(Public Pack)Agenda Document for Cabinet, 18/12/2018 09:30
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Public Document Pack Contact Officer: Nicola Gittins 01352 702345 [email protected] To: Cllr Aaron Shotton (Leader) Councillors: Bernie Attridge, Chris Bithell, Derek Butler, Christine Jones, Billy Mullin, Ian Roberts and Carolyn Thomas 12 December 2018 Dear Councillor You are invited to attend a meeting of the Cabinet which will be held at 9.30 am on Tuesday, 18th December, 2018 in the Clwyd Committee Room, County Hall, Mold CH7 6NA to consider the following items A G E N D A 1 APOLOGIES Purpose: To receive any apologies. 2 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Purpose: To receive any Declarations and advise Members accordingly. 3 MINUTES (Pages 5 - 16) Purpose: To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 20th November 2018. TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING REPORTS 1 STRATEGIC REPORTS 4 COUNCIL FUND BUDGET 2019/20 - UPDATED FORECAST AND PROCESS FOR STAGE 3 OF BUDGET SETTING (Verbal) Verbal report of Chief Executive, Corporate Finance Manager - Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Finance Purpose: (1) To provide a detailed budget forecast for 2019/20 following recent announcements by Welsh Government and the report made to County Council on 11th December 2018; and (2) to set out a suggested process for Stage 3 leading to the setting of a balanced budget in early 2019 (noting that the Local Government Settlement is due to be announced on 19th December) 5 FLINTSHIRE PUBLIC SERVICES BOARD: WELL-BEING PLAN FOR FLINTSHIRE 2017-2023 - MID YEAR REVIEW (Pages 17 - 32) Report of Chief Executive - Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Finance Purpose: To provide an overview of the Flintshire Public Services Board and the work of the Board following adoption of the Well-being Plan. 6 REGIONAL HOMELESS STRATEGY AND LOCAL ACTION PLAN (Pages 33 - 56) Report of Chief Officer (Housing and Assets) - Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Housing Purpose: To seek approval for the North Wales Regional Homeless Strategy and the Flintshire Local Action Plan 2019-22. 7 SCHOOL TRANSPORT - CONCESSIONARY SPARE SEATS (Pages 57 - 62) Report of Chief Officer (Education and Youth), Chief Officer (Streetscene and Transportation) - Cabinet Member for Education, Cabinet Member for Streetscene and Countryside Purpose: To seek approval of the charging rate for school transport concessionary fares for the 2019/20 school year. 2 8 DISCRETIONARY TRANSPORT POLICY REVIEW: POST 16 COLLEGE & SCHOOLS TRANSPORT AND BENEFITS ENTITLEMENT (Pages 63 - 76) Report of Chief Officer (Education and Youth), Chief Officer (Streetscene and Transportation) - Cabinet Member for Education, Cabinet Member for Streetscene and Countryside Purpose: To consider options for consultation on the discretionary school transport policy areas of post 16 provision and benefits entitlements. 9 ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT (Pages 77 - 86) Report of Chief Officer (Streetscene and Transportation) - Cabinet Member for Streetscene and Countryside Purpose: To seek approval for the future service delivery method for environmental and car parking enforcement. 10 PLANNING ENFORCEMENT POLICY (Pages 87 - 100) Report of Chief Officer (Planning, Environment and Economy) - Cabinet Member for Planning and Public Protection Purpose: To seek approval to publish the revised Policy, which has been required to reflect legislative changes and new working practice. OPERATIONAL REPORTS 11 COUNCIL PLAN 2018/19 – MID YEAR MONITORING (Pages 101 - 192) Report of Chief Executive - Cabinet Member for Corporate Management and Assets Purpose: To agree the levels of progress in the achievement of activities, performance levels and current risk levels as identified in the Council Plan 2018/19. 12 ARMED FORCES COVENANT - ANNUAL REPORT (Pages 193 - 222) Report of Chief Executive - Cabinet Member for Corporate Management and Assets Purpose: To present the Armed Forces Covenant Annual report for endorsement. 3 13 REVENUE BUDGET MONITORING 2018/19 (MONTH 7) (Pages 223 - 242) Report of Corporate Finance Manager - Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Finance Purpose: To provide the latest revenue budget monitoring position for 2018/19 for the Council Fund and Housing Revenue Account. The position is based on actual income and expenditure as at Month 7, and projects forward to year-end. 14 TENDER FOR COLLECTION AND SALE OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS THROUGH SOCIAL ENTERPRISE (Pages 243 - 246) Report of Chief Officer (Streetscene and Transportation) - Cabinet Member for Streetscene and Countryside Purpose: To agree the procurement option for the bulky waste and deconstruction service. 