Decisions

Leeds City Council has been awarded £150,000 from the Elton John Aids Foundation (overseen by Public Health England) to pilot HIV Screening at new patient registration within practices who have the highest prevalence of HIV within the localities they are based within.

The pilot will be funded by a grant from the Elton John Aids Foundation and contributions from the 3 Leeds CCGs. It will be launched on 20th November 2015 and will run for 12 months.

The laboratory testing element of the pilot will be undertaken by Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust and this will be managed by West CCG.
Data from Public Health England provide a clear rational for the selection of practices within this pilot.

The Director of Adult Social Services approved the recommendation to award a contract for the sum of £148,414 to Oxford Computer Consultants (OCC) for a period of two years with one additional option to extend for a further nine month period. The contract sum including the available extension will be £169,093.
The Head of Commissioning will be responsible for implementation and the contract will be awarded to OCC by PPPU within 10 days subject to approval of the recommendation.

To approve the creation of one large office by combining 3 shop units at Heights Drive and implement the CTW by moving the Wortley and Pudsey Housing Teams into the refurbished space at a cost of £343k. This will make best use of assets and save on the ongoing rental for the lease of Westfield House.

The Head of Governance Services has approved the transfer of the records listed in the attached schedule (Appendix A to the attached report) to the West Yorkshire Archive Service. The Head of Governance Services has the authority to approve the transfer of these documents through the sub-delegation scheme of the City Solicitor. The scheme gives the Head of Governance Services delegated authority for the management of corporate governance. This function is one of the specific delegations to the City Solicitor under the Executive delegation scheme within Part 3 Section 3E of the Council’s Constitution.

This transfer will take place on 24th November 2015 and is being made in accordance with the Governance Services document retention and disposal arrangements.

The Director of Environment and Housing agreed to the purchase of 1 long term empty former Council owned property and completion of refurbishment works in order to let as council housing.

The Director of Environment and Housing agreed to the purchase of 1 long term empty former Council owned property and completion of refurbishment works in order to let as council housing.

The Director of Environment and Housing agreed to the purchase of 1 long term empty former Council owned property and completion of refurbishment works in order to let as council housing.

The Director of Environment and Housing agreed to the purchase of 1 long term empty former Council owned property and completion of refurbishment works in order to let as council housing.

The Director of Environment and Housing agreed to the purchase of 1 long term empty former Council owned property and completion of refurbishment works in order to let as council housing.

The Director of Environment and Housing agreed to the purchase of 1 long term empty former RTB property and completion of refurbishment works in order to let as council housing.

The Director of Environment and Housing agreed to the purchase of 1 long term empty former Council owned property and completion of refurbishment works in order to let as council housing.

The Director for Environment and Housing approved the purchase of 3 Mercedes Arocs 3236k from Northside Truck and Van Ltd under the Council’s Vehicle Framework.

The Deputy Chief Executive gave Authority to Spend of £331,309 in order to provide a fit for purpose work environment and creation of a flexible work space on 4th Floor West Civic Hall for 122 Strategy and Resources staff from Legal Services and decanting of 11 Facilities Management and 5 Financial Inclusion staff to 2nd Floor West Civic Hall. This includes the refurbishment of 4th Floor West Civic Hall, the relocation of staff and taking them through new ways of working (NWoW).

The Director of Environment and Housing agreed to the purchase of 1 long term empty former RTB property and completion of refurbishment works in order to let as council housing.

The Director of Environment and Housing agreed to the purchase of 1 long term empty former Council owned property and completion of refurbishment works in order to let as council housing.

The Director of Environment and Housing agreed to the purchase of 1 long term empty former RTB property and completion of refurbishment works in order to let as council housing.

The Director of Environment and Housing agreed to the purchase of 1 long term empty former RTB property and completion of refurbishment works in order to let as council housing.

The Assistant Chief Executive (Citizens and Communities) approves the outcome of the consultation for the ten community centres under review and approves the action being taken for eight of those centres not subject to closure proposals.

The Deputy Director, Learning authorised expenditure of £110,000 from the City Deal Apprenticeship Hub grant allocation to support the delivery of activities as detailed in the attached report.

The officer responsible for the implementation of the decision will be the Head of Employment Access and Growth. Implementation will take place immediately.

The Director of Children's Services approved the waiver of contracts procedure rule (CPR) 8 to purchase and implement the Outcomes Star suite of tools without competition from Triangle Consulting Social Enterprise Limited (TCSEL) to measure outcomes for families as part of the Family Valued and Families First programmes.

The Chief Planning Officer has;

(i) agreed the modification and the referendum area
(ii) agreed the draft Linton Neighbourhood Plan proceeds to referendum

The Director of City Development has approved that one to one negotiations are entered into for the sale of land at Valley Road Pudsey to the owner of the adjoining property of 10-12 Littlemoor Road.

The Director of City Development has given approval to enter into a site compound licence for the benefit of the Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme, a lease for an easement for the re-routed Trans-Pennine Trail and an agreement for an easement with DB Schenker for access across Council-owned land.

The Head of Asset Management has accepted to list The Chemic Tavern,
9 Johnston Street, Woodhouse, Leeds, LS2 9AY on 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 (Highways and Transportation) :
i) Authorised, subject to public consultation, the detailed design and implementation of a scheme to introduce a 20 mph zone in the Great Preston area as shown on drawing number TM/21/2218/12/01;
ii) Gave authority to incur expenditure of £18,000, which comprises of £12,000 works costs, £5,000 Staff fees and £1,000 legal fees, all to be funded from the LTP Transport Policy Capital Programme; and
iii) Requested the City Solicitor to:
a) Advertise a draft Speed Limit Order, to introduce a 20 mph zone in Great Preston, as shown on drawing TM/21/2218/12/01; and, if no valid objections are received, to make and seal the SLO as advertised; and
b) Give authority to advertise a 90c Notice for the implementation of road humps as required under the Highways Act 1980.

The Director of Environment and Housing approved the proposals as described in this report, for reorganisation of the Waste Operations Service.

The Director of Environment and Housing agreed to approve the revised structure within the Disrepair Team and agree to the recruitment of the additional resources identified within the report on a 12 month temporary contract.

The 11 Housing Advisory Panels (HAPs) are supported by the Environment and Housing Directorate to invest in a range of environmental and community related projects.
The panels are tenant led, each making recommendations for financial support for projects in line with locally agreed priorities and in accordance with the Council’s Best City Priorities.
Between the 1 August 2015 and 30 September 2015 the panels supported 61 projects to a value of £228,970.62. A full list of projects is provided in appendix 1.

The Built Environment Programme Manager approved the request to award the tender in the sum of £104,326.61 for Summerfield Primary School.

To waive CPR 8.1 and 8.2 and renew the maintenance contract with Tranman for 12 months.