Decisions

RESOLVED that Cabinet -

1.      continues to support the Career Track function as a mechanism to contribute to the Council meeting its corporate priorities;

2.      acknowledges that the long term cost of providing a ‘subsidy’ will need to be considered as part of developing the long term financial forecast, but noting that the Career Track Service will continue to work towards reducing the overall subsidy required where possible, with a future report being presented to Cabinet on alternative solutions;

3.      notes the wider update about the Career Track Service including the OneFile eportfolio system;

4.      endorses and approves the appointment of the governors to the Governance Board; and

5.      welcomes the outcome of the Ofsted visit.

RESOLVED that Cabinet –

(a)    notes the contents of this report  including the Allocation of Funding for 2023/24, as set out in Appendix 1 to the Portfolio Holder’s report (A.4);

(b)    authorises the Portfolio Holder for Partnerships to continue with the requested review in order to determine what priorities the Council could support through external funding  in the future;

(c)    agrees that such review will include engagement with Officers and the relevant Portfolio Holders, in order to understand existing schemes and determine proposals for the future, taking into account service provision, subsidy control implications, the Council’s financial position and delivering the Council’s Corporate Plan;

(d)    requires that, following completion of the review, a further report will be presented to Cabinet in readiness for the budget process for 2025/26; and

(e)   in light of the revised approach for the review, recommends to the Community Leadership Overview and Scrutiny Committee that its work on reviewing grant schemes operated by the Council ceases in order to prevent a duplication of Council resources on this subject.

RESOLVED that Cabinet –

(a)   approves the adoption of the Tenant Involvement Policy and of the Anti-Social   Behaviour Policy;

(b)   authorises their direct implementation; and

(c)   authorises the Corporate Director (Operations and Delivery), in consultation with the Portfolio Holder responsible for Housing, to make future updates or amendments to those policies.

RESOLVED that Cabinet –

(a)    does not wish to make any comments or amendments to the Vision and Objectives (Appendix 1) and confirms that they align with the Council’s corporate vision; and

(b)     approves the Vision and Objectives for the review of the Local Plan and that they be published, in due course, for public consultation purposes, as part of the ‘Issues and Options’ stage of the Local Plan review process.