Agenda, decisions and minutes

It was noted that Kevin Kendall (County Property Officer) was attending the meeting on behalf of Pete Moore (Executive Director of Finance and Public Protection).

There were no declarations of interest.

(To receive a verbal update from the Chief Executive on the Local Enterprise Partnership Consultation Document – Options for the future)

The Chief Executive advised that on 24 July 2018 the Government had issued a consultation document on Strengthened Local Enterprise Partnerships, which set out the role and responsibilities of local enterprise partnerships, in driving local growth.  The deadline for responding to the consultation was the end of September 2018.

The consultation document also set out how the Government and local enterprise partnerships would work together to strengthen leadership and capability, improve accountability and manage risk, and provide clarity on geography.

It was advised that local enterprise partnerships with overlapping geographies had emerged when they were first formed on a voluntary basis.  The Government was proposing to remove the overlaps as it considered that by retaining overlaps, accountability and responsibility for setting strategies for places were diluted. 

It was highlighted that a meeting of the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership (GLLEP) was taking place on 4 September 2018 to consider the consultation document, and in particular potential options for the future of the GLLEP which included: a local enterprise partnership for Lincolnshire; remaining with the GLLEP; or a combined local enterprise partnership. 

Members of the Executive advised that the current arrangement within Lincolnshire of the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership worked effectively and it was therefore the Executive's preferred option to remain with the status-quo. 

(To receive a verbal update from the Chief Executive on the LGA Peer Review – March 2019)

The Chief Executive advised that the County Council had agreed in principle with the Local Government Association (LGA) to have a Peer Review in March 2019. 

The focus of the Peer Review was yet to be determined.  A meeting between the LGA; the County Council's Chief Executive; and the Leader of the Council was scheduled to be held in October 2018 to discuss the focus of the review.

(To receive a verbal update from Executive Director of Adult Care and Community Wellbeing on the Adult Social Care Green Paper and NHS Plan)

The Executive Director of Adult Care and Community Wellbeing provided an update on the forthcoming Adult Social Care Green Paper and NHS Plan.

The Executive was advised that the publication of the Adult Social Care Green Paper had been delayed until at least November 2018.  Once published, the document would be subject to a minimum twelve-week consultation period.

It was highlighted that Adult Social Care and Children Services had been underfunded for a number of years and it was therefore hoped the green paper would address the funding issues.  The issues faced by adult social care authorities were discussed, particularly the uncertainty over the future of the Better Care Fund beyond 2020.

The Local Government Association and the County Council Network had each published their own policy documents on the green paper.  The LGA's The Lives We Want to Lead, published on 31 July 2018, was seeking the views of people and organisations on how best to pay for care and support for adults of all ages and their unpaid carers.

Independent Age had published a report in September, which was probably considered the best analysis of the options which were available to the Government to secure future funding for Adult Social Care, though it was unclear which options were being actively considered. 

The Government had announced that the NHS in England would receive an additional £20.5bn of funding over the next five years to 2023. It was also highlighted that the NHS had been requested to set out a long-term plan for the future of the NHS by the autumn of 2018, setting out ambitions for improvement and plans to meet them over the five years of the funding settlement. 

(To receive a verbal update from the Chief Executive on the Scampton Closure)

The Chief Executive advised that the Ministry of Defence had confirmed that RAF Scampton would close by 2022.

Meetings were scheduled to take place regarding potential options for the site for the future, which would include Lincolnshire County Council and West Lindsey District Council.  It was highlighted that West Lindsey District Council was the lead local authority on this piece of work. 

It was suggested that the local county councillor for Scampton be kept informed of any progress. 

In response to a question from the Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board, it was advised that the future base of the Red Arrows had not yet been decided.  However, the County Council would wish to retain the Red Arrows within Lincolnshire.

RESOLVED

That the minutes of the meeting of the Executive held on 3 July 2018 be signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

(To receive a report from the Chief Executive which presents an overview of performance for Q1 against the Council Business Plan)

(1)  That the Quarter 1 performance 2018/2019 be noted.

(2)  That the proposed changes to reporting, as set out in the report, be approved.

Consideration was given to a report by Jasmine Sodhi (Performance and Equalities Manager), which presented an overview of performance for Quarter One against the Council Business Plan.  Appendix A to the report provided a summary of measures that did not achieve the target in Q1. 

The Executive was advised that of the fourteen commissioning strategies reported in Q1: six had performed well (all but 1 measure reported in Q1 had achieved the target); two had mixed performance (some measures had achieved and some measures had not achieved the target in Q1) and one had underperformed (both measures reported in Q1 had not achieved the target). 

It was highlighted that the following three commissioning strategies had mixed performance (some measures had achieved and some measures had not achieved the target): -

·         Carers;

·         Community resilience and assets;

·         Protecting the public.

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The report also presented information on the proposed changes to reporting performance against the Council Business Plan 2018/19, which had been recommended to the Executive by the relevant executive councillors. 

The Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board advised that the Board had considered the Executive's report at its meeting on 30 August 2018 and had agreed to support the proposed changes to reporting performance against the Council Business Plan 2018/19, as set out on page 15 of the Executive report. 

The Board had also asked three overview and scrutiny chairmen to provide a statement on indicators under the remit of their committee, which had not met their Q1 target.  As the relevant scrutiny committees had not yet considered Q1 performance, the statements would be provided at the next scheduled meeting of the Board on 27 September 2018. 

It was confirmed that the Head of Democratic Services and Statutory Scrutiny Officer would consider, as part of the review of scrutiny, when Q1 performance would be presented at scrutiny committee meetings, as the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board had considered the report prior to the scrutiny committees.

The Executive was provided with an opportunity to ask questions, where the following points were noted: -

·         Alcohol related violent crimes –this measure had been removed from the business planbut work was underway on an appropriate replacement measure;

·         Illicit alcohol and tobacco seized – a number of operations were planned for Q2 and the service was expecting to see seizure figures increase significantly.  It was highlighted that there was a particular issue of illicit alcohol and tobacco in Spalding and work was being undertaken to address it;

·         Visits to core libraries and mobile library services – the low number of visits had been attributed to not being able to keep a pace with the changing IT requirements and expectations of customers.  It was advised that work would be undertaken to improve the IT offer in libraries to address the decline in visits.  Furthermore, It was advised that improvements would be made to the County Council's website over the coming months;

·         Household waste recycled – It was advised that the challenging weather  ...  view the full minutes text for item 21.