Agenda
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Meeting: |
Executive |
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Councillors Carl Les (Chairman), Gareth Dadd, Derek Bastiman, David Chance, Keane Duncan, Michael Harrison, Simon Myers, Janet Sanderson, Greg White and Annabel Wilkinson. |
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Date: |
Tuesday, 21st June 2022 |
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Time: |
11.00 am |
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Venue: |
Room 3, County Hall, Northallerton |
This meeting is being held as an in-person meeting and in public. The government position is that of learning to live with COVID-19, removing domestic restrictions while encouraging safer behaviours through public health advice. In view of this, hand cleanser and masks will be available for attendees upon request. The committee room will be well ventilated and attendees encouraged to avoid bottlenecks and maintain an element of social distancing. Please contact the named supporting officer for the committee, if you have any queries or concerns about the management of the meeting and the approach to COVID-19 safety.
Please do not attend if on the day you have COVID-19 symptoms or have had a recent positive Lateral Flow Test.
Further details of the government strategy (Living with COVID-19 Plan) is available here – https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-guidance-sets-out-how-to-live-safely-with-covid-19
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Introductions
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Minutes of the Meetings held on 23 May 2022 and 31 May 2022
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(Pages 5 - 12) |
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Declarations of Interest
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Public Questions and Statements |
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Members of the public may ask questions or make statements at this meeting if they have given notice to Melanie Carr of Democratic and Scrutiny Services and supplied the text (contact details below) by midday on Thursday 16 June 2022, 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 Chairman who will instruct anyone who may be taking a recording to cease while you speak.
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Q4 Performance Monitoring and Budget Report |
(Pages 13 - 182) |
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Recommendations - That the Executive: a) Notes the outturn position for the County Council’s 2021/22 Revenue Budget, as summarised in paragraph 2.1.2 of the report b) Notes the position on the GWB (paragraphs 2.4.1 to 2.4.3 of the report) c) Notes the position on the ‘Strategic Capacity – Unallocated’ reserve (paragraphs 2.4.4 to 2.4.7 of the report) d) Approves the top up of the LGR reserve to £38m as per business case (paragraph 2.5.1) and notes the position at paragraph 2.5.2 of the report. e) Approves the request for £1.5m of one-off funding from the LGR Transitional Fund for a single Microsoft 365 platform for the new council as set out in paragraphs 2.5.4 to 2.5.5 of the report. f) Delegates authority to the Corporate Director in consultation with the Executive Member for Finance, to approve subsequent “approved” bids from the LGR Transitional Fund as set put in paragraph 2.5.6 of the report. g) Notes the performance of the Treasury Management operation during 2021/22 and the outturn position on Prudential Indicators h) Notes the position on capital outturn as detailed in Appendices A to E of the report i) Recommends to the County Council, the proposed carry forward to 2022/23 of the net capital underspend totalling £2.5m as set out in paragraph 4.14 of the report j) Approves the financing of capital expenditure as detailed in paragraph 4.16 and Appendix F of the report. k) Approves additional funding, in principle, to meet the conditions set by the DfE in relation to the delivery of a special needs Free School in Selby as detailed in paragraph 4.28 of the report.
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Closure proposal for Weaverthorpe CE VC Primary School |
(Pages 183 - 314) |
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Recommendations – That: (a) The issues listed above in section 9 have been satisfied and there can be a determination of the proposals. (b) The following proposals be determined: i) To cease to maintain Weaverthorpe CE VC Primary School with effect from 31 August 2022. ii) To expand the catchment area of Luttons Community Primary School from 1 September 2022, to include the current Weaverthorpe School catchment area; with the exception of the current joint catchment area of Weaverthorpe and Hertford Vale CE Primary Schools (serving Butterwick), which will remain part of Hertford Vale’s catchment area
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Review of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Provision: proposals to change provision at Brompton Hall School |
(Pages 315 - 356) |
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Recommendation: That the Executive notes the report and gives approval to move forward with further consultation as set out in the table at paragraph 6.1 of the report.
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Proposal for a new Overview and Scrutiny Committee |
(Pages 357 - 364) |
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Recommendations – That it be recommended to County Council that : a) A new overview and scrutiny committee is constituted for the period July 2022 to March 2023, whose role and remit is to be scrutiny of significant decisions made by the Executive regarding the creation of the new unitary authority. b) The proposed amendments to the Constitution regarding the Looked After Children’s Members’ Group and the Contract Procedure Rules be adopted
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Proposed Decision making for Transitional Arrangements |
(Pages 365 - 376) |
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Recommendations – That: i. The Executive approve the creation of the 7 Cross Party Working Groups identified in paragraph 3.2 of the report; ii. All Political Groups in the Council appoint relevant members onto the Groups; iii. The Groups report back their findings and recommendations to the Executive (and/or relevant Scrutiny Committee) as appropriate;
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Levelling Up Fund Bid - submission and acceptance
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(To Follow) |
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Forward Plan
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(Pages 377 - 390) |
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Other business which the Leader agrees should be considered as a matter of urgency because of special circumstances
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Contact Details |
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Enquiries relating to this agenda please contact Melanie Carr Tel: 01609 533849 or e-mail: Melanie.carr1@northyorks.gov.uk
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Barry Khan
Assistant Chief Executive