Agenda, decisions and minutes

To invite Councillors to declare any disclosable pecuniary interests or personal interests they may have in any matter which is to be considered at this meeting, to confirm the nature of those interests and whether they intend to leave the meeting for the consideration of the item.

There were no declarations of interest.

To receive questions from members of the public who wish to ask a general question in respect of matters within the Council’s area of responsibility or influence.

Subject to the Chair’s discretion, members of the public may ask one question and one supplementary question, which should relate to the original  ...  view the full agenda text for item 51.

(1)  Mr. Dickson explained that he was the Chair of the Dinnington Community Land Trust and that Dinnington had been the first area in the Borough to develop a Neighbourhood Plan. The Plan had been agreed by referendum and incorporated in Rotherham’s Local Development Plan. The main thrust of the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 51.

To receive the record of proceedings of the Cabinet meeting held on 20 September 2022.

Resolved:-

That the minutes of the previous meeting of the Cabinet held on 20th September, 2022, be approved as a true and correct of the proceedings.

Agenda Items 10, 12 and 14 have exempt appendices. Therefore, if necessary when considering those items, the Chair will move the following resolution:-

That under Section 100(A) 4 of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds  ...  view the full agenda text for item 53.

The Chair advised that appendices to Minute Nos. 58, 60 and 62 contained exempt information, however, the meeting remained open to the public and press throughout.

Report from the Strategic Director for Adult Care, Housing and Public Health.

Recommendations:

1. Cabinet acknowledges the outcome of the 90-day consultation exercise which established the views and needs of users of the current learning disability day service, their families, and carers and younger people preparing for adulthood, regarding the future  ...  view the full agenda text for item 54.

Consideration was given to the report which sought to update on the outcome of the 90-day consultation exercise which established the views and needs of users of the current Learning Disability Day Service, their families and carers regarding the future service offer for people with high support needs. The report  ...  view the full minutes text for item 54.

Report from the Strategic Director for Adult Care, Housing and Public Health.

Recommendations:

1.    That Cabinet approves a procurement process to establish a Flexible Purchasing System (FPS) and procure a range of community services which reflect the principles of mental health recovery model and at its conclusion successful bidders are  ...  view the full agenda text for item 55.

Consideration was given to the report which outlined proposals for a Flexible Purchasing System for a new care and support model for Mental Health recovery focussed Community Services. Mental Health Care and Support Services were necessary to meet the Council’s statutory requirements. A review of current care and support provision  ...  view the full minutes text for item 55.

Report from the Strategic Director for Adult Care, Housing and Public Health.

Recommendations:

1.    That Cabinet approves the remodelling of existing Adult Housing Related Support services to create one single pathway which will support a ‘no wrong door’ approach into services.

2.    That Cabinet approves the procurement of the pathway  ...  view the full agenda text for item 56.

Consideration was given to the report which set out the recommendations for the future of Housing Related Support Services. These were non-statutory services that supported people experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless to live independently in the community. It was designed to complement the Council’s offer to alleviate  ...  view the full minutes text for item 56.

Report from the Strategic Director for Children and Young People’s Services.

Recommendations:

1. To approve the new Strategy.

2. To approve the monitoring and oversight of progress against the delivery plan, and annual review of the aspirations, be undertaken by Corporate Parenting Board.

Consideration was given to the report which explained that the current Looked After Children’s (LAC) Strategy had been agreed in June 2019 and was due to end in December 2022. As such, a new Strategy needed to be in place for January 2023. The Duty of ‘sufficiency’ required Local Authorities  ...  view the full minutes text for item 57.

Report from the Strategic Director of Children and Young People’s Services.

Recommendations:

1.    To approve the following changes to the children’s residential development plan across phases one to three:

a)    Register one bed emergency accommodation children’s home with flexible Statement of Purpose (SOP) to meet a variety of current and  ...  view the full agenda text for item 58.

