Decisions

It was resolved –

·        To note the progress of the Preferred Bidder Stage of the Competitive Dialogue Procedure under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as outlined in the report.

·        To approve the execution, delivery and performance of the Strategic Partnering Agreement with the Welsh Education Partnership Co in the Autumn 2020 to facilitate the delivery of a range of infrastructure services and the delivery of education and community facilities.

·        To approve the Strategic Partnering Agreement summarised in Appendix 2 of the report so as to give effect to recommendation 2 above, but subject to recommendation 4 below.

·        To delegate authority to the Director of Function (Resources)/Section 151 Officer and the Director of Function (Council Business)/Monitoring Officer –

·                To approve the final terms of the Strategic Partnering Agreement including any amendments to the Strategic Partnering Agreement approved here as  may be necessary for reasons including but not limited to finalising any outstanding matters, and

·                To approve any further deeds and documents which are ancillary to the Strategic Partnering Agreement here.

·        To note that the Strategic Partnering Agreement shall be executed as a deed and attested in accordance with article 14.5 of the Constitution.

·        To approve the appointment of the Director of Function (Resources)/ Section 151 Officer as “Participant Representative” to sit on the Strategic Partnering Board (SPB).

·        To note that in agreeing to the Strategic Partnering Agreement, it is not being asked to decide to proceed with any specific project, and that nothing within the SPA obliges the Council to make any such commitment. Any decision to proceed with a specific project will be a matter for future Executive decisions.

It was resolved –

·        To accept the report and the Council’s response to the crisis to date.

·        To confirm that the SLT should report progress on relaxing lockdown issues and Recovery work to the two standing Programme Boards. In addition, to extend membership of the Boards to include the four Group Leaders.

·        To authorise Officers to prepare an update on the preparations and the Recovery work for submission to the next meeting of the Executive.

It was resolved to note the position set out in respect of the financial performance of the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) for the financial year 2019/20.

It was resolved that the minutes of the previous meeting of the Executive held on 23 March, 2020 be approved as correct.

It was resolved –

·        To approve the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Business Plan 2020-2050, in particular the HRA Budget for 2020-21 which has been submitted to Welsh Government.

·        To approve the proposed Housing Capital Programme for 2020/21 as stated within the Capital Budget.

It was resolved –

·        To note the draft outturn position of the Capital Programme 2019/20 that is subject to audit; and

·        To approve the carry-forward of £12.109m to 2020/21 for the underspend on the programme due to slippage. The funding for this will also carry forward to 2020/21. The revised capital budget for 2020/21 is £41.368m.

It was resolved –

·        To note the position set out in Appendices A and B of the report  in respect of the Authority’s provisional financial performance at outturn for 2019/20.

·        To note the summary of contingency budgets for 2019/20 detailed in Appendix C to the report.

·        To note the position of the invest to save programmes in Appendix CH to the report.

·        To note the position of the efficiency savings for 2019/20 in Appendix D to the report.

·        To note the monitoring of agency and consultancy costs for 2019/20 in Appendices DD, E and F to the report.

·        To release £85k from general balances to ensure sufficient funding is available to undertake the painting work at Beaumaris Pier.

It was resolved to confirm the Executive’s updated Forward Work Programme for the period July, 2020 to February, 2021 with the additional change presented at the meeting.

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