15 EXERCISE OF DELEGATED POWERS (Pages 247 - 248) Purpose: To provide details of actions taken under delegated powers. FORWARD WORK PROGRAMME - COUNTY COUNCIL, CABINET, AUDIT AND OVERVIEW & SCRUTINY - FOR INFORMATION Yours sincerely Robert Robins Democratic Services Manager 4 Agenda Item 3 CABINET 20TH NOVEMBER 2018 Minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet of Flintshire County Council held in the Clwyd Committee Room, County Hall, Mold on Tuesday, 20th November 2018. PRESENT: Councillor Aaron Shotton (Chair) Councillors: Chris Bithell, Derek Butler, Christine Jones, Billy Mullin, Ian Roberts and Carolyn Thomas. IN ATTENDANCE: Chief Executive, Chief Officer (Governance), Chief Officer (Housing and Assets), Chief Officer (Social Services), Chief Officer (Streetscene and Transportation). Corporate Finance Manager, Revenues Manager and Team Leader – Democratic Services. APOLOGY: Councillor Bernie Attridge. OTHER MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Councillor Patrick Heesom. 255. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST None. 256. MINUTES The minutes of the meeting held on 23rd October 2018 were approved as a correct record. RESOLVED: That the minutes be approved as a correct record. 257. 2019/20 COUNCIL FUND BUDGET: UPDATED FORECAST AND STAGE 1 AND 2 BUDGET PROPOSALS The Chief Executive introduced the 2019/20 Council Fund Budget: Updated Forecast and Stage 1 and 2 Budget Proposals report which set out solutions for those stages. Stage 1 covered budget solutions for corporate finance with Stage 2 covering budget solutions for the service portfolios. A recent Corporate Resources Overview and Scrutiny Committee had considered the proposals for both stages, having taken into account recommendations and feedback from the five portfolio Overview and Scrutiny Committees which met during October and November. Comments made at the Corporate Resources Overview and Scrutiny Committee included transport cost efficiencies and reserves and balances. Officers would provide responses to the transports efficiencies and a report would be submitted to a future meeting on reserves and balances. Members of Page 5 the Corporate Resources Overview and Scrutiny Committee formally supported the campaign, #BacktheAsk. The Corporate Finance Manager provided details on the updated forecast prior to the provisional settlement and details of new pressures. Table 2 of the report detailed the revised forecast. The Stage 1 budget proposals had been shared at Member workshops in July and September with proposals totalling £7.937m. Throughout October and November the respective Overview and Scrutiny Committees considered the Stage 2 proposals. Those proposals totalled £0.963m and would contribute £0.630m to the budget once income targets and workforce reductions had been deducted. Subject to the success of campaigning for an improved Local Government Settlement and having taken into account the proposals made for Stages 1 and 2, the remaining gap for the Council Fund Budget for 2019/20 was in the region of £6.7m. Councillor Shotton added that the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA), with the full support of its membership, was resolute that the Provisional Settlement was grossly inadequate to meet the evidenced funding needs of local government in Wales. As a low funded Council per capita, and a low funded Council in the annualised formula-based settlement for 2019/20, Flintshire was particularly exposed to the risks of inadequate funding for local government, To offset the need for a far higher than normal annual rise in Council Tax the Council was invited to renew its campaign for fairer funding for local government by pressing for the following from Welsh Government (WG): The extra £30m being held for social care in Wales to be paid out to Councils (worth an estimated £1.3m for Flintshire); The extra £15m being held for schools in Wales to be paid out to Councils (worth an estimated £0.800m for Flintshire and its schools); An extra £13m to be found so that no Council faced an annual reduction in their government grant (worth an estimated £1.9m for Flintshire); and The extra £33m ‘consequential’ funds coming to Wales as a result of the recent Chancellor’s budget to be paid out to Councils as committed by WG (worth an estimated £1.6m for Flintshire). The Chief Executive said Stage 3 of the budget setting process would involve setting a balanced budget with knowledge of the Final Local Government Settlement. The final and balanced budget was due to be set by the Council on 19th February 2019. In the meantime, attention should be concentrated on the campaigning activity. Councillor Bithell thanked the WLGA, the Chief Executive and the Leader for the high profile campaign that they had led to get WG to understand the positions of local authorities. Page 6 RESOLVED: (a) That Stage 1 – Corporate Finance budget solutions for 2019/20 having taken into account any feedback from the Corporate Resources Overview and Scrutiny Committee be adopted; (b) That Stage 2 – Portfolio budget