Agenda

Meeting:

Executive

Members:

Councillors Carl Les (Chairman), Mark Crane, Gareth Dadd, Keane Duncan, Michael Harrison, Simon Myers, Heather Phillips, Janet Sanderson, Greg White and Annabel Wilkinson.

Date:

Tuesday 6 May 2025

Time:

11.00 am

Venue:

Swale Room,Mercury House, Richmond

 

Members of the public are entitled to attend this meeting as observers for all those items taken in open session. Please contact the Democratic Services Officer whose contact details are below if you would like to find out more.

 

This meeting is being held as an in-person meeting that is being broadcasted and recorded and will be available to view via www.northyorks.gov.uk/livemeetings. The meeting is also ‘hybrid’, which enables people to attend the meeting remotely using MS Teams. Please contact the Democratic Services Officer whose contact details are below if you would like to find out more.

 

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Recording is allowed at Council, committee and sub-committee meetings which are open to the public, please give due regard to the Council’s protocol on audio/visual recording and photography at public meetings, a copy of which is available to download below. Anyone wishing to record is asked to contact, prior to the start of the meeting, the Democratic Services Officer whose details are at the foot of the first page of the Agenda. We ask that any recording is clearly visible to anyone at the meeting and that it is non-disruptive.

 

Business

 

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1.  

Apologies for Absence

 

 

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2.  

Minutes of the Meeting held on 15 April 2025

 

(Pages 5 - 8)

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3.  

Declarations of Interest

 

 

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4.  

Public Participation

 

 

Members of the public may ask questions or make statements at this meeting if they have given notice to Elizabeth Jackson, Principal Democratic Services Officer democraticservices.central@northyorks.gov.uk  and supplied the text by midday on Wednesday 30 April, three working days before the day of the meeting.  Each speaker should limit themselves to 3 minutes on any item.  Members of the public who have given notice will be invited to speak:

·            at this point in the meeting if their questions/statements relate to matters which are not otherwise on the Agenda (subject to an overall time limit of 30 minutes);

·            when the relevant Agenda item is being considered if they wish to speak on a matter which is on the Agenda for this meeting.

If you are exercising your right to speak at this meeting, but do not wish to be recorded, please inform the Leader who will instruct anyone who may be taking a recording to cease while you speak.

 

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5.  

Adult Social Care Charging Policies

(Pages 9 - 40)

 

 

Recommendations

 

i)      That Executive approves the refreshed Charging Policies for Adult Residential and Community-Based Care while noting that no changes have been proposed which change how or what people are charged.

 

ii)     Executive agrees that approval of any future minor changes to these Policies (not having any impact on what or how people are charged), or changes otherwise required by legislation, is delegated to the Corporate Director – Health and Adult Services, in consultation with the Executive Member for Health and Adult Services and the Corporate Director – Resources.

 

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6.  

Town Investment Plans – Accept Funding

(Pages 41 - 54)

 

 

Recommendations

 

i)    That the Executive authorises the acceptance of grant funding of up to £1.2million from the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority to support the costs of developing investment plans for towns and key service centres across North Yorkshire. 

 

ii)         That the Corporate Director of Community Development in consultation with the Assistant Director of Resources (Community Development) and the Assistant Chief Executive for Legal and Democratic are granted delegated authority to agree and enter into the final terms of the grant agreement with the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority.

 

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7.  

Transfer of former Richmond Grammar School, Caretakers Bungalow and Tennis Courts to Richmondshire Building Preservation Trust

(Pages 55 - 66)

 

 

Recommendations

 

That the Executive approve in principle the transfer of the site at undervalue to Richmondshire Building Preservation Trust and to delegate to the Corporate Director – Resources in consultation with the Assistant Chief Executive Legal and Democratic Services to make the final decision to transfer and all associated decisions in accordance with the terms set out in paragraph 7.5 and subject to RBPT securing the necessary grant funding.

 

 

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8.  

Proposed Changes to the Constitution

(Pages 67 - 84)

 

 

Recommended

 

That, subject to any comments Members may have:

 

(a)  the proposed amendments to the Constitution set out in Part A of Appendix 1 be recommended to full Council for approval;

 

(b)  Members note the amendments to the Constitution set out in Part B of Appendix 1 to this report, made by the Assistant Chief Executive Legal and Democratic Services under his delegated powers, for reporting back to full Council for information;

 

(c)   The proposed amendments to Council Procedure Rule 11.1(i) as set out by way of tracked changes in paragraph 4.3 be recommended to full Council for approval;

 

(d)  The proposed amendments to the Code of Practice for Councillors and Officers Dealing with Planning Matters set out in paragraph 5.1 of this report be recommended to full Council for approval;

 

(e)  The proposed amendments to change references to ‘special meeting’ to ‘extraordinary meeting’ in the Constitution, as set out in paragraph 6.2 of this report be recommended to full Council for approval;

 

(f)    The proposed amendments to Council Procedure Rule 15, as set out in Appendix 2 to this report, be recommended to full Council for approval.

 

 

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9.  

Forward Plan

 

(Pages 85 - 102)

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10.  

Any Other Items

 

 

Any other items which the Leader agrees should be considered as a matter of urgency because of special circumstances

 

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11.  

Date of Next Meeting - 27 May 2025 (Performance Monitoring)

 

 

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Members are reminded that in order to expedite business at the meeting and enable Officers to adapt their presentations to address areas causing difficulty, they are encouraged to contact Officers prior to the meeting with questions on technical issues in reports.

 

 

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Contact Details:

 

Enquiries relating to this agenda please contact Elizabeth Jackson, Principal Democratic Services Officer

Tel: 04123 556409 or e-mail: democraticservices.central@northyorks.gov.uk   

Website: www.northyorks.gov.uk

 

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Barry Khan

Assistant Chief Executive Legal and Democratic Services

County Hall

Northallerton

 

Friday 25 April 2025

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