Decisions

The Local Authority is obliged to advertise and appoint members to the Independent Education Appeal Panel. These panel members will hear appeals from parents in relation to Admissions and Exclusion. Every 3 years the Local Authority must advertise for and appoint new members to the panel. Advertisements were circulated in March 2021 and a number of new members have volunteered their services. This report outlines the role of the panel members and seeks approval from the Lead Member for the approval of the new lay panel members.

That the Lead Member for Education, Children's Services and Public Engagement appoint the following members to the independent Education Appeal Panel - Leonard Rhys Evans, Linda Williams, Julie Parry, Jo Goodchild.

RESOLVED that Cabinet approve the issuing of temporary extensions to 35 learning Disability Supported Living contracts for a maximum period to 31 March 2023 and approves the process of running mini tenders for 41 contracts under the North Wales Regional Framework for Supported Living (the detail of the proposed timetable and contract details are included in Appendix 1 to the report).

RESOLVED that Cabinet –

(a)       approve the award of a contract to RL Davies & Sons Limited as per the Contract Award Recommendation Report (Appendix 1 to the report), and

(b)       confirms that it has read, understood and taken account of the Well-being Impact Assessment (Appendix 2 to the report) as part of its consideration.

RESOLVED that Cabinet approve –

(a)       to award the framework contract to six contractors as detailed below who were successful in fulfilling the required criteria following a recent tender exercise -

·        Sustainable Building Services (UK) Ltd

·        Bell Decorating Group Limited

·        Novus Property Solutions Limited

·        ParkCity Multitrade Ltd

·        Gareth Morris Construction Ltd

·        Pave Aways Ltd

(b)       to tender the first two lots of the framework via mini competition this financial year on a price only basis given that all contractors have met the required quality criteria giving an exemption to forgo the five-day call in period (Lot 1 only) to allow Lot 1 of the framework to be advertised immediately and reduce further contract mobilisation delays, and

(c)        to delegate the decision to increase the contract values of Lot 1 and Lot 2 in the event of Welsh Government Optimised Retrofit Funding being successfully obtained and if the revised contract value exceeds £2m to the Head of Finance and Property in consultation with the Monitoring Officer and Lead Member for Finance, Performance and Strategic Assets.

RESOLVED that Cabinet –

(a)       note the performance of the Council’s Treasury Management function during 2020/21 and its compliance with the required Prudential Indicators as reported in the Annual Treasury Management Report 2020/21 (Appendix 1 to the report), and

(b)       confirms it has read, understood and taken account of the Wellbeing Impact Assessment (Appendix 2 to the report) as part of its consideration.

RESOLVED that Cabinet endorse the revised Strategy for the Prevention and Detection of Fraud, Corruption and Bribery and associated Fraud Response Plan and provide support to ensure that measures are embedded throughout the organisation.

RESOLVED that Cabinet’s forward work programme be noted.

RESOLVED that Cabinet –

(a)       note the budgets set for 2021/22 and progress against the agreed budget strategy, and

(b)       approve the business case for the development of the former Prestatyn library site as recommended by the Strategic Investment Group (as detailed in Section 6.7 of the report and Appendices 5 and 6 to the report).

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on 27 July 2021 be received and confirmed as a correct record.

No urgent matters had been raised.

No declarations of interest had been raised.

There were no apologies.