Decisions

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

The Director of City Development is requested to approve:
• the waiver of CPRs 8.1 and 8.2 and award a direct contract to Arup Pty Ltd for the sum of £33,352

The Director of Adults and Health has approved the sub-delegation scheme as described in and set out at Appendix 1 to the attached report.

The Head of Asset Management has accepted to add Elland Road Football Stadium, Elland Road, Leeds, LS1 1 OES to the List of Assets of Community Value on the basis that the nomination satisfactorily meets the criteria laid down in the Localism Act 2011.

The Chief Officer for Culture & Sport has approved the invocation of the following Contracts Procedure Rule:
Contracts procedure rules no 8.1 and 8.2 – Intermediate value procurements

The Chief Officer for Culture & Sport has further recommended to appoint Site-Rescue for the provision of medical services as identified in the report up to a value of £30,000 at city centre events.

The Chief Parks and Countryside Officer has approved the invocation of the following Contracts Procedure Rule:
Contracts procedure rules no 8.1 and 8.2 – Intermediate value procurements
The Chief Parks and Countryside Officer has appointed Site-Rescue for the provision of medical services as identified in the report up to a value of £95,000 at Parks and Countryside events.
Reason for contracts procedure rules waiver:-
Site-Rescue have provided medical services at numerous events for Leeds City Council and have the specialist skills and accredited staff required for large scale events at the level agreed by YAS.
Site rescue are also responsible for Leeds City Council’s high dependency unit, by transporting and managing it at events and venues where there is no onsite accessible facilities.
In addition to this they are one of the few national providers who have a full mobile trauma unit and ongoing training programme used by nationally recognised security companies and sporting associations.
The selection of the appropriate medical cover is paramount to the successful running of events to ensure that Leeds City Council have done everything reasonably practical by law to ensure public safety at events.

After working with Site-Rescue for several event series it is apparent that at this stage they provide the most suitable and reliable medical services in keeping with Leeds City Council requirements for the varied and unique nature of our events.

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

The Director of Resources and Housing has approved the suspension of lettings, removal from charge and demolition of 16 Councill owned garages at G1 to G17 Moor Crescent Gardens, LS11 5UL

The Director of Resources and Housing has approved the suspension of lettings, removal from charge and full demolition of 32 garages at Parkwood Close and declared the site surplus to departmental requirements.

The Director of Resources and Housing has approved the suspension of lettings and removal from charge of 2 temporary garage plots (G8 and G11) at Newton Close, Rothwell, LS26 0TJ

The Director of Resources and Housing has approved the suspension of lettings, removal from charge and full demolition of 6 garages G6 to G8 and G9 to G11, associated structures and debris at Bruce Lawn, Armley, Leeds, LS12 1XY.

The Chief Officer Culture and Sport has agreed the waiver of Contracts Procedure Rule No 8 - Intermediate Value Procurements (Quotations) to allow for implementation of new branding for Leeds Art Gallery across wayfinding signage, exhibition and display interpretation, other information provision such as in the Tiled Hall café together with all marketing materials through the appointment of Journal.

The Director of Resources and Housing approved the decision to procure a contractor to design and build new build council housing on the Beeches and the Nevilles sites through a cost led procurement process using the YORbuild2 framework. Delegated decision making authority to the Housing Growth Programme Manager for the initial selection stage to approve the shortlist of four bidders.

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 waiver of Contract Procedure Rules 8.1. and 8.2 using the authority set out in CPRs 1.3 to award the contract to HASCA Ltd for the provision of a Level 5 Commissioning and Wellbeing award on a 6 month contract.

The Director of Adults and Health approved the request to waive Contracts Procedure Rule 15.2 to amend the quality threshold to 100% quality for the proposed Advocacy Support and Services contract procurement

The Director of Resources and Housing agreed to approve the increase in numbers of staff within the Enhanced Income Service from 16 to 21 staff. This is to be funded from the Welfare Reform Reserve Fund. It will enable increased numbers of tenants who are to be affected by Welfare Reform, in particular Universal Credit, to be supported by the team.

The Chief Officer for Waste Management has read the content of the attached report and agreed to the implementation of a 2 year extension to the contracts which deal with the services WEEE, scrap metals and household batteries to 30th September 2019

The Director of Resources and Housing has agreed to:-

1. Instruct officers to instigate Compulsory Purchase Order action under the provisions of Part II and Section 17 of the Housing Act 1985 against the premises known as 14 Edinburgh Terrace, Armley, Leeds LS12 3RH.
2. Subject to the confirmation of the order, the subsequent sale of the property will be disposed in line with the previously agreed disposal mechanism for properties acquired through compulsory purchase.

3. Authorise the allocation of funds from the Leeds Neighbourhood Approach approved fund to meet any claim for compensation that may arise subsequently from the title holder of the property.

4. Authorise the City Solicitor to prepare a Compulsory Purchase Order under the provisions of Part II and Section 17 of the Housing Act 1985, and that the Common Seal of the Council be affixed thereto and to the Order Map and that the City Solicitor, be further authorised to make application to the Department of Communities and Local Government for confirmation of the Order.

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 Chief Digital Officer approved the waiver of Contract
Procedure Rules 8.1 and 8.2 to enter into a 4 (four) year contract with
Esendex limited for the provision of a bulk SMS messaging service.

The Head of Elections, Licensing and Registration agreed to waived contract procedure rules 8.1 & 8.2 to ensure a consistent approach to English literacy and numeracy testing is delivered by engaging the existing service provider previously procured (waiver report attached).

The Chief Officer Shared Services approved a report to waive CPR 8.1 and 8.2 and to extend the contract with Giant Precision Limited, for the provision of Abacus e recruitment software for a period of up to 18 months.

The report explained the need to extend the current contract to allow time to comprehensively review the Council’s business requirements, including determining the impact of the new provisions of the General Data Protection Regulations and Public Sector Network licence requirements