Agenda, decisions and minutes

RECOMMENDATION TO FULL COUNCIL ON 28 SEPTEMBER 2023

RECOMMENDATION TO FULL COUNCIL ON 28 SEPTEMBER 2023

RESOLVED that Cabinet:-

1.    Notes the report and recommends that it be submitted for consideration at the meeting of Full Council on 28th September 2023; and

2.    Notes that any recommended actions within the report will be considered in response to the outcome of the report through an associated improvement plan.

RESOLVED that Cabinet receives the Annual Report of the Barnsley LSCP and notes the progress made by the LSCP in relation to its statutory role and functions, as part of Cabinet’s continued consideration of the Borough’s arrangements for safeguarding vulnerable adults and children.

RESOLVED that Cabinet notes the Annual Report, in conjunction with the progress of the Board in meeting its responsibilities to keep adults in Barnsley safe.

RESOLVED that Cabinet:-

1.    Acknowledges Berneslai Homes performance for 2022/23 against agreed targets; noting continued performance against key KPIs and those exception areas where actions have been put in place to ensure that Berneslai Homes provides a high performing, effective and efficient service to council tenants and continues to improve and develop their services putting tenants at the heart of service design and delivery; and

2.    Notes progress against the Annual Business Action Plan for 2022/23; and

3.    Supports the proposal that Berneslai Homes move from Investors in People (IIP) Accreditation towards a Customer Service focussed accreditation model and delegates authority to the Service Director for Law and Governance to make any necessary amendments to the Services Agreement to accommodate this.

RESOLVED that Cabinet:-

1.    Approves the HRA 2023/24 Fire Safety Budget – High Rise in scope buildings; and

2.    Approves the HRA 2023/24 Spandrel Panels Budget; and

3.    Approves the HRA 2023/24 Asbestos removal Wombwell and Royston Budget.

It is likely that the public and press will be excluded from this meeting during consideration of the items so marked because of the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined by the specific paragraphs of Part I of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 as amended, subject to the public interest test.

RESOLVED that Cabinet agree with the decision to award the HWRC contract to HW Martins Ltd with the understanding that a decision to award the Contract to HW Martins will enable the respective Councils to deliver their Statutory Functions efficiently and maintain compliance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and the Council’s Contract Procedure Rules.

RESOLVED that Cabinet:-

1.    Agree to bring the current Seam Digital Campus project and associated deliverables - multi-storey car park (MSCP), active travel hub (ATH), public realm and residential plots to a close, on the basis of the recommendations of the RIBA 4 gateway project review; and

2.    Support an alternative proposal for the Seam Digital Campus which will continue to deliver the town centre parking spaces, EV charging, active travel hub provision, safeguard land as required for future transport infrastructure projects and improved public realm to support the digital campus. (Identified in the report as option 2e); and

3.    Agree to withdraw the reserved matters planning application for the MSCP, ATH and public realm and the Outline permission for residential plots 1 and 2 on the lower Seam car park; and

4.    Approve the commencement of a procurement exercise to identify a Project Management Design Team (PMDT) for the development of pre-construction design associated with delivery of the revised project; and

5.    Agree to the pursuing of discussions with external investment partners around the use of investment for the alternative scheme as part of option 2e, or related to a different project, such as the rejuvenating the town centre project. These alternative schemes then forming the basis of revised business cases for submission to external investment partners; and

6.    Agree that option 2e will be costed following the appointment of a PMDT and further discussions have taken place with external investment partners. When these further details have been confirmed a further report will be presented to Cabinet; and

7.    Note and accept the risk that the Council will potentially lose some, or all of the investment received/due to be received from external investment partners; and

8.    Agree to maintain the vision of a digital campus, commercial led development on the upper Seam car park and pursue opportunities to achieve this in line with the above recommendations. Any future definitive proposals for development located on the upper tier of the Seam development being subject to further Cabinet approvals; and

9.    Approve the maintenance of the existing Seam board arrangements for the provision of project governance and oversight for the emerging alternative development on the Seam, and for a Cabinet gateway approval to be sought at key milestones aligned to the RIBA stages of design development.