Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Councillor Carpenter and Councillor Mrs Spencer Gregson.

Minutes of the special meeting held on 26^th March 2008 and the meeting held on 7^th April 2008.

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The Minutes of the Cabinet meetings held on 26^th March 2008 and 7^th April 2008 were confirmed as a correct record of the meeting.

No declarations of interest were made.

Report number RIM115 by the Portfolio Holder for Corporate Governance and Housing.

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DECISION:

To accept the tender received from Savills Commercial Ltd, 25 Frinsby Circus, London, EC2M 7EE in the sum of £588,615 with the additional costs of £25,080.00 making a total of £613,695.00.

­Considerations/Reasons for decision:

(1)          Report number RIM 115 by the Portfolio Holder for Corporate Governance and Housing.

(2)          Additional information available since the publication of the report:

·       Tender 1 did not include provision of photographs to be taken of a property as part of the survey, which included up to 5 photographs (Front, Rear, Bathroom, Kitchen and Boiler). It was concluded that there would be potential benefits to this for SKDC. The costs of the suite of photographs would £4 per property and SKDC had 6270 properties.

·       Tender 2 was approached to provide cost for a suite of photographs in line with tender 1. Tender 2 stated the cost for photographs would be at a nil cost.

·       Further evaluation of tenders 1 and 2 had been carried out with the additional cost of £4 per property:

(3)          Advice received from the Monitoring Officer that both tenders had been treated equally.

(4)          Advice from the Section 151 Officer that there was budget provision for the additional cost.

Report number POI 17 by the Portfolio Holder for Strategic Partnerships.

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DECISION:

That the Cabinet delegates authority to the Leader to agree any further changes necessary to secure sign off of the Local Area Agreement from the Government Office for the East Midlands.

Considerations/Reasons for decision:

(1)          Report number POI 17 by the Strategic Partnerships Portfolio Holder.

(2)          Further information regarding performance indicators received since publication of the report.

(3)          It was noted that the Cabinet had concerns that individual targets for performance indicators had not been set and presently just provided a list of ambitions.

(4)          The Cabinet raised concerns as to whether partners in the LAA would have a collective responsibility to meet a target or an individual responsibility.

(5)          It was noted that targets must be realistic.

DATE DECISIONS EFFECTIVE

All decisions as made on the 12^th May 2008 can be implemented on 21st May 2008 unless subject to call-in by the Scrutiny Committee Chairman or any 5 members of the Council from any political groups.