Agenda, decisions and draft minutes

Cabinet - Tuesday, 22 September 2009

Items
No.	Item
1.	Regeneration Framework Review View the background to item 1. View the decision for item 1.
2.	Revenue Budget Monitoring View the background to item 2. View the decision for item 2.
3.	Social Regeneration Strategy Review View the background to item 3. View the decision for item 3.
4.	Capital Budget Monitoring View the background to item 4. View the decision for item 4.
5.	Resource Strategy and Council Plan View the background to item 5. View the decision for item 5.
6.	Recruitment Freeze View the background to item 6. View the decision for item 6.
7.	Older People's Plan View the background to item 7. View the decision for item 7.
8.	Housing Allocation Policy Review View the background to item 8. View the decision for item 8.
9.	Gateway Three Contact Award - Procurement and Maintenance of Bus Passenger Shelters View the background to item 9. View the decision for item 9. Decision: 156/2009 The Cabinet approved the award of the contract for the provision of 60 bus passenger shelters to Trueform Engineering Ltd (Option 1) as part of a 3 year termed contract with the provision to extend for 7 x 1 year periods, subject to market conditions and Medway Council's requirements. 157/2009 The Cabinet approved the award of the contract for the maintenance of 137 bus passenger shelters to Queensbury Shelters Ltd (Option 2) as part of a 3 year termed contract with the provision to extend for 7 x 1 year periods, subject to market conditions and Medway Council's requirements, noting the increase in the number of maintenance visits to each shelter per year, as set out in paragraph 3.3.6 of the report.
10.	Revenue Budget Monitoring View the background to item 10. View the decision for item 10.
11.	Capital Budget Monitoring PDF 9 MB View the background to item 11. View the decision for item 11.
12.	Medium Term Financial Plan 2010-2013 View the background to item 12. View the decision for item 12. Decision: 149/2009 The Cabinet endorsed the underlying aims of the Medium Term Financial Plan. 150/2009 The Cabinet endorsed the forecast level of overall funding outlined in Section 4.6 of the report. 151/2009 The Cabinet instructed portfolio holders and directors to identify savings and efficiencies to achieve a balanced budget for 2010/2011. 152/2009 The Cabinet adopted the Value for Money strategy set out at Appendix 1 to the report.
13.	Recruitment Freeze View the background to item 13. View the decision for item 13. Decision: 154/2009 The Cabinet agreed to unfreeze the following posts, as detailed in Appendix 1 to the report, to enable officers to commence the recruitment process: Children and Adults a) Student Services Manager. b) School Organisation Officer - Student Services. c) Asset Support Officer - Student Services. d) Administrative Assistant - Student Services. e) Support Services Assistant - Adult Social Care. f) Team Coordinator - Special Educational Needs. Regeneration, Community and Culture g) Design and Conservation Officer.
14.	Contracts for the Collection and Disposal of Waste Update View the background to item 14. View the decision for item 14. Decision: 158/2009 The Cabinet instructed officers to re-open the competitive dialogue for the residual waste disposal contract and ask the bidders to re-submit fresh final tenders. 159/2009 The Cabinet agreed that a capped liability on termination of at least three years unitary charge is an acceptable contract term. 160/2009 The Cabinet instructed officers to re-open the restricted procedure for the residual waste/recycling collection and street cleansing contract to clarify the terms upon which variant bids may be acceptable and ask the bidders to re-submit fresh final tenders. 161/2009 The Cabinet agreed to re-affirm the award of the contract for green waste processing to Countrystyle with a commencement date to be determined by Cabinet. 162/2009 The Cabinet asked the Chief Executive to instigate a full investigation of the circumstances in which these errors arose, and to take appropriate action.
15.	Gateway One and Gateway Three Contract Award - Medway Revenues and Benefits Service IT Support View the background to item 15. View the decision for item 15. Decision: 155/2009 The Cabinet approved the award of the IT support contract for Medway Revenues & Benefits Service to Steria Ltd for a period of 5 years with an option to extend for a further two years, subject to the existing terms and conditions.
16.	Medway Child and Adolescent Mental Health Strategy View the background to item 16. View the decision for item 16. Decision: 153/2009 The Cabinet approved the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Strategy 2009-2011 as attached at Appendix 1 to the report.