Officer Decisions

Date of Decision:

25^th March 2021.

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

 Jo Brown, ACX.

Specific Delegation: 

(If any)

None.

Brief Description of Decision:

To approve the use of unspent COVID Winter Grant of £9,962 of the £30,000 allocation for food support via VAR for Christmas to be used over the Easter holiday period for the same purposes.

Reasons       for       the

Decision:

The original grant allocation only covered Christmas. The decision will enable a change to the SLA Schedule supplement with VAR to facilitate use over Easter for the reasons set out:

•   £30,000 was allocated by Cabinet to VAR to support circa 300 families being provided by VCS organisations over Christmas. The grant would be used to purchase, parcel up and distribute food alongside provision supported through charitable donations.

•   The out-turn for the Christmas food support shows 302 families provided for, including 1023 people of which 567 were children. However, even though the anticipated outcomes were achieved, £9,962 of the funding remains unspent.

•   VAR now propose to extend the provision that was made over Christmas to the Easter school holiday period. This would involve working across the same range of VCS organisations, delivering food support targeted to vulnerable families with children. This proposal is compliant with the DWP grant conditions and objectives of the Cabinet decision.

•   The use of the grant over the Easter school holidays will ensure that it is fully spent, and additional community benefit realised.

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

Any alternative would require finding another use for the funding or the risk of the grant remaining unspent and having to be returned to DWP.

Conflicts of interest declared by any Executive Member

None.

consulted by the decision maker which relates to the decision:

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

None

Reports or parts of reports considered

Briefing paper with recommendation.

Date Of Decision:

10/03/2021

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Judith Badger

Section 151 Officer

Strategic Director Finance & Customer Services

Specific Delegation:

(If any)

Appendix 9 of the Constitution (Responsibility for Functions) – Delegation to the Strategic Director of Finance and Customer Services to determine requests for early release and

flexible retirement, in consultation with the relevant Cabinet Member

Brief Description of Decision:

Approval was given to a request for two flexible retirements in Finance & Customer Services.

Reasons for the Decision:

The employing service had considered service delivery implications and was supportive of the requests.  The small cost associated with granting the early release of pension entitlements was covered the by the ongoing salary savings.

Details of Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:

None

Where the decision is made under specific delegation from a decision making body, the names of any member of the relevant body who has declared a conflict of interest in relation to the decision and name of the body granting the specific delegation and the date when it did so:

None

Background Papers:

Date ff Decision:

10/03/2021

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Judith Badger

Section 151 Officer

Strategic Director Finance & Customer Services

Specific Delegation:

(If any)

Appendix 9 of the Constitution (Responsibility for Functions) – Delegation to the Strategic Director of Finance and Customer Services to determine requests for early release and

flexible retirement, in consultation with the relevant Cabinet Member

Brief Description of Decision:

Approval was given to a request for the compulsory redundancy of an employee in Assistant Chief Executive’s Directorate

Reasons for the Decision:

The service where the individual was employed had restructured resulting in the loss of a post and the employee had not been successful in being redeployed.  

Details of Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:

Redeployment options had been explored and no suitable alternative post found.

Where the decision is made under specific delegation from a decision making body, the names of any member of the relevant body who has declared a conflict of interest in relation to the decision and name of the body granting the specific delegation and the date when it did so:

None

Background Papers:

Date of Decision:

10/03/2021

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Judith Badger

Section 151 Officer

Strategic Director Finance & Customer Services

Specific Delegation:

(If any)

Appendix 9 of the Constitution (Responsibility for Functions) – Delegation to the Strategic Director of Finance and Customer Services to determine requests for early release and

flexible retirement, in consultation with the relevant Cabinet Member

Brief Description of Decision:

Approval was given to a request for the compulsory redundancy of two employees in Children and Young People’s Directorate

Reasons for the Decision:

The traded service where the individuals were employed is ceasing and the employees had not been successful in being redeployed.  

Details of Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:

Redeployment options had been explored and no suitable alternative post found.

Where the decision is made under specific delegation from a decision making body, the names of any member of the relevant body who has declared a conflict of interest in relation to the decision and name of the body granting the specific delegation and the date when it did so:

None

Background Papers: