Agenda

Meeting:

Executive

Members:

Councillors Carl Les (Chairman), Gareth Dadd, Derek Bastiman, Michael Harrison, Simon Myers, Janet Sanderson, David Chance, Keane Duncan, Greg White and Annabel Wilkinson.

Date:

Tuesday, 28th November 2023

Time:

11.00 am

Venue:

Council Chamber, County Hall, Northallerton DL7 8AD

 

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.

 

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.  

Public Minutes of the Meeting held on 7 November 2023

 

(Pages 5 - 8)

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3.  

Declarations of Interest

 

 

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4.  

Exclusion of the Public

 

 

Members are recommended to exclude the public from the meeting during consideration of each of the items of business listed in Column 1 of the following table on the grounds that they each involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the paragraph(s) specified in column 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to information)(Variation) Order 2006:-

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item number on the agenda

 

Paragraph Numbers

13

2 & 3

 

 

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5.  

Public Participation

 

 

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 23 November 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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6.  

Quarter 2 Performance Monitoring and Budget Report

(Pages 9 - 206)

 

Recommendations

That the Executive

a.      Notes that the information in the Q2 Performance Report is used as a performance baseline or starting point for the new council

b.      Notes the forecast outturn position against the 2023/24 Revenue Budget, as summarised in paragraph 2.2.2 of the report.

c.      Notes the forecast outturn position for the Housing Revenue Account as set out in paragraph 2.3.1 of the report

d.      Approves the move of £10,443k from Strategic Capacity Unallocated to General Working Balances as set out in paragraph 2.5.1 of the report

e.      Notes the position on the Council’s Treasury Management activities during the second quarter of 2023/24

f.        Refers this report to the Audit Committee for their consideration as part of the overall monitoring arrangements for Treasury Management.

g.      Approve the refreshed Capital Plan summarised at paragraph 4.2.3 of the report

h.      Approve the addition of £580k to the capital plan for the Scarborough chalets, on an invest to save basis; and officers be given delegated authority to proceed with the scheme (see paragraph 4.4.7);

i.       Agree that no action be taken at this stage to allocate any additional capital resources (see paragraph 4.8.7).

 

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7.  

North Yorkshire Transforming Cities Fund Projects

 

 

(To Follow)

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8.  

Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman Public Report

(Pages 207 - 220)

 

Recommendations:

The Executive is recommended to note:

i.        The findings and recommendations of the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman Public Report.

ii.      The actions taken.

 

 

 

 

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9.  

Outdoor Learning Service

(Pages 221 - 250)

 

Recommendations:

The Executive are asked to:

i)         Approve Phase 1 investment up to £4.2m.

ii)      Agree for the service return to the Executive committee in 2027/28 to seek approval for further investment in Phase 2 of the development.

 

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10.  

Forward Plan

 

(Pages 251 - 266)

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11.  

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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12.  

Date of Next Meeting - 12 December 2023

 

 

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13.  

Private Minute of the Meeting held on 7 November 2023

 

(Pages 267 - 268)

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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:

Melanie Carr, Principal Democratic Services & Scrutiny Officer

Tel: 01609 533849 or e-mail: Melanie.carr1@northyorks.gov.uk

Website: www.northyorks.gov.uk

 

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Barry Khan

Assistant Chief Executive

(Legal and Democratic Services)

 

County Hall

Northallerton

 

20 November 2023

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