Agenda and decisions

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The Executive resolved as follows:

To agree the recommendations of the Public Health Scrutiny Review final report action plan as outlined below and work towards their implementation:

1. That the Council’s Public Health department be recommended to explore avenues to connect more with children and their parents through sports clubs and activities being operated from parks within the town, in order to communicate public health messages.

2. That Blackpool Healthwatch be recommended to consider adopting a greater focus in its work in promoting public health and tackling health inequality.

3. That a training session be provided by Public Health open to all Members explaining the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment process, demonstrating the website and explaining how it could be used by Councillors to assist in their roles.

4. a) Appropriate consideration of single people in the Health and Wellbeing Strategy in regards to ensuring housing of a decent standard and ensuring adequate provisions to prevent social isolation.

b) The Health and Wellbeing Strategy to incorporate considerations of how healthy behaviours could be encouraged through the planning of the built environment.

5. That the Council’s approach to social action and volunteering be presented to the Resilient Communities Scrutiny Committee for consideration once it has been established.

6. Future performance against the Health and Wellbeing Strategy be considered by the Health Scrutiny Committee.

The Executive resolved as follows:

1. To note the consultation summary, attached at Appendix 3b to the Executive report.

2. To recommend the Council to approve the Health and Wellbeing Strategy, attached at Appendix 3a to the Executive report.

3. To note the performance monitoring proposals outlined at Paragraph 5.9 which have been approved by the Health and Wellbeing Board at its meeting on 20 July 2016.

The Executive agreed the recommendations as outlined above namely:

1. To approve the Medium-Term Financial Sustainability Strategy 2016/17 to 2021/22.

2. To share this Medium-Term Financial Sustainability Strategy with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government by 14 October 2016 as the Council’s ‘Efficiency Plan’ required to secure the benefits of the greater certainty that a 4-year Revenue Support Grant Settlement brings to medium-term financial planning.

3. To initiate a period of consultation on the efficiency plan with residents, local neighbours, public sector partners and devolution stakeholders.

4. To invite independent assurance on the robustness and validity of this Strategy and Medium-Term Financial Plan via CIPFA’s new Financial Resilience Advisory Report peer review service or equivalent.

5. To agree to receive updates of the Strategy and/or Plan on a rolling annual basis or as changing circumstances dictate.

The Executive agreed the recommendations as outlined above namely:

1. To approve the Council’s entry into the Framework Agreement and its accompanying schedules including the joint and several guarantee.

2. To delegate authority to the Director of Resources as Statutory Finance Officer and the Director of Governance and Partnerships as Monitoring Officer to sign those documents, as appropriate, on behalf of the Council.

3. To grant the Director of Resources delegated authority to agree amendments to the Framework Agreement as appropriate.

The Executive agreed the recommendation as outlined above namely:

That £570,000 expenditure is authorised in order to allow the continued engagement of appointed architects and other professional advisers to progress the conference and exhibition centre designs to RIBA4 allowing submission of a full planning application

The Executive agreed the recommendations as outlined above namely:

1. To agree in principle support for the draft proposal to establish a Sub-National Transport Body as set out in Appendix 7a, to the Executive report, and consent to its submission to the Secretary of State.

2. That subject to the approval of  resolution 1 above, the agreement in principle be contingent on Transport for the North drawing down powers from central government and not derogating powers from local transport authority arrangements or securing any reserve powers to determine, manage and/or deliver local transport responsibilities without the full support of the relevant local transport authority.

3. To approve the nomination of the Deputy Leader of the Council as Blackpool Council’s representative on Transport for the North and the nomination of the Cabinet Member for Municipal Assets as the designated substitute to attend meetings in the absence of the Deputy Leader of the Council.

4. To note that a report be brought to the Executive for consent to the draft legislation, and the Council’s formal membership of Transport for the North as a statutory Sub-National Transport Body.

The Executive agreed the recommendations as outlined above namely:

1. To note the report.

2. To require the respective Directors and Director of Resources to continue to closely monitor and manage financial and operational performances, specifically Children’s Services, Strategic Leisure Assets, Concessionary Fares and the Investment Portfolio.