for temporary accommodation be approved.

2.     That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for City Assets and Housing in consultation with the Director for City Environment to approve future use of Council housing properties for temporary accommodation or alternative use as required.

1.     That it be authorised to extend a number of contracts by variation to ensure that key services can continue to be provided until the Covid-19 outbreak and lockdown were resolved.

Approved the completion of the transactions listed below:

•      Land rear of 208 Hordern Road, Whitmore Reans – Minor garden land sale

•      Land rear of 21 Colman Avenue, Wednesfield – Minor land sale

•      1A Hurstbourne Crescent – Deed of Covenant

To review the Housing Managing Agents Performance Monitoring Report - Quarter Four January to March 2020

The item was withdrawn.

To consider the outcome of consultation and approve the adoption of policy as part of the Vision for School Organisation.

1.      That the High Needs Provision Framework be approved.

2.      That the outcome of consultation on the draft High Needs Provision Framework be noted.

3.      That the amendments (in Section 5) made to the draft High Needs Provision Framework following consultation be noted.

1.      That the acquisition of market housing to convert to affordable housing to increase the housing stock as part of the Additional Social Housing Programme be approved.

2.      That the policy and criteria to identify and purchase suitable market housing units be approved.

3.      That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for City Assets and Housing in consultation with the Director of City Environment to agree the expenditure on individual property/land purchases.

4.      That authority be delegated to the Service Manager, Strategy and Policy and in their absence, the Housing Enabling Manager the decision to ‘decline’ a Right of First Refusal request.

5.      That the completed acquisitions of market housing which have been converted to affordable housing in 2019-2020 be noted.

To exclude the press and public from the meeting during discusion on the remaining item of business.

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).

1.      That the list of projects for development and implementation as part of the Transportation Capital Programme 2020-2021 and future years, as set out in appendices 3, 4, 5 and 6 to the report be approved.

2.      That the Head of City Transport be authorised to proceed with development work for each project on the list including surveying, site investigation, options appraisal, feasibility analysis, traffic modelling, detailed design, statutory advertising and public consultation, as appropriate.

3.      That the projects marked ‘Approve’ in the ‘Approval’ column of appendices 3 and 4 to the report be approved for implementation, subject to the availability of funding.

4.      That the Cabinet Member for City Environment, in consultation with the Director for City Environment be authorised to approve, through an Individual Executive Decision Notice (IEDN), implementation of the projects on the list marked ‘IEDN’ in the ‘Approval’ column of appendices 3 and 4 to the report, subject to the satisfactory outcome of public consultation, availability of funding and any other relevant considerations.

5.      That the Cabinet Member for City Environment, in consultation with the Director for City Environment be authorised to approve, through an IEDN, the bringing forward of projects from appendix 5 to appendices 3 or 4 to the report and thereafter to approve them for implementation during 2020-2021 subject to the satisfactory outcome of public consultation, availability of funding and any other relevant considerations.

6.      That the Cabinet Member for City Environment, in consultation with the Director for City Environment be authorised to approve, through an IEDN, appropriate virements between existing approved budgets within the transport capital programme maximising use of resources.

7.      That further reports be submitted at the appropriate time in order to obtain the necessary authority to implement the projects marked ‘Cabinet’ in the ‘Approval’ column of appendices 3 and 4 to the report.

8.      That the Chief Legal Officer be authorised to serve all necessary notices in respect of the projects listed in appendices 3 and 4 to the report and, subject to there being no unresolved objections, make traffic regulation orders as required.

10.That the Head of City Transport be authorised to make applications and bids for additional external funding noting that agreement ahead of submission would be obtained from the Director of Finance and appropriate governance would be followed to amend budgets on receipt of such funding.

11.That the Director of Finance be authorised to approve the Council entering into funding agreements with the various funding bodies to receive grant funding in respect of the projects included in the report.

12.That the expenditure and progress made in delivering £41 million worth of projects in the Transportation Capital Programme during 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020 as set out in appendix 2 to the report be approved.

13.That the Council’s continuing success in bidding for additional funding and delivering new projects through the Local Growth Fund, Access to Growth, and the West Midlands Combined Authority be noted.

To approve the Safer Wolverhampton Partnership refreshed Community Safety Strategy for 2020-2023.

That subject to amendments to emphasise the links between the strategy and Anti-Social Behaviour Teams, and to bolster the equalities implications section, Full Council be recommended to endorse the Safer Wolverhampton Partnership Community Safety and Harm Reduction Strategy 2020-2023.

1.     That supplementary expenditure budgets totalling £2.3 million funded by the COVID Local Government Grant be established to support the costs of the discretionary business grant.

2.     That the approach to the distribution of the discretionary business grant as detailed in the report be approved.

3.     That it be authorised, to use any underspend in Small Business Grant Fund and the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Fund, that Government agrees to being so used, to increase the relevant budget at paragraph 1 and to be spent in line with the principles at paragraph 2 as detailed in the report.

Approved payments totalling £57,470 as detailed at section 5.3.

Approved payments totalling £61,960 as detailed at section 5.3.