Notice of Meeting

Executive

Councillor Bettison OBE (Chair),

Councillor Dr Barnard (Vice-Chairman),

Councillors D Birch, Brunel-Walker, Harrison, Mrs Hayes MBE, Heydon and Turrell

 

 

Tuesday 24 May 2022, 5.00  - 7.00 pm

Council Chamber - Time Square, Market Street, Bracknell, RG12 1JD

 

Agenda

All councillors at this meeting have adopted the Mayor’s Charter

which fosters constructive and respectful debate.

Item

Description

Time

Page

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1.          

Apologies

 

 

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2.          

Declarations of Interest

 

 

 

Members are asked to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary or Affected Interests in respect of any matter to be considered at this meeting.

 

Any Member with a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in a matter should withdraw from the meeting when the matter is under consideration and should notify the Democratic Services Officer in attendance that they are withdrawing as they have such an interest. If the Disclosable Pecuniary Interest is not entered on the register of Members interests the Monitoring Officer must be notified of the interest within 28 days.

 

Any Member with an Affected Interest in a matter must disclose the interest to the meeting.  There is no requirement to withdraw from the meeting when the interest is only an affected interest, but the Monitoring Officer should be notified of the interest, if not previously notified of it, within 28 days of the meeting.

 

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3.          

Minutes

 

5 - 12

 

To consider and approve the minutes of the meeting of the Executive held on 26 April 2022.

 

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4.          

Urgent Items of Business

 

 

 

Any other items which, pursuant to Section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972, the Chairman decides are urgent.

 

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<AI5>

Executive Key Decisions

The items listed below all relate to Key Executive decisions, unless stated otherwise below.

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<AI6>

5.          

Household Support Grant Distribution and Procurement

 

13 - 28

 

To seek approval to allocate the £555,468 Household Support Fund extension from the Department of Works and Pensions and discuss options for the proposed approach to targeting allocations from the £184,650 Discretionary Fund element of the Council Tax Energy Rebate package.

 

Reporting: Mark Barratt

 

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<AI7>

6.          

Request from Taxi Trade to Review Hackney Carriage Tariffs

 

29 - 44

 

To consider a business case (Appendix A) submitted by representatives of the taxi trade to review the current table of fares in light of the current increase in the cost of fuel.

 

The report also outlines the statutory consultation process that must be undertaken if the Executive Director, on behalf of the Executive, with constitutional scheme of delegation powers to secure the provision of Public Protection Partnership functions, agrees to consult on the proposals set out in the business case.

Reporting: Damian James

 

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<AI8>

7.          

Exclusion of Public and Press

 

 

 

To consider the following motion:

 

That pursuant to Regulation 4 of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Access to Information) Regulations 2012  and having regard to the public interest, members of the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the consideration of item 8 & 9  which involves the likely disclosure of exempt information under the following category of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972:

 

(3)        Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

 

NB:      No representations were received in response to the 28 day notice of a private meeting.

 

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8.          

Procurement of Buckler’s Park Community Hub Operator

 

45 - 82

 

To seek approval for conducting a procurement exercise to identify an operator to manage the new community hub, playing courts, changing rooms, car parking and associated landscaping at Buckler’s Park in Crowthorne.

Reporting: Abby Thomas

 

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9.          

Multi-discipline Consultancy Design Services

 

83 - 102

 

To seek approval for the appointment of a multi-discipline consultancy organisation to provide construction consultancy services to aid the delivery of construction projects

Reporting: Kamay Toor

 

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Published: 16 May 2022