Decisions

To approve the allocation of BSIP+ funding for the provision of improved bus services throughout Gloucestershire during 2023/4 and 2024/5; and to authorise Officers to procure these service improvements in line with this report.

Cllr Philip Robinson sought Cabinet approval for the allocation of BSIP+ funding for the provision of improved bus services throughout Gloucestershire during 2023/4 and 2024/5; and to authorise Officers to procure these service improvements in line with the report.

Having considered all of the information, Cabinet noted the report and

RESOLVED to:

Delegate authority to the Executive Director of Economy, Environment & Infrastructure, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Education, Skills and Bus Transport to:

1. Procure contracts for the supply of the bus services set out In Appendix 1 from suppliers admitted to the Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS), whose combined aggregate value shall not exceed £2.384m per annum for the 2023/24 and 2024/25 financial years and

2. Procure contracts for the supply of the re-procurement of existing public bus services and home to school services set out in Appendix 2 from suppliers admitted to the DPS whose combined aggregate value shall not exceed £15.5m over their maximum contract length of 5 years.

To seek Cabinet approval to conduct a competitive procurement process for the delivery of a Healthwatch Service from 1st April 2024.

To delegate authority to award the contract to the preferred tenderer to the Director of Public Health in consultation with:

• the Cabinet portfolio holder for Cabinet Member for Children’s Safeguarding and Early Years
• the Cabinet portfolio holder for Adult Social Care Commissioning

Cllr Carole Allaway-Martin and Cllr Stephen Davies sought Cabinet approval to conduct a competitive procurement process for the delivery of a local Healthwatch Service in Gloucestershire from 1st April 2024.

In addition to delegate authority to award the contract to the preferred tenderer to the Director of Public Health in consultation with the Cabinet portfolio holder for Children’s Safeguarding and Early Years and the Cabinet portfolio holder for Adult Social Care Commissioning.

Having considered all of the information, Cabinet noted the report and

RESOLVED to:

Delegate authority to the Director of Public Health, in consultation with the above-mentioned Cabinet portfolio holders to:

1. Conduct a competitive procurement process in respect of a contract for the supply of a local Healthwatch service. The proposed contract shall continue for an initial period of five years and include an option to extend its term for two years.

2. Award such contract to the preferred tenderer.

3. Determine whether to exercise the option to extend the term of such contract for two years on its fifth anniversary.

Cllr Carole Allaway-Martin and Cllr Stephan Fifield, sought Cabinet approval to conduct a competitive procurement process to deliver that a Technology Enabled Care Service.

Having considered all of the information, Cabinet noted the report and

RESOLVED to:

Delegate authority to the Executive Director of Adult Social Care, Wellbeing and Communities, in consultation with the Cabinet Members for Adult Social Care Commissioning and Adult Social Care Delivery to:

1. Serve notice to the existing service provider via the Section 75 agreement of the NHS Act 2006.

2. Conduct a competitive procurement process in respect of a contract for the supply of a Technology Enabled Care Equipment Service (TEC Service). The proposed contract shall continue for an initial period of 5 years with an option to extend its term for a further period of not more than 2 years;

3. Award such a contract to the preferred provider; and

4. Determine whether to exercise the option to extend the term of such contract for a further period of 2 years on its fifth anniversary

Cllr Lynden Stowe sought Cabinet approval for the proposed Schedule of Disposals in order to meet capital receipts targets.

Having considered all of the information, Cabinet noted the report and

RESOLVED to:

1. Approve that those sites described in Appendix A (Exempt) which have previously been declared surplus by Cabinet in March 2023 and not yet disposed of, continue to be declared surplus to requirements.

2. Approve the sites listed on the proposed Schedule of Disposals Appendix B (Exempt) surplus to the Council’s land and property requirements.

3. Delegate authority to the Assistant Director – Asset Management and Property Services to dispose of these sites in consultation with the Deputy Leader/Cabinet Member for Finance and Change and Deputy Chief Executive/Executive Director for Corporate Resources.

Cllr Stephen Davies sought Cabinet approval for Gloucestershire’s Childcare

Sufficiency Duty report (2023).

Having considered all of the information, Cabinet noted the report and

RESOLVED to:

Approve the Childcare Sufficiency Duty report 2023 and delegate authority to the Executive Director of Children’s Services, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Children's Safeguarding and Early Years to make any final changes prior to publication.

To seek approval for further investment of £1,479,954 into projects and activities that will support communities to ‘level up’ in Gloucestershire.

These projects and activities will include targeted interventions to address broader levelling up issues which are not necessarily geographically based.

Cllr Mark Hawthorne sought Cabinet approval for further investment of £1,479,954 into projects and activities that will support communities to ‘level up’ in Gloucestershire. The projects and activities would include targeted interventions to address broader levelling up issues which were not necessarily geographically based.

Having considered all of the information, Cabinet noted the report and

RESOLVED to:

Delegate authority to the Director of Public Health in consultation with the Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Public Health and Communities to:

1. Allocate £949,954 from the Contain Outbreak Management Fund (COMF) to fund targeted interventions (described in Appendix A of this report) whose purpose shall be to address broader levelling up issues which are not necessarily geographically based such as, but not exclusive to, digital inclusion, cost of living, online harms and community transport.

2. Allocate a top up of £530,000 from the Contain Outbreak Management Fund (COMF) to the Build Back Better Councillor Scheme for the purposes of levelling up as part of the council’s ambition to ‘level up’ Gloucestershire

communities (giving an additional £10,000 to each County Councillor to spend in their division).

To provide an update on the year-end forecast for the 2023/24 County Council’s Revenue and Capital Budgets

To report on the Council’s performance and risk during Quarter 1 of 2023/24

Cllr Lynden Stowe provided an update to Cabinet on the year-end forecast for the 2023/24County Council’s Revenue and Capital Budget and reported on the Council’s performance and risk during Quarter 1 of 2023/24.

Having considered all of the information, Cabinet noted the report and

RESOLVED to:

1. Note the forecast revenue year end position based on July 2023 forecasts for the 2023/24 financial year shows a balanced position.

2. Note delivery of £16.076 million of savings against a target of £21.101 million in 2023/24 or 76.18% of target.

3. Note the forecast capital year end position as at the end of June 2023, forecast made in July 2023, of £156.524 million against a current budget of £156.567 million.

4. Approve a transfer of £9.4 million to the Rates Retention Reserve as a result of additional un-ringfenced s31 grant.

5. Approve a transfer of £8.320 million to the Pay and Prices Reserves as a result of additional electricity income from the Energy from Waste facility.

6. Approve the £1.582 million increase to the capital programme as detailed in Section C.

7. Note Section D Treasury Management Prudential Indicators - a new requirement for 2023/24

8. Consider this report of the Council’s performance and risks and identifies any areas of concern requiring further analysis, assurance or action.