CABINET
27 MARCH 2007
Present: Councillor M Radulovic. Chair
Councillors M Garrett
S Foster
S Heptinstall MBE
R I Jackson
M G Rich
An apology for absence was received from Councillor S Doo.
28.
MINUTES
The minutes of the meeting held on 13 March 2007 were confirmed and
signed.
29.
DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
Councillor S Heptinstall MBE being a governor of Bramcote Hills School
declared a personal interest in agenda item no. 8.3 – minute no 34.3 refers.
30.
REFERENCES
Technical & Works Services Select Committee
14 March 2007
Min. No. 13 – Play Strategy
RESOLVED that the Play Strategy be approved.
Planning and Community Development Select Committee
21 March 2007
Min. No. 20 – Broxtowe Borough Council Travel Plan 2007-2012
RESOLVED that the Broxtowe Travel Plan 2007-2012 be approved.
31.
CABINET WORK PROGRAMME
RESOLVED that the work programme, including key decisions, be
approved.
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32.
RESOURCES
32.1 Conurbation Area Agreement for
Nottingham City/Region
Ongoing discussions had been held with the City and County Councils,
Gedling, Ashfield and Rushcliffe District Councils regarding an emerging
conurbation area agreement for the Nottingham City/Region. The cabinet
considered an update on the discussions, the areas of current activity, in
particular the governance and planning roles for which Broxtowe had taken
the leading role together with the financial implications.
RESOLVED that a supplementary revenue estimate of £5,000 be
approved to be funded from revenue contingencies, in pursuit of
developing the conurbation area agreement.
32.2 Twinning Grant Application –
Eastwood Comprehensive School
Eastwood Comprehensive School had developed a twinning partnership with
Janusz Korczak Gesamtschule in Gütersloh and had arranged a third visit to
take place between 23 and 30 April 2007. The cabinet considered grant aid
towards the twinning visit.
RESOLVED that a grant of £360 be awarded to Eastwood
Comprehensive School.
33.
HOUSING, HEALTH AND LEISURE
33.1 Home Repair Assistance
Interest free loans of up to £20,000 had been offered to vulnerable owner
occupiers to carry out works to meet the decent homes standard. The loans
were repaid upon sale of the property and the process managed by the South
Nottinghamshire Home Improvement Agency.
The cabinet considered a proposal that the applicant’s fee element of home
repair assistance be met by way of a non-repayable grant, paid out of the
home repair assistance capital budget. The financial implications and revised
conditions attached to assistance were also considered.
RESOLVED that the South Nottinghamshire Home Improvement
Agency fee for dealing with home repair assistance be awarded to
applicants by way of a grant and the conditions attached to the
assistance be amended in accordance with the details set out in the
report submitted.
33.2 Private Sector Housing – Grant Awards
The East Midlands Regional Housing Board had invited bids for funding for
2007/08 to assist in achieving targets to increase the proportion of vulnerable
households in the private sector living in decent homes. The cabinet
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considered details of the successful bid of £500,000 and the financial
implications.
RESOLVED that supplementary capital estimates totalling
£500,000 for private sector housing be approved, to be funded from the
Regional Housing Board grant.
33.3 Housing Capital Programme 2007/08
Provision had been made within the approved capital budget for 2007/08 for
housing modernisation expenditure of £2,375,000 including capital salaries.
The cabinet considered the programme for housing modernisation works for
2007/08 which included kitchen and bathroom replacement, roofing repairs
and electrical installation upgrading.
RESOLVED that the housing modernisation programme be
approved.
33.4 Kimberley Leisure Centre –
Extension to Fitness Suite
The main contractor for refurbishment works to the fitness suite at Kimberley
Leisure Centre had requested increases in the project expenditure beyond the
available budget. The works were withdrawn from this contractor and it was
proposed to proceed through the traditional tender process. A formal tender
process would delay the project and the cabinet considered the carry forward
of the budget originally set up for 2006/07.
RESOLVED that:
1.
The contract for works in connection with fitness facilities, first
floor toilets and Disability Discrimination Act works be subject to
the Council’s normal tendering procedures.
2.
The capital allocation totalling £178,600 be carried forward to the
2007/08 capital programme.
34.
PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
34.1 Beeston Town Centre – The Square Redevelopment
The Beeston Town Centre Area Action Plan contained a number of preferred
options relating to redevelopment of The Square and its environs. Detailed
consideration of the Council’s landholdings in Beeston was required in order
to balance town centre vitality. Nottingham Regeneration Limited (NRL) had
been approached to help source the advice and had quoted a sum of up to
£7,500 to take the Council to a point where an implementation plan for the
redevelopment was prepared. The cabinet considered details of the proposal,
the risks involved, background information on NRL and the financial
implications.
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RESOLVED that the appointment of Nottingham Regeneration Ltd
to provide advice to the Council in the redevelopment of The Square and
surrounding areas at a cost of £7,500 be approved with funding
allocated from the business growth reserve.
34.2 Derby and Derbyshire Waste Sites
Development Plan Document: Possible
Sites for New Waste Management Development
Derby City and Derbyshire County Councils had produced booklets which
identified possible waste management sites and described the types of
facilities envisaged. The site closest to Broxtowe’s boundary was the Stanton
Works, which was suggested as one of two possible sites for the “disposal to
land” of “non-hazardous” waste from the Derby area.
The cabinet considered a proposed response and expressed concern that the
proposals would have detrimental effects on the residents of Trowell and
Stapleford and the infrastructure, in particular transportation.
RESOLVED that the comments contained in the report submitted
together with the concerns of cabinet be submitted to the Derby City
and Derbyshire County Councils in response to the consultation
process.
34.3 Capital Grants to Voluntary Organisations 2007/08
The cabinet considered two applications for grant aid.
RESOLVED that the applications be dealt with as follows:
£
Friends of Bramcote Hills Sport &
*deferred
Community Centre
Hilltop Lunch Club
5,000
*Consideration was deferred for further information
34.4 Grants to Voluntary Organisations & Individuals
Involved in Sport or the Arts 2006/07
The cabinet considered an application from Kenneth Clifford for grant aid.
RESOLVED that a grant of £100 be approved.
35.
EXCLUSION OF PUBLIC & PRESS
RESOLVED that, under Section 100A of the Local Government
Act, 1972, the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the
following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely
disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1 and 9 of
Schedule 12A of the Act.
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36.
RESOURCES
36.1 Contract for the Supply of Electrical Materials
RESOLVED that the contract for the supply of electrical materials
be awarded to Newey and Eyre.
36.2 Contract for the Supply of Timber,
Joinery and Building Materials
RESOLVED that the contract for the supply of timber, joinery and
building materials be awarded to Buildbase.
36.3 Appointment of Consultants for Work in
Connection with Housing Services
RESOLVED that a consultancy contract for housing services be
awarded to KPMG in accordance with this report and that expenses
(unspecified but stated in the tender to be a maximum of 5% of the
engagement fee) be payable only if at least these savings are made by
the Council within 6 months of the work being completed.
37.
PLANNING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
37.1 Development Control Review
Consideration of this item was deferred to the next meeting.
38.
RESOURCES
38.1 Neighbourhood Wardens
RESOLVED that the proposed management arrangements for the
operation of the Neighbourhood Warden Service from 1 April 2007 as
detailed in the report be approved.
RECOMMENDED to Council that the delegation arrangements in
the Council’s constitution be amended accordingly.
38.2 Education and Enforcement Officer
RESOLVED that the appointment of an education and
enforcement officer in the Environmental Health Division as from 1 April
2007, including essential user car allowance, be approved.
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