Meeting documents

Details of Cabinet Member interests in District, Town and Parish Councils will be displayed in the meeting room. The Statutory Register of Member’s Interests can be inspected via the Community Governance team.

The Chair will allow members of the public to present a petition on any matter within the Cabinet’s remit. Questions or statements about any matter on the agenda for this meeting may be taken at the time when each matter is considered.

To consider and approve the proposed Road Safety Strategy.

Following consideration of the officer report, appendix and discussion the Cabinet resolved to:

1. Endorse the revised Road Safety Strategy and authorise its adoption

2. Delegate to ECI Operations Director to progress development of the implementation and transition plans.

To consider the proposals relating to a sub-national transport body for the South West Peninsula.

Following consideration of the officer report, appendix and discussion the Cabinet resolved to:

1. Agree to join an informal partnership with Cornwall Council, Plymouth City Council, Torbay Council, Devon County Council and Dorset County Council; which will be known as a shadow sub-national transport body for the South West Peninsula, subject to Government agreeing with that proposal, and subject to formal agreement of a final terms of reference once the partnership has formally convened.
2. Agree that the draft terms of reference attached as Appendix 1 provide an appropriate basis in principle upon which to create a partnership.
3. Agree to become an associate member of the shadow ‘Western Gateway’ sub-national transport body which will also operate initially as an informal partnership, subject to agreeing appropriate terms of reference in due course.
4. Delegate authority to the Lead Director for Economic and Community Infrastructure in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport to agree the final terms of reference for both shadow sub-national transport bodies subject to the terms being generally in accordance with the draft terms attached as Appendix 1.
5. Delegate authority to the Lead Director for Economic and Community Infrastructure in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport to develop and agree a constitution for the South West Peninsula sub-national transport body with the partner authorities, an inter-authority agreement to enable the informal partnership to operate and to include the appointment of an administering authority.  
6. Appoint the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport to represent the Council on the sub-national transport bodies.
7. Delegate authority to the Lead Director for Economic and Community Infrastructure in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport to agree a prospectus for the proposed body for communication purposes.
8. Approve an initial partnership funding contribution of up to £80,000 to facilitate the development and operation of the partnership, and lever in match-funding from the Government; with the actual value of the contribution to be agreed between the parties following further development of technical workstreams.
9. Agree to enter discussion with the West of England Combined

Authority (WECA) with a view to forming a more formal association with that body.

To receive a verbal update from the Chief Executive

To consider the report and its recommendations.

Following consideration of the officer report, appendix and discussion the Cabinet resolved to:

1. Approve the transfer of £5m from contingency to Children and Families - Operations budget (section 2.4).
2. Note the contents of this report and the potential outturn position for the year.

To receive the report from the Director of Childrens Services.

Following consideration of the officer report, appendices and discussion the Cabinet resolved to acknowledge the significant work that has been undertaken to date and endorse the improvements and achievements in delivering the 7 Improvement Programmes

To consider and approve the proposed contract award.

PLEASE NOTE: Although the main report and Appendices B, C and D for this item are not confidential, Appendix A available to Members contains exempt information and is therefore marked confidential – not for publication. At any point if Members wish to discuss information within Appendix A then the Cabinet will be asked to agree the following resolution to exclude the press and public:

Following consideration of the officer report, appendices A, B, C and D and discussion the Cabinet resolved to:

1. Agree the award of contract for Somerset Specialist All Age Drug and Alcohol Treatment Service to Bidder D from 1^st April 2019 for a period of 5 years with an optional two year plus further two year extension as detailed in Appendix A – Confidential Tender Evaluation Report

2. Agrees the case for applying the exempt information provision as set out in the Local Government Act 1972, Schedule 12A and therefore to treat the attached Appendix A in confidence, as they contain commercially sensitive information, and as the case for the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing that information.

3. Authorises the Director of Public Health to sign the contract with the preferred supplier on behalf of the authority and to determine in due course whether to utilise the optional two year plus two year extension(s).

To receive the report and recommend it to the Full Council meeting in July.

Following consideration of the officer report, appendices and discussion the Cabinet resolved to approve the report and submit it to Full Council on 18th July 2018.

The Chair may raise any items of urgent business.