Forthcoming Executive Decisions

To seek authority to conduct a tender process for the procurement of a four-year framework agreement and call-off contracts thereunder relating to the supply of medium and large asset management and property related services and/or projects. The council’s total estimated aggregate spend under the proposed framework agreement is £140m.
Major Works Framework would also be offered to other public sector bodies within Gloucestershire giving them the ability to access these contractors and services, entering into their own contracts with suppliers using GCC’s framework agreement.

To determine the following school admission arrangements for 2024/25 academic year:

• The Co-ordinated Admissions Schemes for all schools and academies
• The Admission Arrangements for Community & Voluntary Controlled Schools
• The Protocol for pupil admittance over Published Admission Number for Community & Voluntary Controlled Schools and Service Personnel.

To provide an update on the year-end forecast for the 2022/23 County Council’s Revenue and Capital Budgets

To obtain approval to commence consultation with residents, staff, businesses, partners, trade unions and schools in early December 2022.

To seek approval to extend the Waste Transfer Service Contract with Enovert South Ltd for three years from 1st February 2023.

To seek approval for the allocation of Department for Education (DfE) funding to childcare, schools and education services supporting Homes for Ukraine (HFU) Visa holders

The Council’s key insurance contracts expire on the 23rd June 2023. Authority is sought to re-tender the contracts for 5 years (3 years with an option to extend for a further 2 years)

To provide an annual update of progress with the Gloucestershire Climate Change Strategy and to approve the 5-year rolling action plan 2023-2027

To seek approval to extend the Medequip and We Care & Repair contracts, previously approved for 12-month extension and due to end July 31st 2023.

To seek approval from the Cabinet Member to adopt and publish the Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Authority Statement of Assurance 2021-2022

The Statement of Assurance provides communities with assurance in respect of the governance and delivery of the Gloucestershire Fire & Rescue Service during the period 2021-22, as required by Fire and Rescue National Framework for England National Framework.

The County Council undertook a consultation exercise on the proposal to extend the age range of Widden Primary School from 4-11 to 2-11 between 7th March 2022 and 1st April 2022. The consultation followed a request from the Regional Schools Commissioner at the Department for Education to publish a statutory notice on extending the age range for the school during the conversion of the school to an academy. The proposed extension to the age range of the school was dependent on the conversion of the school to an academy.

There were no objections to the age range being extended from 4-11 to 2-11. However, following the publication of a statutory notice to extend the age range and the conclusion of the four-week period for representations to be made, Widden Primary School’s Governing Body decided not to proceed to convert the School to an academy. Therefore, it is proposed to abandon the proposal to extend the age range of the School from 4-11 to 2-11 years pending the school identifying further sponsors to enable the School to convert to an academy.

To approve Gloucestershire County County’s Annual Infrastructure Funding Statement (2021/22)

On 1st September 2019, the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations (CIL) 2010 (as amended) came into force, requiring that contribution receiving authorities must produce an annual Infrastructure Funding Statement (IFS).

The IFS provides a summary of all financial planning obligation activity relating to CIL and Section 106 (S106) legal agreements for the previous financial year where this is relevant to the county council.

The requirement to publish this information in an annual IFS, including a full disclosure of S106 obligations on the planning application file and register, is intended to improve transparency and publicise that development is accompanied and mitigated by infrastructure.

The statement must be published by 31st December 2022

To approve the spending of the money we have raised from GEGJC - taken from SEDF (Business Rates retention) - on developing the Mass Transit transport scheme. We successfully applied to GEGJC for funding to develop and publish the Options Appraisal Report (OAR) and the Strategic Outline Case (SOC). We are seeking approval to use that money for the purposes to which we applied.

To seek approval from Cabinet for the formal publication and implementation of the proposed Sufficiency Strategy for Gloucestershire Children’s Services.

To seek cabinet approval to initiate a tendering process to adapt the London Road property to provide registered accommodation and procure a delivery partner.

To seek approval for the investment of the Section 31 Supplemental Substance Misuse Treatment and Recovery Grant 2022-25, enabling the objectives of the National Drugs Strategy 2021 to be met.