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 112.

A question was received from Councillor Ball who asked where the non-compliant vehicles go now that buses within Sheffield had to comply with the clean air scheme?

The Leader explained that Rotherham had its own clean air mandate as part of the agreement with Sheffield and did not foresee the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 112.

To receive the record of proceedings of the Cabinet meeting held on 23 January 2023.

Resolved:

That the minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 23rd January, 2023, be approved as a true and correct record of the proceedings.

Agenda Items 6 and 17 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 item(s) of business on the grounds that  ...  view the full agenda text for item 114.

The Chair advised that appendices to Minute Nos. 115 and 126 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:

That Cabinet:

1.    Approve the development of the Mental Health revised service offer and model with agreement for this to come back to Cabinet in December 2023 prior to implementation.

2.    Approve a programme of work to  ...  view the full agenda text for item 115.

Consideration was given to the report submitted which set out the options and recommendations as part of the Adult Social Care Mental Health Review within Rotherham.  The focus of the review would be a revised Mental Health model with the main emphasis being to enhance the early intervention and prevention  ...  view the full minutes text for item 115.

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

Recommendations:

1.    That Cabinet accepts the grant funding and approves the approach to the governance and management of the grant.

Consideration was given to the report submitted which sought approval to spend the Family Hubs and Start for Life grant using the approach outlined.  The grant was made available to Rotherham from the Department for Education (DfE) and the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) as one of 75  ...  view the full minutes text for item 116.

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

Recommendations:

1.    That the representations in relation to pre statutory consultation be noted.

2.    That approval be granted to commence a period of statutory consultation on proposals to close the Rowan Centre PRU by public notice.

3.    That the  ...  view the full agenda text for item 117.

Consideration was given to the report submitted which sought approval to commence a period of statutory consultation by public notice on proposals to close the Rowan Centre Pupil Referral Unit following the Department for Education (DfE) prescribed process.

The consultation had begun on 21st November, 2022.  It was clarified that  ...  view the full minutes text for item 117.

Report from the Strategic Director for Finance and Customer Services.

Recommendations:

That Cabinet recommend to Council

1.    Approval of the Budget and Financial Strategy for 2023/24 as set out in the report and appendices, including a basic Council Tax increase of 2% and an Adult Social Care precept of 2%.  ...  view the full agenda text for item 118.

Consideration was given to the report submitted which proposed the Council’s Budget and Council Tax for 2023/24, based on the Council’s Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement for 2023/24, budget consultation and the consideration of Directorate budget proposals through the Council’s Budget process alongside a review of the financial planning assumptions  ...  view the full minutes text for item 118.

Report from the Strategic Director for Regeneration and Environment.

Recommendations:

1.    That Cabinet note the progress made on the first phase of the Towns and Villages Fund.

2.    That Cabinet endorse the approach to the future phases of the programme, as detailed in this report.

Consideration was given to the report submitted which detailed that the Towns and Villages Fund was a £4m capital programme, aiming to improve the Borough’s local town and village centres. The first 6 projects were approved by Cabinet in January 2022, and this report provided an update on those projects,  ...  view the full minutes text for item 119.

Report from the Strategic Director for Finance and Customer Services.

Recommendations:

That Cabinet:

1.    Note the current General Fund Revenue Budget forecast overspend of £8.4m.

2.    Note that actions will continue to be taken to reduce the overspend position but that it is expected that the Council will need to  ...  view the full agenda text for item 120.

Consideration was given to the report which sets out the financial position as at the end of December 2022 and forecast for the remainder of the financial year, based on actual costs and income for the first 9 months of 2022/23.

As of December 2022, the Council currently estimates an  ...  view the full minutes text for item 120.

Report from the Strategic Director for Finance and Customer Services.

Recommendations:

1.    That Cabinet approve the applications for Discretionary Business Rate Relief for the organisations listed in Appendix 1 of this report and in accordance with the details set out in Section 6 to this report, for the 2023/24 financial  ...  view the full agenda text for item 121.

