Decisions

That Cabinet:

1.     Authorises the Executive director for Communities in consultation with the Executive Director for Social Care and Health to vary the existing Better Care Fund Section 75 agreement with the Integrated Care Board to accommodate WorkWell on terms and conditions acceptable to the Executive Director for Resources;

2.     Approves the Council acting as lead delivery partner for elements of the WorkWell funding and for the Council to lead on the commissioning of joint programmes across Coventry & Warwickshire;

3.     Authorises the Executive Director for Communities to carry out appropriate procurement activity and/ or competitive calls for projects to deliver the priorities of the WorkWell Funding; and

4.     Authorises the Executive Director for Communities to negotiate and enter into all necessary contract and agreements required to deliver the approved recommendations on terms and conditions acceptable to the Executive Director for Resources.

Addition of new education projects to the education capital programme.

That Cabinet:

1.     Recommends to Council the addition to the capital programme of £2.188m to the capital programme to deliver the scheme at Shipston High School. This will be funded by developer contribution;

2.     Recommends to Council the addition of £16.500m to the capital programme to deliver the new primary school at Callendar Farm to be funded by developer contributions and education capital funding from the Education Capital Investment Fund;

3.     Approves the addition to the capital programme of £0.418m to the capital programme to deliver the Early Years schemes at Kenilworth Nursery, Little Learners Day Nursery (Nuneaton), Happy Days Nursery (Southam) and Shipston Pre-School to be funded by developer contributions and the DfE Childcare Expansion Capital Grant; and

4.     Approves the addition to the capital programme of £1.660m to be transferred to Urban & Civic towards the delivery of Houlton School to be funded by collected developer contributions.

That Cabinet notes the annual review and summary of upheld complaints issued by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman in the financial year 2023/24.

That Cabinet

1.     Approves the refreshed Local Councils’ Charter attached to the report at Appendix 1; and

2.     Approves the appointment of the Portfolio Holder for Environment, Climate, and Culture as the Warwickshire County Council Parish Champion.

That Cabinet:

1.     Approves the Council’s updated Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement for the financial year 2023/24; and

2.     Authorises the Executive Director for Resources to publish the Council’s Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement on the Central Government Register alongside the estimated income for the Council in the year covered by the statement.

A report seeking approval to add the Warwickshire Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA)2 Scheme into the Capital Programme.

That Cabinet:

1.     Recommends to Council the addition to the Capital Programme of £13.864million to be funded from the confirmed Department for Transport (DfT) grant funding, Stagecoach Midlands and Section106 developer contributions in respect of the Warwickshire Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA)2 Scheme; and

2.     Authorises the Executive Director for Communities, subject to Council’s approval of the addition to the Capital Programme, to conclude all agreements that he considers necessary to implement the scheme on terms and conditions acceptable to the Executive Director for Resources.

That Cabinet:

1.     Notes the forecast net service overspend of £26.998m (6.7%) that would need to be funded from reserves at the end of 2024/25;

2.     Notes the forecast delivery of savings for 2024/25 of £9.255m (57%), and the consequent shortfall against the target;

3.     Notes the forecast capital spend for 2023/24 of £161.759m;

4.     Notes and approves the movement in the forecast spend on the capital programme of £26.404m from 2024/25 into future years;

5.     Approves the drawdown of £0.472m from the Revenue Investment Fund as detailed in Section 6 of the report; and

6.     Notes and endorses the financial recovery strategy to mitigate the emerging 2024/25 financial position, as outlined in Section 2 of the report.

That Cabinet:

1.     Authorises the Executive Director for Social Care and Health, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Adult Social Care and Health, to commence a procurement process for the provision of Day Opportunities for Older People and People with Dementia by Warwickshire County Council as set out in the report; and

2.     Authorises the Executive Director for Social Care and Health to enter into all relevant contracts for the provision of Day Opportunities for Older People and People with Dementia on terms and conditions acceptable to the Executive Director for Resources.

That Cabinet:

1.     Notes the Quarter 1 2024/25 organisational performance; and

2.     Agrees to refer the report to Overview and Scrutiny Committees to consider, in detail, the information relevant to their individual remits.