Agenda and decisions

Cabinet - Wednesday, 7th July, 2021 3.00 pm

Venue: County Hall, Usk - Remote Attendance. View directions

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Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

2.

Declarations of Interest

3.

To consider the following reports (Copies attached):

3a

STRATEGIC PROCUREMENT – PROPOSED DISCHARGE OF SERVICES FOR MUTUAL BENEFIT pdf icon PDF 652 KB

Division/Wards Affected: All

 

Purpose: To provide an update to Cabinet following Individual Cabinet Member approval on the 7 th of April to collaborate with Cardiff Council, for mutual benefit, in the discharge and provision of the Council’s Strategic Procurement services.

 

Author: Cath Fallon (Head of Enterprise and Community Animation)

 

Contact Details: cathfallon@monmouthshire.gov.uk

Decision:

To approve the Council’s entry into a mutually beneficial Delegation Agreement with Cardiff Council, for the discharge and provision of its strategic and operational procurement services from the 1st of August 2021.

 

Economy and Development Select Committee to scrutinise the Agreement by receiving six monthly updates in the initial period of delivery to monitor progress, to include the development of an associated training plan for Officers

3b

WELSH CHURCH FUND WORKING GROUP pdf icon PDF 213 KB

Division/Wards Affected: All

 

Purpose: The purpose of this report is to make recommendations to Cabinet on the Schedule of Applications for the Welsh Church Fund Working Group meeting 3 held on the 24th June 2021

 

Author: David Jarrett – Senior Accountant – Central Finance Business Support

 

Contact Details: davejarrett@monmouthshire.gov.uk

Additional documents:

Decision:

That grants be awarded as per the schedule of applications.

3c

LEISURE CENTRE UPGRADES TO FACILITIES pdf icon PDF 550 KB

Division/Wards Affected: All

 

Purpose: For Members to agree to the proposed investments at Abergavenny and Chepstow Leisure Centres to ensure that they remain fit for purpose for future generations and attractive to existing customers. To update Members of the latest Caldicot Leisure Centre position.

 

Authors: Ian Saunders, MonLife Chief Operating Officer

Nick John, MonLife Leisure Services Manager

Marie Bartlett, MonLife Finance and Resources Manager

Richard Simpkins, MonLife Business & Commercial Development Manager

 

Contact Details: E-mail: iansaunders@monmouthshire.gov.uk

E-mail: nicholasjohn@monmouthshire.gov.uk

E-mail: mariebartlett@monmouthshire.gov.uk

E-mail: richardsimpkins@monmouthshire.gov.uk

 

Additional documents:

Decision:

That Cabinet recommends to Council to release the sum of £2.2m from capital receipts to fund the following investments to improve customer experience; Chepstow Leisure Centre – £0.5m to upgrade fitness equipment and minor centre refurbishments Abergavenny Leisure Centre – £1.7m to re-design the first floor to provide a new enhanced gym area and dedicated spin studio and exercise studio.

 

To pause any significant developments at Caldicot Leisure Centre pending the results of the Levelling up Grant Bid but to invest in some necessary upgrades to portable equipment and fitness class resources

3d

2020/21 CAPITAL SLIPPAGE ASSESSMENT pdf icon PDF 612 KB

Division/Wards Affected: All

 

Purpose: The purpose of this report is to provide Members with the results of the assessment carried out of capital slippage requests made by budget holders at the end of the 2020/21 financial year and to obtain the necessary approval to carry forward the budgets into the 2021/22 capital programme.

 

Author: Jonathan Davies, Acting Assistant Head of Finance (Deputy S151 officer)

 

Contact Details: jonathandavies2@monmouthshire.gov.uk

 

 

 

Additional documents:

Decision:

That Members note the results of the slippage assessment carried out following the 2020/21 financial year-end as contained in Appendix 2 and approve the slippage requests totalling £49.14m along with the related presumptions made around financing consequences as detailed in Table 1.

 

That Members endorse that the funding that is released as a result of the assessment totalling £777k is reinvested in the capital programme in line with capital investment priorities as contained in the 2021/22 Capital Strategy as approved by Council in March 2021.