Decisions

The Deputy Director, Children & Families agreed the recommendation of a report relating to the placement of a child/young person. The individual costs of the place are £280,000.00
It is considered in the public interest that information contained in the report is exempt from publication as it relates to a vulnerable child or young person of the City and the actions being taken to enable that person to live in a safe environment.

The Deputy Director, Children & Families agreed the recommendation of a report relating to the placement of a child/young person. The individual costs of the place are £107,900.
It is considered in the public interest that information contained in the report is exempt from publication as it relates to a vulnerable child or young person of the City and the actions being taken to enable that person to live in a safe environment.

The Head of Learning Service Systems approved entry into a Pre-Construction Agreement with ISG Construction PLC to cover the pre-construction design fees (up to the end of Stage 4) due to be paid on following contract award. The cost of this is £128,750.00.

The Chief Officer of Environmental Action Services iapproved the invocation of the following Contracts Procedure Rule to the value of £70k for the provision of a winter works service from Continental Landscapes: Contracts Procedure Rule 1.3

The Director of Public Health has approved the sub-delegation scheme attached as Appendix 1 to the attached report.
The fact that a function has been delegated to an officer does not require that officer to give the matter his/her personal attention and that officer may arrange for such delegation to be exercised by an officer of suitable experience and seniority.

The Head of Learning Systems accepted the tender (including fees) supplied by Leeds LEP in the sum of £221,073.88 to carry out Phase 2 of the fire compartmentation works at East SILC John Jamieson School.

The Director of Resources and Housing agreed to the conversion of the former Dewsbury Road housing office/CCE community centre at 9 -15 Cardinal Crescent into one nine bedroom house as part of the Empty Homes scheme.

The Chief Waste Management Officer agreed to the acceptance of the proposal to amend the landfill % used in the calculation of AWM’s costs for Household Waste Site residual waste treatment/disposal, thus securing the associated savings to the Council.

The Chief Planning Officer has approved the City Council’s response to the Pre-Submission Draft Otley Neighbourhood Plan.

The Director of City Development granted approval to (a) the terms provisionally agreed for the acquisition of the leasehold interest in the subject property and (b) the necessary authority to spend.

The Chief Officer (Highways and Transportation):
i) Noted the contents of this report;
ii)Approved the placement of a parklet, on a trial basis, on the public highway at The Calls;
iii)Approved the placement of a parklet, on a trial basis, on the public highway at Sheaf Street;
iiv)Instructed the City Solicitor to advertise a draft Traffic Regulation Order in relation to amendments to the waiting restrictions on Sheaf Street as indicated on drawing referenced TM/1/1/1 and if no valid objections are received to then make, seal and implement the Order; and
v)Approved the delivery of trial The Calls parklet through the general function of the highway authority to provide ‘green’ amenity improvements which may be exercised by a third party authorised by them under the provisions of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.

The Chief Officer Environmental Action approved the request to commence a procurement exercise for provision of official food control interventions by an external contractor.

The Director of Resources and Housing has:
• noted the content of this report and agreed to jointly procure a combined Home Independence and affordable warmth service in partnership with Adults and Health.
• agreed to delegate authority to the Director of Public Health, with authority to sub-delegate, to take all decisions related to the procurement of the Green doctor and Warmth for Wellbeing schemes as part of the new service from 1st October 2018 to 31st September 2021, in consultation with the Director of Resources and Housing

The Chief Officer (Highways and Transportation):
i) Noted the principles of the highway works, detailed in Section 3.2 and Drawing No. 39833/029 Revision B (Appendix 2).
ii) Gave authority to incur expenditure of £6,000 TRO costs and £5,000 staff checking and inspection costs, all to be fully rechargeable to the developer through the Section 278 agreement;
iii) Requested the City Solicitor to advertise a draft Traffic Regulation Order to facilitate the necessary waiting and loading restrictions and, if no valid objections are received to make, seal and implement the order as advertised;
iv) Gave authority to negotiate the terms of and enter into an agreement with the developer under the provisions of Section 278 of the Highways Act 1980.

