Decisions

Following approval by the section 188 committee, a formal 30 day consultation on current working models for the Choices for Living Well Service was launched in March 2022. The consultation report outlining the detail can be found in attachment.

A day of operations/engagement by the Police / Local Authority / Partners – Op Avro.
The event will involve:
- Six Town Housing Trailer
- GMP mobile police station.

Approval to formally advertise and consult on a proposed ‘past this point’
residents only parking scheme on Grosvenor Avenue in Whitefield. This scheme
is proposed as an extension to an existing residents only parking scheme which
is located in this area. If no significant objections are received following the formal
advertisement process then the scheme will be implemented on site asap.

Dedicated Electric Vehicular (EV) charging bays for
Taxis & private hire vehicles – Various off street car parks – Bury & Whitefield –
Proposal to advertise new EV bays.

The government is introducing wide ranging and far-reaching reforms of Adult Social Care over the next 3 years as part of a 10 year program, this includes
• Introduction of the care account and cap
• The fair cost of care exercise
• Inspection by the Care Quality Commission

Approve the charges as set out below for a range of services provided by the department.

The charges have been reviewed in line with established policy and the new charges have been set taking into account competition and commercial consideration. There will be 5% inflation added to income budgets in 2022/23 to contribute towards the Council’s budget savings.

Engineers rates are set (where possible) at a median of local prices for the individual activity/service in order to ensure consistency across the region, and in an effort to enhance income without creating pressures elsewhere in the system (e.g. fly tipping rather than use of skips).

In accordance with the Council’s Contract Procedure Rules an opportunity to manage this facility has been openly advertised on previous occasions with no interest being expressed. The Council has also considered the option of using the in-house service to undertake the same role; however, this was not considered as a viable cost-effective option. The successful bidder approached the Council indicating an interest to undertake the role.

In March 2020 as a result of the Covid 19 pandemic, the majority of the scheduled Committee meetings were postponed following guidance issued by Government. This impacted upon Council Committee meetings scheduled to be held in the months of April and May 2020.

This decision to review the postponement followed updated guidance issued from Central Government. Elected members/local authority representatives/clerks who were required to attend meetings were unable to do so in person. An amendment to the Constitution was considered at a meeting of Annual Council on 20th May 2020, these changes allowed Council meetings to be undertaken via Microsoft Teams and all meetings were live streamed on the Council’s website.

A request has been received for business support to provide ongoing support to Adult Safeguarding meetings, specifically Multi Agency Risk Management Framework (MARM) meetings, which bring together professionals from health, social care, the police, housing and other agencies/organisations at a senior level to support and protect adults at risk.