Forward Plan: Executive Meeting: 18 April 2024

 

Table 1: Items scheduled on the Forward Plan for the Executive Meeting on 9 May 2024

Title and Description

Author

Portfolio Holder

Building a smokefree generation in York: approving use of the Local Stop Smoking Services and Support Grant

 

Purpose of Report: The report will give an overview of how the council intends to utilise new resource from the Section 31 Local Stop Smoking Services and Support Grant 2024-2025 grant, where the city has been allocated an initial £196,000 from Department of Health and Social Care to be spent on reducing smoking in York in 2024/2025, with grant expected to continue each year until 2028/2029.

Peter Roderick, Director of Public Health

Executive Member for Health, Wellbeing and Adult Social Care

Update to Joint Committee Governance Arrangements for the Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation (“YPO”)

 

Purpose of Report: To seek approval to sign a revised Management Agreement, which sets out the governance arrangements for the YPO Joint Management Committee following a review of governance and recommendations for approval.

 

The Executive will be asked to:

 

i.              Note and consider the changes recommended by the YPO Management Committee.

 

ii.            Delegate authority to the Director of Governance (and their delegated officers) to sign an updated Management Agreement on behalf of the Council noting that all Member Authorities must also agree before the revisions take effect.

 

Dan Moynihan, Senior Solicitor - contract and commercial

Executive Member for Finance, Performance, Major Projects and Equalities

Veritau Assurance Limited – Creation of New Audit & Assurance Company Limited by Guarantee

 

Purpose of Report: To consider the establishment of a new Teckal company for the provision of audit and assurance services to CYC, North Yorkshire Council (“NYC”), Middlesbrough Council (“MC”), and Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council (“RBCB”) (and potentially other local authority members in due time), which would adhere to the Teckal exemption under Reg. 12(1) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

 

The Executive will be asked to:

 

i.             Further to Article 12 of the CYC Constitution, approve the formation of a new Teckal compliant company limited by guarantee together with NYC, MC, and RCBC for the delivery of audit and assurance services to these authorities.

 

ii.           Approve the novation of CYC’s current Contract for the Provision of Assurance Services with CYC’s and NYC’s current Teckal company, Veritau Limited, to the New Company.

 

iii.          Delegate authority to the Director of Governance (and their delegated officers) to negotiate, draft and conclude with the other member authorities and Veritau Limited all necessary documentation linked to the formation of the new company (including (but not limited to) the new company’s Articles of Association, Members Agreement, and the Novation of the Contract for the Provision of Assurance Services between CYC and the New Company.

Dan Moynihan, Senior Solicitor - contract and commercial

Executive Member for Finance, Performance, Major Projects and Equalities

Gypsy and Traveller Action Plan

 

Purpose of Report: To set out a 12 month action plan of activity with the ambition of reducing inequalities within Gypsy and Traveller communities.

 

The Executive will be asked to approve the action plan.

Laura Williams, Assistant Director (Customer and Communities)

Executive Member for Finance, Performance, Major Projects and Equalities, Executive Member for Housing, Planning and Safer Communities

Future Resettlement Pathway – Building Independence

 

Purpose of Report: This report sets out the results of the review of homelessness rough sleeping resettlement pathways which provides emergency /temporary accommodation and support via residential placements for everyone over the age of 16 who needs it.

 

The report outlines the continued move towards a tailored, person-centred, strength-based approach to resettlement and makes recommendations to reshape existing provision to deliver long term improvements to the lives of care experienced young people as they proceed into adulthood and to vulnerable, homeless adults and young people.

 

Existing provision is a mixture of internally delivered and externally commissioned services. Significant external service contracts come to an end in the 31st July 2024 and decisions need to be made about future models of provision.

 

The Executive will be asked: To review the report and agree future Delivery arrangements.

Tracey Carter, Director Economy, Regeneration and Housing

Executive Member for Children, Young People and Education, Executive Member for Health, Wellbeing and Adult Social Care, Executive Member for Housing, Planning and Safer Communities

 

Table 2: Items scheduled on the Forward Plan for the Executive Meeting on 13 June 2024

Title and Description

Author

Portfolio Holder

Capital Programme outturn

 

Purpose of report: To provide members with the outturn position on the capital programme.

 

Members will be asked: To note the outturn, recommend to full Council any changes as appropriate.

Debbie Mitchell, Chief Finance Officer

Executive Member for Finance, Performance, Major Projects and Equalities

Finance & performance outturn

 

Purpose of report: To provide members with the year-end position on both finance and performance.

 

 

Members will be asked: To note the report.

Debbie Mitchell, Chief Finance Officer

Ian Cunningham, Head of Business Intelligence Hub

Executive Member for Finance, Performance, Major Projects and Equalities

Treasury Management Quarter 4 Prudential Indicators

 

Purpose of report: To provide members with an update on the treasury management position.

 

Members will be asked: To note the issues and approve any adjustments as required to the prudential indicators or strategy.

Debbie Mitchell, Chief Finance Officer

Executive Member for Finance, Performance, Major Projects and Equalities

Treasury Management 23/24 outturn

 

Purpose of report: To provide the annual treasury management review of activities and the actual prudential and treasury indicators.

 

Members will be asked: To note the issues and approve any adjustments as required to the prudential indicators or strategy.

Debbie Mitchell, Chief Finance Officer

Executive Member for Finance, Performance, Major Projects and Equalities