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 65.

There was one public question from Mr Arshad Azam:

Mr Azam firstly explained how grateful he was for the meetings between the Assistant Director of Legal Services, Councillor Alam and the Muslim Bereavement Liaison Group. He stated that both of the meetings had been extremely proactive and successful. The meetings  ...  view the full minutes text for item 65.

To receive the record of proceedings of the Cabinet meeting held on 18 September 2023

Resolved:-

That the minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 18 September 2023 be approved as a true and correct record of the proceedings.

To consider whether the press and public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of any part of the agenda, however, there are no agenda items that contain exempt appendices.

The Chair advised that there were no items of business on the agenda that would require the exclusion of the press and public from the meeting.

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

Recommendations:

Cabinet is asked:

1.    To note that whilst this approach will maximise the impact of stop smoking and wider tobacco control work in Rotherham, that current national investment is still not sufficient to meet the Smokefree 2030  ...  view the full agenda text for item 68.

Consideration was given to the report which set out the options and recommendations regarding the funding of Tobacco Control in Rotherham. The Government had set an ambition to make England smokefree by 2030 (defined as achieving a smoking prevalence of under 5%) and had commissioned the Khan Review into smokefree  ...  view the full minutes text for item 68.

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

Recommendations:

That Cabinet resolves to:

1.    Approve the publication of the ‘How Did We Do?’ Adult Social Care Local Account for 2022 – 2023.

Consideration was given to the report which presented the ‘How Did We Do?’ Adult Social Care Local Account. The Account summarised the achievements of adult social care from the last twelve months and set out the Council’s Adult Social Care’s priorities for the coming year. These priorities were aligned to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 69.

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

Recommendations:

That Cabinet:

1.    Accept the Short Breaks Innovation grant funding from the Department for Education and approve the approach to management of the grant as outlined in the Cabinet report.

Consideration was given to the report which requested that the Short Breaks Innovation Grant 2023-24 be accepted and allocated against the priorities outlined. The report also provided an update on progress made on the Grant since commencement on 1 April 2023. The Short Breaks Grant was made available to Rotherham  ...  view the full minutes text for item 70.

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

Recommendations:

That Cabinet:

1.      Note the update and progress made in delivery of the Family Hubs programme.

2.      Agree the approach in relation to utilising existing Early Help sites for continued delivery of Family Hubs.

3.      Agree to hold  ...  view the full agenda text for item 71.

Consideration was given to the report which provided a progress update on the implementation and the spend associated with the Family Hubs and Start for Life grant since the previous update provided in February 2023. The grant was made available to Rotherham from the Department for Education (DfE) and the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 71.

Report from the Strategic Director for Finance and Customer Service.

Recommendations:

This report recommends that Cabinet:

1.    Notes the progress of the EV infrastructure expansion in Rotherham.

2.    Approves the delivery of schemes as set out in the proposed forward programme.

3.    Delegates authority to make any necessary technical and  ...  view the full agenda text for item 72.

Consideration was given to the report which outlined the progress made to date with regards to installation and commissioning of Electric Vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and presented several sites for future infrastructure expansion for approval as part of the forward programme of EV infrastructure installation. The report also covered the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 72.

Report from the Strategic Director for Regeneration and Environment. 

Recommendations:

1.    That the Cabinet response to the Scrutiny Review Recommendations in respect of Modern Slavery as set out in section 1.4 of this report be approved.

Consideration was given to the report which set out the proposed Cabinet response to the recommendations from the Scrutiny spotlight review into Modern Slavery which took place on 1 November 2022. The nine recommendations had been presented in the report to Cabinet on 19 June 2023 and the table at  ...  view the full minutes text for item 73.

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

Recommendations:

That Cabinet

1.    Notes that since January 2018 the Council has completed 484 homes for rent and shared ownership.

2.    Notes that, of these, 83 were “strategic acquisitions” of new homes from developers as part of Section  ...  view the full agenda text for item 74.

Consideration was given to the report which sought approval for the new Housing Acquisitions Policy which was attached at Appendix 1. The objectives and principles were set out along with how acquisitions would be identified and prioritised and how newly acquired homes would meet local housing needs.

The report also  ...  view the full minutes text for item 74.

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

Recommendations:

That Cabinet:

1.    Approves development of the Netherfield Court and York Road sites in Eastwood to build a projected 31 new homes for council rent.

2.    Delegates authority to the Assistant Director of Housing in  ...  view the full agenda text for item 75.

Consideration was given to the report which sought approval from Cabinet to develop the Council-owned Netherfield Court and York Road sites in Eastwood to build a projected 31 new homes for Council rent. Both sites were held in the Housing Revenue Account and were situated in areas comprising existing Council  ...  view the full minutes text for item 75.

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

Recommendations:

That Cabinet:

1.    Approves development of the Addison Road and Larch Road sites in Maltby to build a projected 43 new homes for council rent.

2.    Delegates authority to the Assistant Director of Housing in consultation  ...  view the full agenda text for item 76.

Consideration was given to the report which sought approval from Cabinet to develop the Council-owned Addison Road and Larch Road sites in Maltby to build a projected 43 new homes for Council rent. Both sites were situated within a large Housing Revenue Account managed housing estate.

Addison Road was projected  ...  view the full minutes text for item 76.

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 11 October 2023.

There were no recommendations to consider from the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board.

The next meeting of the Cabinet will be held on Monday 20 November 2023 commencing at 10.00am in Rotherham Town Hall.

Resolved:-

The next meeting of the Cabinet would take place on Monday 20 November 2023 at 10.00am in Rotherham Town Hall.