Executive Decisions

       i.          Direct cremations are offered as an additional service at Easthampstead Park Cemetery and Crematorium at an individual price of £285.00.

      ii.          the Council Constitution allows the Director to fix charges for any new service, provided that such charges are reported to the next meeting of the Council’s Executive Committee. It is therefore recommended that this service is introduced within the current financial year.

     iii.          the new service will be included in the 2020/21 fees and charges for approval at full Council in February 2020.

       i.          a Council funded capital programme of £4.79m for 2020/21 as set out in paragraph 5.11 of the Director:Finance’s report and summarised in Annex A, including the new schemes listed in Annexes B – C is approved for consultation.

      ii.          the inclusion of £13.91m of expenditure to be externally funded (including £3.97m of S106 funding) as outlined in paragraph 5.12 of the Director:Finance’s report Is approved for consultation.

     iii.          the inclusion of an additional budget of £1m for Invest-to-Save schemes is approved for consultation.

To provide a summary of the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman Annual Review Letter 2019.

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsmen Annual Review Letter 2018 at Annex A and corresponding data tables at Appendix B are noted.

RESOLVED that:

       i.          The progress to date on the community centre and health & wellbeing hub in

partnership with the Care Commissioning Group (CCG) is noted and the timetable in paragraph 5.23 of the Director: Place, Planning & Regeneration’s report is agreed.

      ii.          the community centre budget of up to £2.4m is agreed as per paragraph 5.10 of the Director: Place, Planning & Regeneration’s report; the development cost of the health centre to be met by the CCG/NHS as noted in paragraph 5.1 of the Director: Place, Planning & Regeneration’s report.

     iii.          to forward fund up to £4.6m (including ancillary costs as per paragraph 5.10 of the Director: Place, Planning & Regeneration’s report),the capital costs of the Health part of the building, on the basis that the consequent capital financing costs will be matched by long term rental income from Health.

    iv.          the Procurement Plan (paragraph 5.25 of the Director: Place, Planning & Regeneration’s report) for the community centre and health

care hub in Appendix C (Restricted), is approved.

The performance of the council over the period from July – September 2019 highlighted in the Overview Report in Annex A of the Chief Executive’s report was noted.

       i.          the draft budget proposals for 2020/21 as the basis for consultation with the Overview & Scrutiny Commission and other interested parties or individuals are agreed.

      ii.          Directors are authorised to implement inflationary increases to fees and charges as soon as practicable in the current financial year.

     iii.          the Treasury Management Strategy and associated documents at Annexe E for the Director:Finance’s report is agreed and requests that the Governance and Audit  Committee review each of the key elements.

    iv.          the Capital Strategy published in 2019 remains relevant and does not

require updating at this time.

      v.          the 2020/21 Schools Budget be set at the eventual level of the Dedicated School Grant income plus any accumulated DSG balances and additional Council funding of £0.308m (paragraph 8.23 of the Director:Finance’s report).

    vi.          the Executive Member for Children, Young People and Learning be authorised to agree the allocation of the sums available for schools funding as set out in recommendation 2.5 having regard to the decisions and recommendations of the Schools Forum and to agree detailed budgets for services centrally managed by the Council.

   vii.          the virements relating to the 2019/20 budget as set out in Annexes G

and H of the Director:Finance’s report are approved and recommend those that are over £0.100m for approval by Council.

The Executive Member for Children and Young People received the annual report of the LADO and  notes the key messages and recommendations made.

The Executive Member for Children and Young People received the annual report of the IRO and to notes the key messages and recommendations made.

The Executive Member for Council Strategy and Community Cohesion agrees the Council’s response to the focused consultation on the Revised Bracknell Town Neighbourhood Plan as set out in Appendix 1 of the Director: Planning, place and regeneration’s report, for submission to the Examiner.

The Executive Member for Children, Young People and Learning noted and approved the Annual Report on the work of the Virtual School for 2018-19.

To update members of the Bracknell Town Centre Regeneration Committee of the progress made to procure a property joint venture partner.

The Committed noted the Property Joint Venture Project report.

       i)          The formal objections received during the statutory consultation process and the corresponding Officer comments are noted;

      ii)          The position with regard to local ward Members comments received during

the informal consultation process is noted;

    iii)          The Borough Solicitor be authorised to bring the Disabled Parking Spaces

Order into effect.