The Chief Officer (Highways and Transportation) instructed the City Solicitor to apply to the magistrates’ court for a stopping up order under Section 116 of the Highways Act 1980 for the area of adopted highway shown hatched on drawing SD/994706/MG/01.

The Chief Parks and Countryside Officer has approved the waiver of the following Contracts Procedure Rule:

- Contracts procedure rules no 8.1 and 8.2 – Intermediate value procurements

The Chief Parks and Countryside Officer is further approved the appointment of Fantastic Fireworks for the provision of pyrotecnics as identified in the report up to a value of £34,000 at Parks and Countryside bonfire events.

The Chief Officer Culture and Sport has given authority to spend £153,000 2017/18 supported from prudential borrowing at a cost of £24,000 per annum over 7 years on replacement gym equipment for Scott Hall Leisure Centre.

The Sport and Active Lifestyle Service has an annual income budget from activities of over £12m, of which Scott Hall Leisure Centre directly supports circa £895,000 of this total figure with £420,000 of Scott Halls income related to fitness and gym use. The viability of achieving this income target is predicated on providing gym equipment that is fit for purpose and meets customer expectations. In addition this investment is essential to support the additional income targets from the services partnership with Alliance Leisure in addition to future income targets from 2018 to 2020.

Supporting documents accompanying this DDN are the DCR for the authority to spend the prudential borrowing amount of £153,000 2017/18 against scheme number 32601 SCO.

The Head of Learning Systems agreed to:

a. Give approval to carry out access improvement works at three Leeds schools, and
b. Give approval to incur £107,244.38 of expenditure from capital scheme number 32569/APP/000 within the approved Capital Programme.

The Director of Resources and Housing agreed to the conversion of one long term empty former community centre and housing office into a house to meet the specific needs of a family.

Appendix 1 to this report has been marked as exempt under Access to Information Procedure Rules 10.4 (3) on the basis that it contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) which, if disclosed to the public, would, or would be likely to prejudice the commercial interests of that person or of the Council. The information is exempt if and for so long as in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. In this case the report author considers that it is in the public interest to maintain the exemption

The Director of Adults and Health approved the establishment of 4FTE new posts for registered Occupational Therapists to work a 7 day rota, 8am to 8pm to extend Occupational Therapy support to the to support The Green, SLIC, Suffolk Court and Skills for Independent Living Service (SkILs).
The Director of Adults and Health approved the spend of £185,898 per year for the purpose developing the Occupational Therapy Service to include the two new additional bed bases.
Implementation will be by the Disability Service Manager once the decision has been approved.

The Chief Officer of Environmental Action Services agreed to approve the invocation of the following Contracts Procedure Rule to the value of £70k for the provision of a winter works service from Continental Landscapes:
Contracts Procedure Rule No 31.3 – Waiver of Contracts’ Procedure Rules

The Chief Planning Officer has:

• Agreed the modifications recommended by the Examiner

• Agreed that the draft Thorp Arch Neighbourhood Plan proceeds to referendum

The Head of Governance and Scrutiny Support is asked to approve the following appointment:
• Councillor Julie Heselwood replace Councillor Jane Dowson on the
14-19 (25) Learning and Support Partnership
• Councillor Jonathan Pryor and Councillor Julie Heselwood replace
Councillor Jane Dowson and Councillor Helen Hayden on the
Children’s’ Trust Board
• Councillor Julie Heselwood replace Councillor Jane Dowson on the
Joint Consultative Committee
• Councillor Jonathan Pryor to replace Councillor Lisa Mulherin on the
Leeds Children’s Trust Board - 0-5 Early Start
• Councillor Jonathan Pryor to replace Councillor Helen Hayden as
Substitute to Councillor Lisa Mulherin on the Leeds Safeguarding
Board