Decisions

Leader of the County Council:

(1)  That approval be given to the capital scheme appraisal for the Digby Surface Water Flood Alleviation Scheme.

Executive Councillor for Economy and Place:

(2)  That approval be given, in principle, to the carrying out of the Digby Surface Water Flood Alleviation scheme, and to delegate to the Executive Director of Place, in consultation with the Executive Councillor for Economy and Place, the approval of the final of the final award of a contract and the final terms of the contract for the works.

(1)  That approval be given to the Council taking up membership of the Water Resources East company.

(2)  That the appointment of Councillor E J Poll as a Director of Water Resources East be approved.

(3)  That the Executive Director - Place (or any officer nominated by him) be delegated authority, in consultation with the Executive Councillor for Economy and Place, to exercise the powers of the Council as a member of the Council whether in general meeting or otherwise.

(4)  That approval be given to the making by the council of in-kind contribution to the resourcing of the Company in lieu of a financial commitment.

(5)  That approval be given to the entering into by the council of any collateral agreements, for example any Shareholders or Members Agreements necessary to give effect to the council's membership of the company.

(6)  That the Executive Director – Place be delegated authority, in consultation with the Executive Councillor for Commercial and Environmental Management, to approve the final form of the council's membership of the company, its in-kind contribution and any legal documentation.

(1)  That the Outside Body list, as detailed at Appendix A to the report, be approved subject to the membership of the County Councils Network being amended from Councillor R G Davies to Councillor B Young.

(2)  That the current appointments made by the Leader and Executive Councillors under delegated authority, as set out in Appendices B and C to the report, be noted.

That approval be given to the content of the commissioning strategies for the following areas:-

• Specialist Adult Services
• Safeguarding Adults
• Carers
• Adult Frailty and Long Term Conditions
• Community Wellbeing
• Public Protection

each in the form of the relevant highlight report, attached at Appendix A to the report.

That the Executive Councillor:-

1)Approves the continued commissioning of an Adult Skills and Family Learning Programme and the establishment of an Open Framework for learning providers;

2)Delegates to the Executive Director for Place authority to take all decisions necessary to admit learning providers to the Open Framework and to award specific contracts for the 2019/20 Adult Skills and Family Learning requirements to learning providers.

That the Council procures its electricity through the recently established ESPO electricity framework for the period October 2020-September 2024.

That the Council buys green energy for the period 1 October 2019 -30 September 2020.

That the decision as to what type of energy to buy after 1 October 2020 is delegated to the Executive Director – Commercial, in consultation with the Leader of the Council and the Chairman of the Environment and Economy Scrutiny Committee.