Decisions

A tender process was undertaken under Lot 2 of the North East Procurement Organisation HGV & Specialist Vehicles Procurement Framework which is managed by The Procurement Partnership Ltd.

An opportunity for a Request for Quotation was placed on the procurement portal, The Chest in accordance with Contract Procedure Rule 4.1 with three organisations submitting bids by the required closing date. Following evaluation and scoring of the submitted tenders it is recommended that:

To extend the employment of a consultant to fill the role of the GIS officer/LLPG Custodian until 31st March 2021.

Informal Cabinet considered whether the national guidance and regulatory framework was sufficient to meet our obligations for creating a COVID-secure environment in the Borough and protecting public health when considering which events and social gatherings can take place.

The Council’s fleet of refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) is aging and increasingly unreliable, with the majority being more than 8 years old now. The original lease on them has expired and so they are working beyond their original life expectancy. Vehicle Workshops find it increasingly difficult to ensure that the Waste Management service has a sufficient number of vehicles available every day in order to operate a full service.

The request is to increase the hours of the Senior Adult Learning Manager Quality Improvement from 18.5 hours to 22.12 hours on a temporary basis to be reviewed on the 30th November

With the reopening of schools to all year groups, the catering teams have also returned to operation and are providing meals across all Primary and High Schools contracted to Bury’s Catering Service provision.

Due to the COVID19 situation and the need to follow social distancing and self-isolation, where possible, several risk assessments in line with current government guidance have been put into place to ensure that all catering staff, pupils and schools staff are kept safe.

Within the current risk assessments, if an instance of COVID19 occurs within a house hold or within the school, children may need to isolate. If however they are entitled to Free School Meals (FSM), they will need a continued access to this provision.

Approval to the temporary closure under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, Livsey Street, Whitefield, commencing on - 22/09/20 for a period of 3 months (Anticipated duration of works – 2 days). The closure is in place to enable excavation works in the carriageway. Diversion route via Clarendon St, York St, Bury New Rd and vice versa. Emergency access will be maintained if required, access will be available for residents in an evening and early morning.

Approval to carry out the following works to be funded from a specific revenue budget assigned for this purpose. This is towards ensuring COVID safe office accommodation including increased circulation space. The ground floor is to be set up as ‘Hot Desk’ areas with standard space saving furniture throughout. 44 desk spaces are already completed on the ground floor to the new standard.

The waste collection service has operated whereby no more than 2 staff are allowed in the cab of a bin wagon at any one time for some months now.
Full details on attachment.

Approval to the temporary one way under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, of Wash Lane (between Rochdale Road and Bond Street, traffic permitted to travel in a north-westerly direction) and closure (between Willow Street and Rochdale Road) from Thursday 01 October 2020 for a period of 6 months to enable construction works for carriageway widening and retaining wall works (anticipated duration of works approximately 12-15 weeks). The diversion route for one-way working is via Bond Street and Rochdale Road for full closure via Bond Street and Rochdale Road and vice versa.

The proposed newf 2 x Toucan crossings on Ainsworth Road near Greenbank Road and Wilton Lane as part of Tfgm’s ‘Growth Deal’ initiative have been advertised and one objection has been received regarding the proposals. The attached report has been prepared which considers the issues raised by one objector. The recommendations of the report are that the scheme should progress to the construction stage as the objections raised do not raise any issues of enough evidential gravitas that should delay construction of the scheme.

The proposed Tfgm ‘Growth Deal’ Toucan crossings are therefore proposed to be introduced as advertised on Ainsworth Road.

Further to the decision of TfGM / local councillors and following the formal advertisement period for which no objections were received, it is proposed to implement the proposals to introduce 2 new Toucan crossings on the A56 Bury New Road in Prestwich. No Traffic Management Unit minutes are provided due to the timescales and fast track nature of this initiative.

Establishment of a free mobile awareness and information service. On board the bus are a team of cancer information specialists who offer Information and support to anyone with a concern or question relating to cancer.