Consideration was given to the report which was to consider the renewal applications for the awards of Discretionary Business Rate Relief for the organisations and premises listed in Appendix 1 of the report. This was in accordance with the Council’s Discretionary Business Rates Relief Policy (approved by Cabinet on 12th  ...  view the full minutes text for item 121.

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

Recommendations:

That the Cabinet note the content of the report and recommends to Council:

1.    That dwelling rents are increased by 7% in 2023/24 (Option 1) in line with the latest Government policy on rents for social  ...  view the full agenda text for item 122.

Consideration was given to the report submitted which was seeking approval for the proposed values of the housing rents, non-dwelling rents, District Heating and service charges and the draft Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Budget for 2023/24.

The report was also considered alongside the HRA Business Plan report for 2023/24.

The  ...  view the full minutes text for item 122.

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

Recommendations:

That Cabinet recommends to Council to:

1.    Approve the proposed 2023-24 Base Case Option 1 for the HRA Business Plan.

2.    Review the Plan annually to provide an updated financial position.

Consideration was given to the report which explained that the Council was required to produce an Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Business Plan setting out its investment priorities over a 30 year period.  The report also provided a detailed technical overview of the current position and the reason for changes to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 123.

Report from the Strategic Director for Regeneration and Environment.

Recommendations:

1.    That Cabinet approves the Rotherham Place Based Investment Strategy.

Consideration was given to the report which presented the Rotherham Place Based Investment Strategy (PBIS) for approval. The Strategy responded to the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority’s (SYMCA) creation of a single pot of funding, the ‘South Yorkshire Renewal Fund’, and provided the framework and principles to determine how the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 124.

Report from the Strategic Director for Regeneration and Environment.

Recommendations:

That Cabinet:

1.    Approves the re-procurement of a framework of suitably qualified contractors to deliver a variety of building works projects as and when required for Rotherham and other Local Authorities and Public Sector Organisations.

2.    Delegates authority to the  ...  view the full agenda text for item 125.

Consideration was given to the report which sought authority to re-procure the fifth version of the Rotherham Construction Partnership (RCP) Framework Agreement. This would be advertised as RCP5, to provide access to a range of suitably qualified contractors to deliver a variety of building works projects.

It was clarified that  ...  view the full minutes text for item 125.

Report from the Strategic Director for Regeneration and Environment.

Recommendations:

That Cabinet:

1.    Approves the Council entering into the proposed Section 2 Funding Agreement and Development Agreement and the subsequent property lease agreements in order to facilitate the development of the proposed Medical Centre.

2.    Authorises the Assistant Director for  ...  view the full agenda text for item 126.

Consideration was given to the report which summarised the request by what was the Rotherham Clinical Commissioning Group (the CCG), now the South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB), for the Council to act as a ‘Partner’ to facilitate the development of a proposed new medical centre at the Olive Lane  ...  view the full minutes text for item 126.

Report from the Strategic Director for Regeneration and Environment.

Recommendations:

1.    That the Cabinet response to the Scrutiny Review Recommendations – Markets: Engagement and Recovery be approved.

Consideration was given to the report submitted which responded to the recommendations from the Improving Places Select Commission spotlight review of Rotherham Markets carried out during 2022. The review examined the recovery and regeneration of the markets in Rotherham Town Centre.

It was clarified that work on a number of  ...  view the full minutes text for item 127.

Report from the Strategic Director for Regeneration and Environment.

Recommendations:

1.    That the Cabinet response to the Scrutiny Review Recommendations (as set out in Appendix 1) for the Cultural Strategy be approved.

Consideration was given to the report which set out the proposed Cabinet response to the findings and recommendations from the spotlight scrutiny review which took place with Council Officers on the 2nd February, 2022.  The summary of findings and recommendations from the meeting jointly undertaken by Improving Places Select Commission  ...  view the full minutes text for item 128.

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 8 February 2023.  

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 20 March 2023 commencing at 10.00am in Rotherham Town Hall.

Resolved:

That the next meeting of the Cabinet be held on Monday, 20th March, 2023, commencing at 10.00 a.m. in Rotherham Town Hall.