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.

The following declarations of interest were made:

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 2.

A question was received from Mr Azam who asked why it was so difficult to share the Terms of Reference or give enough advance notice of when the consultant was meant to come as part of the independent review.

The Monitoring Officer advised that the Consultant had withdrawn at the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 2.

To receive the record of proceedings of the Cabinet meeting held on 24 April 2023.

Resolved:-

That the minutes of the previous meeting held on 24 April 2023 should include an amendment at minute 152 recommendation 3 needs to say ‘bases’ as opposed ‘basis’ but then be approved as a true and correct of the proceedings.

Agenda Item 13 has an exempt appendix. Therefore, if necessary when considering the item, 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 of business on the grounds that it  ...  view the full agenda text for item 4.

The Chair advised that appendices to Minute No. 171 contained exempt information, however, the meeting remained open to the public and press throughout.

Report from the Assistant Chief Executive.

Recommendations:

1.    Cabinet approves the submission of the following recommendations to NHS South Yorkshire / Rotherham Place Board for their consideration andrequests a written response to the Director of Public Health for reporting to a future Cabinet meeting.

a)    That the principle be  ...  view the full agenda text for item 5.

Consideration was given to the report submitted that summarised the findings and recommendations of the Health Select Commission spotlight review into access to primary care. The review was prompted by insight provided by Healthwatch Rotherham, regarding continued enquiries from residents who were having difficulty accessing GP appointments. 

The report sought  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

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

Recommendations:

That Cabinet:

1.    Note the activity undertaken and progress to date on SEND Sufficiency Phase 4 including changes to the original profile of provision following the expression of interest process.

2.    To formally approve 140 places at the  ...  view the full agenda text for item 6.

Consideration was given to the report submitted which provided an update in respect of SEND Sufficiency Phase 4 delivery of the SEND Resource base education provisions in mainstream schools following the SEND Sufficiency Phase 4 approved by Cabinet paper in October 2022.

The report detailed the key activities undertaken in  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

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

Recommendations:

That Cabinet:

1.    Approve the School Accessibility Strategy.

2.    Approve the Capital Accessibility Funding Framework and schools’ accessibility application process.

3.    To provide a future report to Cabinet to approve the outcome of the application for the capital  ...  view the full agenda text for item 7.

Consideration was given to the report submitted which detailed that all schools had a statutory duty to provide ‘reasonable adjustments’ for their pupils to make sure disabled students were not discriminated against. There were three main categories of adjustment that schools were expected to make for children: Improving access to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.

Report from the Strategic Director for Finance and Customer Service.

Recommendations:

1. That the update on the revenue budget financial outturn 2022/23 be noted.

2. That the Council’s progress on the delivery of the Local Council Tax Support Top Up payment 2023/24 be noted.

3. That the Council’s delivery of the Household Support  ...  view the full agenda text for item 8.

Consideration was given to the report that provided an update to Cabinet on a number of financial matters. The report was provided as an interim update for Cabinet, following on from the approval of the Budget and Council Tax 2023/24 report at Council on 1 March 2023 and in advance  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.

Report from the Assistant Chief Executive.

Recommendations:

1.    That Cabinet receives the report and considers the following recommendations:

                        i.         That the Safer Rotherham Partnership (SRP) gives consideration to rolling out a targeted learning and development offer/campaign to raise awareness of modern slavery, how to spot the signs, risks and how  ...  view the full agenda text for item 9.

Consideration was given to the report to outline the outcomes and findings of the spotlight review into modern slavery. The review was prompted following the Council’s adoption of the Charter against Modern Slavery, to examine the effectiveness of partnership interventions that aimed to tackle modern slavery in Rotherham.

Councillor Clark  ...  view the full minutes text for item 9.

Report from the Strategic Director for Regeneration and Environment.

Recommendations:

1.    That Cabinet approves the draft policy that should be consulted upon and authorises officers to commence consultation as outlined in this report.

Consideration was given to the report which detailed that in March 2020, the Council introduced a revised Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy.  This Policy built on the previous Policy (introduced in 2015) which was widely seen to be setting the standard for other local authorities to benchmark against  ...  view the full minutes text for item 10.

Report from the Strategic Director for Regeneration and Environment.

Recommendations:

That Cabinet:

1.    Approve the acceptance and planned spend of an annual Multiply grant of £408,000 from SYMCA, for each of the years 2023/24 and 2024/25.

2.    Delegates authority to the Assistant Director of Planning, Regeneration and Transport in consultation  ...  view the full agenda text for item 11.

Consideration was given to the reported that detailed the next steps for the Multiply programme. Multiply was a national programme to improve numeracy skills, focusing on supporting people aged 19+, who did not have a Level 2 Maths qualification.

Multiply funding was allocated through the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority  ...  view the full minutes text for item 11.

Report from the Strategic Director for Regeneration and Environment.

Recommendations:

That Cabinet:

1.    Notes the progress made, next steps, and anticipated timescale to confirmation of the Compulsory Purchase Order for 3-7 Corporation Street.

2.    Notes the cost of the proposed redevelopment of the site and the sources of funding currently  ...  view the full agenda text for item 12.

Consideration was given to the report which provided an update to Cabinet on progress of the Compulsory Purchase Order for 3-7 Corporation Street (comprising of two derelict, fire damaged buildings, formerly a nightclub/bar and a restaurant) and confirmed the Council’s commitment to the redevelopment of the site following acquisition.

The  ...  view the full minutes text for item 12.

Report from the Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment

Recommendations:

1.    That Cabinet approves the £1.29m funding into the Capital Programme for the delivery of the Electric Vehicle Charging Project at Drummond Street Car Park, subject to planning approval.

2.    That Cabinet approves the procurement of a concession contract to  ...  view the full agenda text for item 13.

Consideration was given to the report that sought approval for the Electric Vehicle Charging Project at Drummond Street Car Park, contributing to the Council’s Net Zero 2040 Carbon Targets. The project included Electric Vehicle (EV) charging systems using power from solar photovoltaic (PV) canopies and would be funded through a  ...  view the full minutes text for item 13.

Report from the Assistant Chief Executive.

Recommendations:

That Cabinet:

1.       Agrees that councillors be appointed to serve on outside bodies, as detailed on the schedule in Appendix 1.

Consideration was given to this report. Outside bodies were external organisations which had requested that the Council appoint a representative to them. Outside bodies had separate governance structures to the Council. Appointments to outside bodies could be an important mechanism for community leadership, partnership and joint working and knowledge and  ...  view the full minutes text for item 14.

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 14 June 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 10 July 2023 commencing at 10.00am in Rotherham Town Hall.

Resolved:-

That the next meeting of the Cabinet be held on Monday 10 July 2023, commencing at 10.00am in Rotherham Town Hall.