Agenda
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Meeting: |
Executive |
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Members: |
Councillors Carl Les (Chairman), Gareth Dadd, Derek Bastiman, Michael Harrison, Simon Myers, Janet Sanderson, David Chance, Keane Duncan, Greg White and Annabel Wilkinson. |
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Date: |
Tuesday, 18th July 2023 |
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Time: |
11.00 am |
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Venue: |
Meeting Room 3, County Hall, Northallerton, DL7 8AD |
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.
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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Minutes of the Meeting held on 4 July 2023
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(Pages 5 - 22) |
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Declarations of Interest
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Public Participation |
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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 13 July 2023, 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. |
Consider the adoption of the Parish Charter |
(Pages 23 - 180) |
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Recommendation: The Executive is asked to recommend that North Yorkshire Council adopt the Parish Charter attached as Appendix A to the report.
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Recharging Parishes for By-Elections |
(Pages 181 - 196) |
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Recommendations The Executive are asked to approve that: i) NYC cover the cost of all parish by-elections for its initial financial year 2023-2024. ii) NYC introduce recharges to parishes within North Yorkshire for all costs incurred by the Returning Officer for by-elections, from 1 April 2024
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North Yorkshire Climate Change Strategy |
(Pages 197 - 252) |
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Recommendations The Executive are recommended to: i) Approve adoption of the North Yorkshire Council Climate Change Strategy ii) Agree that North Yorkshire Council signs up to the Yorkshire and Humber Climate Commission’s Climate Action Pledge
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North Yorkshire Council Statement of Community involvement: Consultation Draft |
(Pages 253 - 318) |
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Recommendations: The Executive are asked to: i) Agree, for the purpose of public consultation, the draft Statement of Community Involvement at Appendix 1; and ii) Subject to consultation and any subsequent amendments, delegate authority to the Executive Member for Open to Business to approve the Statement of Community Involvement for adoption and any future amendments or replacements to that document.
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Local Authority Housing Fund |
(Pages 319 - 330) |
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Recommendation That the Executive approves entering into a Memorandum of Understanding with Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) to accept grant funding of £1.34M from the Local Authority Housing Fund (LAHF). This funding shall help pay for the acquisition of additional accommodation for 11 households from the Afghan resettlement and relocation schemes.
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Handyperson Service - Future Delivery of Minor Adaptation Service |
(Pages 331 - 342) |
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Recommendations: The Executive are asked to: i) Cease the provision of a commissioned Minor Adaptations Service from April 2024 ii) Approve that Community Development begin detailed work to mobilise a Countywide Minor Adaptations service from April 2024 iii) Approve the continued use of DFG funding to support the service and note the further work on maximising this grant as per section 8.9 above.
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Adult learning and Skills Service Accountability Statement 2023/24 |
(Pages 343 - 366) |
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Recommendations: The Executive is asked to approve: i) The submission of the final accountability agreement to the DfE ii) Publication of the final agreement
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Member Champions Update |
(Pages 367 - 368) |
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Recommendation: Executive is asked to note the appointment to the Member Champion roles made by the Leader as outlined in section 2.4 of the report.
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Forward Plan
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(Pages 369 - 380) |
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Any Other Items |
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Any other items which the Leader agrees should be considered as a matter of urgency because of special circumstances
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Date of Next Meeting - 22 August 2023
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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: |
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Enquiries relating to this agenda please contact Melanie Carr, Principal Democratic Services & Scrutiny Officer Tel: 01609 533849 or e-mail: Melanie.carr1@northyorks.gov.uk
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Barry Khan
Assistant Chief Executive