Agenda

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Recommendations

1)    To approve the variation to the Council’s Hackney Carriage Table of Fares as set out in Appendix A.

2)    To approve the publication of the required statutory notices notifying of the variation approved in recommendation 14.1 above.

Recommendations

That the Executive

1)    Approves the allocation of £200,000 (£100,000 per year over two years) funding from the Strategic Capacity Reserve for operational costs associated with the delivery of the Tour of Britain Cycling Race in 2026 and 2027.

2)    Delegates responsibility to the Corporate Director Environment to manage a contingency fund of £25K in each of 2026 and 2027 to support event delivery if the existing annual budget is exceeded.

3)    Delegate responsibility to the Corporate Director Environment to agree the race routes with British Cycling for the 2026 and 2027 Tour of Britain Cycling Races

Recommendations

1)    Adopt the Housing Civil Financial Penalty Policy

2)    It is also recommended that authority be delegated to the Assistant Director of Housing, in consultation with the Executive Member for Culture, Arts and Housing to make minor amendments to the Housing Civil Financial Penalty Policy as required, including updates necessary to ensure ongoing alignment with nationally updated model policies.

3)    Confirm the delegation of the Council’s statutory duties, functions, responsibilities and enforcement powers under the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 to the Corporate Director of Community Development, to ensure the Council can lawfully, consistently, and effectively discharge its statutory enforcement duties, including the issue of civil (financial) penalties under the new legislative regime.

Recommendations

1)    Adopt the proposed Housing Authority Enforcement Policy.

2)    Delegate authority to the Assistant Director of Housing, in consultation with the Executive Member for Culture, Arts and Housing to make minor amendments to the Housing Enforcement Policy as required, including updates necessary to ensure ongoing alignment with nationally updated model policies.

3)    Confirm the delegation of the Council’s statutory duties, functions, responsibilities and enforcement powers under the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 to the Corporate Director of Community Development, to ensure the Council can lawfully, consistently, and effectively discharge its statutory enforcement duties, including the issue of civil (financial) penalties under the new legislative regime.

Recommendations

1)    Support the preferred option to establish a new Section 75 agreement between North Yorkshire Council and NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board for the joint planning and delivery of community‑based emotional wellbeing support for children and young people.

2)     Approve progressing to a formal 60‑day public consultation on the proposed new Section 75 agreement.

3)    Agree that, subject to the outcome of the consultation, Executive delegate final sign‑off the new Section 75 agreement to the Executive Director of Children and Young People Services in consultation with Children and Young People Service Executive Members.

Recommendations

That, subject to any comments Members may have, the Executive:

       i.         except as set out below, delegates all functions in relation to the progression of work to establish a Regional Care Cooperative to the Corporate Director Children and Young People’s Service, in consultation with the Executive Member for Children and Families, following review of recommendations with other Directors of Children and Social Care across the region;

     ii.         agrees that the decision to submit an Expression Of Interest to test a Regional Care Cooperative be taken by the Corporate Director of Resources (or their sub-delegated officer), if they deem it appropriate, in consultation with the Executive Member for Finance, Executive Member for Children and Families, and the Corporate Director for Children and Young People’s Service, following review of recommendations with other Directors of Children and Social Care across the region; 

    iii.         agrees that the decision to join the White Rose Framework (to support a decision to submit an Expression of Interest to test a Regional Care Cooperative should be that the outcome of regional discussions) be taken by  the Corporate Director for Children and Young People, in consultation with the Corporate Director Resources and the Monitoring Officer.

Recommendations

That, subject to any comments Members may have, the following proposed amendments to the Constitution are recommended by the Executive to full Council for approval:

(a)   The management of amendments at meetings of full Council, as referenced in section 4.0 of, and Appendix A to, this report;

(b)   The process for the cancelling or postponing of a committee meeting at a time after the summons for the meeting has been issued, as referenced in section 5.0 of, and Appendix A to, this report;

(c)   The Terms of Reference for the Chief Officers Appointments and Disciplinary Committee and Sub-Committee and the Staff Employment Procedure Rules and clarification of the process for approving Chief Officer appointments, as referenced in section 6.0 of, and Appendix B to, this report;

(d)   The removal of the reference to the Local Transport Plan in the Policy Framework in Article 4 of the Constitution, as detailed at section 7.0 of the report;

(e)   The Terms of Reference for the Audit Committee and Pension Board, as detailed at section 8.0 of the report and at Appendix 1;

(f)    The Procurement and Contract Procedure Rules (PCPR) and the: 1) Procurement Financial Thresholds; 2) the Key Decision Limit; and 3) the Grant Application and Acceptance Process., as detailed at section 9.0 of the report and at Appendices 2 to 7.

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.

Recommendation

That the Executive appoints to Groundwork Yorkshire LTD and Groundwork North Yorkshire LTD, as stated at paragraph 2.3.

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