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 declaration of interest was 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 147.

There were no members of the public present at the meeting and no questions had been submitted in writing.

To receive the record of proceedings of the Cabinet meeting held on Monday 20 March 2023.

Resolved:-

That the minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 20th March, 2023, be approved as a true and correct record of the proceedings.

Agenda Item 10, Regeneration Programme: Strategic Land Assembly has an exempt appendix. 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  ...  view the full agenda text for item 149.

The Chair advised that appendices to Minute No. 154 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 resolves to:

1.    Approve a refresh of the Adult Social Care vision and strategy.

2.    Agree to the refreshed Adult Social Care strategy being presented back in early 2024 for formal approval prior to implementation.  ...  view the full agenda text for item 150.

Consideration was given to the report submitted which was to support the future delivery of adult social care, the report proposed to refresh the Adult Social Care Strategy, vision and future priorities.

The report described the changing legislative and statutory environment for adult social care since the implementation of the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 150.

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

Recommendations:

1.    That Cabinet note that there are no representations in relation to the statutory consultation or public notice.

2.    That Cabinet approve the proposal to close the Rowan Centre PRU.

3.    That Cabinet approve that the Department for  ...  view the full agenda text for item 151.

Consideration was given to the report submitted which was a follow up to reports to Cabinet on 21st November, 2022, and 20th February, 2023, where approval was granted to enter into a period of pre-statutory and statutory consultation on the proposal to close the Rowan Centre Pupil Referral Unit following  ...  view the full minutes text for item 151.

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

Recommendations:

That Cabinet:

1.    Note the annual progress of the ‘Safety Valve Agreement’.

2.    Note the key risks and areas subject to review within the DfE monitoring of Rotherham progress against the ‘Safety Valve Agreement’.

3.    Note that a  ...  view the full agenda text for item 152.

Consideration was given to the report submitted which summarised that, as part of the Department of Education work to address long term challenges in the High Needs funding within the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG), a small number of identified local authorities including Rotherham, entered into a financial agreement known as  ...  view the full minutes text for item 152.

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 Section 1 of the report in accordance with the details set out in Section 6 to this report for the 2022/23 and 2023/24  ...  view the full agenda text for item 153.

Consideration was given to the report submitted to consider the applications for the award of Discretionary Business Rate Relief for the organisations listed in Section 1 of the report.  This is in accordance with the Council’s Discretionary Business Rates Relief Policy (approved by Cabinet on 12th December 2016).

Section 47  ...  view the full minutes text for item 153.

Report from the Strategic Director for Regeneration and Environment.

Recommendations:

1.    That the Assistant Director for Planning, Regeneration and Transport be authorised to negotiate the acquisition by agreement of the property interests at exempt Appendix 1, in consultation with the Council’s Section 151 Officer and the Cabinet Member for Jobs  ...  view the full agenda text for item 154.

Consideration was given to the report submitted which set out the proposed use of the £1million Strategic Acquisitions Fund that was approved by Council in March 2023 as part of the Capital Programme.

The report also built upon the Strategic Acquisitions reports to Cabinet in March and September 2022 and  ...  view the full minutes text for item 154.

Report from the Assistant Chief Executive.

Recommendations:

That Cabinet:

1.    Note the overall position in relation to the Year Ahead Delivery Plan activities.

2.    Note the Quarter 3 2022-23 data for the Council Plan performance measures.

3.    Agree the revised Council Plan performance measure targets and the Year Ahead Delivery  ...  view the full agenda text for item 155.

Consideration was given to the report which was the fourth progress report on the Council Plan 2022-25 and the Year Ahead Delivery Plan. As of 27 February 2023, the activities within the Year Ahead Delivery Plan are as follows:

·            65% (60) complete

·            22% (20) were on track to be delivered  ...  view the full minutes text for item 155.

Report from the Strategic Director for Regeneration and Environment.

Recommendations:

1. That Cabinet note the strategic approach to the management and maintenance of Rotherham’s Highways.

2. That the decision of the Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment to approve the indicative Highway Repair Programme for 2023/2024 be noted.

3. That Cabinet note  ...  view the full agenda text for item 156.

Consideration was given to the report submitted that reviews the current Strategy for the management and maintenance of Rotherham’s Highways and the impact of the recent Council funding on the highway network.

This report described how Rotherham’s Highways were strategically managed and maintained, in accordance with the agreed Highway Asset  ...  view the full minutes text for item 156.

Report from the Strategic Director for Regeneration and Environment.

Recommendations:

1.    That Cabinet note the allocation of £72.4 million City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) funding as stated in the report in section 1.2 and approves receipt of £1.2 million Local & Neighbourhood Improvement block funding, and £400,000 of Highways Capital  ...  view the full agenda text for item 157.

Consideration was given to the report submitted that outlined the Transport Capital Programme for 2023-24 and sets out the sources of funding.  It provided an overview of the aims of the various project themes that this funding would be used for and described how projects would subsequently be managed within  ...  view the full minutes text for item 157.

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 Wednesday 19 April 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 15 May 2023 commencing at 10.00am in Rotherham Town Hall.

Resolved:

That the next meeting of the Cabinet be held on 15th May, 2023, commencing at 10.00 a.m. in Rotherham Town Hall.