Agenda
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Meeting: |
Executive |
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Members: |
Councillors Carl Les (Chairman), Mark Crane, Gareth Dadd, Keane Duncan, Michael Harrison, Simon Myers, Heather Phillips, Janet Sanderson, Greg White and Annabel Wilkinson. |
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Date: |
Tuesday, 15 April 2025 |
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Time: |
11.00 am |
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Venue: |
Civic Centre, Harrogate |
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Business
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1. |
Apologies for Absence
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2. |
Minutes of the Meeting held on 18 March 2025
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(Pages 5 - 16) |
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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 Elizabeth Jackson, Principal Democratic Services Officer democraticservices.central@northyorks.gov.uk , and supplied the text by midday on Thursday 10 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. |
Pay and Display Machine Replacement |
(Pages 17 - 30) |
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Recommendations
That Executive:
i) approves the capital sum of £2,461,850 to be funded from the LGR Reserve to replace the current 429 P&D machines. Included in this total is £400,000 to replace old sodium lighting with new LED heads and ageing lamp columns where necessary in the council’s surface car parks; and ii) notes that with the capital investment, an estimated annual saving of £587k is forecast to be achieved which will contribute to the £1.000m saving target included in the 26/27 financial plan.
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Bus Service Improvement Plan 4 Grant Acceptance and Delivery and Delegation of Public Transport Duties |
(Pages 31 - 42) |
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Recommendations
1) The Executive is asked to consider the information in this report and it is recommended that the Executive:
i) accepts the extension of the current delegation of the Local Transport Functions from the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority until 30 June 2025 and approves the delegation to the Corporate Director for the Environment, in consultation with the Assistant Chief Executive (Legal and Democratic Services), to agree the terms of and enter into any associated Agreement. ii) in the event that such delegation is granted, approves the delegation to the Corporate Director for the Environment, in consultation with the Executive Member Highways and Transportation, to accept the delegation of the Local Transport Functions from the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority for 2025/26 and, in consultation with the Assistant Chief Executive (Legal and Democratic Services), to agree the terms of and enter into the associated Agreement.
2) Subject to the approval of the above recommendation (i), it is further recommended that the Executive:
iii) authorises the acceptance of the Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) 4 grant of £5,893,250 and Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) of £1,039,698 from the York & North Yorkshire Combined Authority and approves the delegation to the Corporate Director for the Environment, in conjunction with the Corporate Director for Resources and the Assistant Chief Executive (Legal and Democratic Services), to agree the terms of and enter into the associated Agreement. iv) approves the outline plan for expenditure for the Council set out in Appendix A and approves the delegation to the Corporate Director for the Environment to agree the details of such expenditure and enter into the associated agreements.
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7. |
Housing Improvement Plan |
(Pages 43 - 84) |
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Recommendations
1) That Executive approve adoption of the Housing Improvement Plan (Appendix B)
2) That Executive approve the draft Housing Improvement Strategy (Appendix C) to move forward to consultation with tenants and delegate approving adoption of the strategy to the Executive Member for Culture, Arts and Housing.
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Recoverable grant acceptance from Homes England's Brownfield, Infrastructure and Land (BIL) Fund |
(Pages 85 - 96) |
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Recommendations
1) To request approval from the Executive to authorise the acceptance of an offer for recoverable grant funding of £6,780,994.
2) Approval is sought from the Executive to delegate signing of the final Grant Funding Agreement to the Corporate Director – Resources.
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9. |
Area Committee Feedback Report |
(Pages 97 - 102) |
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Recommendation
That the Executive notes the report and considers any matters arising from the work of the six Area Committees, that merits further scrutiny, review or investigation at a county-level.
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10. |
Forward Plan
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(Pages 103 - 120) |
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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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12. |
Date of Next Meeting - 6 May 2025 at Mercury House, Richmond
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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 Elizabeth Jackson or St John Harris, Democratic Services Tel: 0300 1312131 or e-mail: democraticservices.central@northyorks.gov.uk
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Barry Khan
Assistant Chief Executive