Consideration was given the report which provided an update on the in-house children’s residential development that had been agreed by Cabinet on 17th February, 2020. A number of updates had previously been reported to Cabinet. The children’s residential development responded directly to Rotherham Children and Young People’s Services (CYPS) strategic  ...  view the full minutes text for item 58.

Report from the Strategic Director for Children and Young People’s Services.

Recommendations:

1. That approval be granted for the proposal to create 10 additional SEND resource bases in mainstream education and thus creating a minimum of 100 additional SEND places across this phase of SEND sufficiency.

2. That approval be granted for  ...  view the full agenda text for item 59.

Consideration was given to the report which sought approval to move forward with Phase 4 of the Rotherham Special Education Needs and Disability (SEND) programme of activity. From 2018 onwards, Cabinet had approved 3 previous phases of SEND Sufficiency, each targeted at addressing incremental rises in SEND cohorts and creating  ...  view the full minutes text for item 59.

Report from the Strategic Director for Children and Young People's Services.

Recommendations:

That approval be given to make the following changes to improve the financial offer for Foster Carers to support retention and recruitment of Foster Carers:

1. To change the service model to provide a financial package for foster carers  ...  view the full agenda text for item 60.

Consideration was given to the report which sought to improve the care experience for children in Rotherham by ensuring that, wherever possible, they were looked after in a foster family environment. This meant children could be cared for and stay connected closer to their families, schools, communities, and services that  ...  view the full minutes text for item 60.

Report from the Strategic Director for Regeneration and Environment.

Recommendations:

1. That Cabinet notes the production of a local heritage list for the whole of South Yorkshire in general and Rotherham in particular.

2. That, in order to compile the full Rotherham Local Heritage List, Cabinet approves the proposed process for local  ...  view the full agenda text for item 61.

Consideration was given to the report which set out the proposed process for local heritage listing. Local heritage lists identified locally valued heritage assets, nominated mainly by members of the public and local interest groups. Such a list included heritage assets that were not nationally designated (for example, not listed  ...  view the full minutes text for item 61.

Report from the Strategic Director for Regeneration and Environment.

Recommendations:

That Cabinet: -

1.    Approves an increase in the Council’s Capital Programme to allow Forge Island to be funded by the Council.

2.    Approves the award of the contract for the delivery of the Forge Island Development to Muse Developments  ...  view the full agenda text for item 62.

Consideration was given to the report which set out a recommended delivery approach to allow the Forge Island Scheme to progress to the construction phase. The approach involved the Council acting as funder for the scheme and contracting with Muse Development Limited to facilitate delivery.

Very recent volatility of the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 62.

Report from the Strategic Director for Regeneration and Environment.

Recommendations:

1.    That Cabinet approve the Climate Emergency Action Plan in Appendix 1.

Consideration was given to the report which presented the updated Climate Emergency Action Plan 2022/23 which was attached at Appendix 1. The report also noted the progress towards the Council’s NZ30 and NZ40 targets and noted the progress against the action outlined within the updated Climate Emergency Action Plan. Also  ...  view the full minutes text for item 63.

Report from the Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment.

Recommendations:

1. That the Cabinet response to the Children’s Commissioners Takeover Challenge on Climate Change be approved.

On 16th March, 2022, the Children’s Commissioner’s Takeover was held in Rotherham with climate change as the theme for this year’s challenge. Rotherham Youth Cabinet had climate change as one of their key priorities in their manifesto.

          Appendix 1 to the report set out the recommendations following the Children’s Commissioner’s  ...  view the full minutes text for item 64.

To receive a report detailing the recommendations of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board in respect of the above items that were subject to pre-decision scrutiny on 12 October 2022.

Consideration was given to the circulated report, the contents of which were included as part of the relevant items and the details included accordingly.

The next meeting of the Cabinet will be held on Monday 21 November 2022 commencing at 10am in Rotherham Town Hall.

Resolved:-

That the next meeting of the Cabinet be held on Monday, 21st November, 2022, commencing at 10.00 a.m. in Rotherham Town Hall.