Venue: Committee Room A, Town Hall, Blackpool
Contact: Lennox Beattie Executive and Regulatory Manager
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Members are asked to declare any interests in the items under consideration and in doing so state:
(1) the type of interest concerned either a
(a) personal interest (b) prejudicial interest (c) disclosable pecuniary interest (DPI)
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(2) the nature of the interest concerned
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EMERGENCY DELEGATION OF POWERS DUE TO CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC PDF 326 KB The Chief Executive has agreed that a major incident should be declared for Blackpool Council under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004. The Executive is therefore asked to consider steps for the potential emergency delegation of powers to officers due to the developing Coronavirus pandemic. All executive power vests in the Leader as ‘senior executive member’ under section 9E Local Government Act 1972 and the Leader can authorise any executive member or officer to take decisions at any time. The Leader (or the Executive) can therefore delegate to the Chief Executive any decision – in an emergency or that is urgent or that would be necessary or expedient, or which would otherwise protect the Council’s interests that is an executive function.
Additional documents: Decision: The Executive agreed as an urgent decision, exempt from call in, the recommendations as outlined above namely:
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EXECUTIVE/SCRUTINY PROTOCOL PDF 290 KB To consider the revised Executive/Scrutiny Protocol which has been approved by the Scrutiny Leadership Board. If endorsed by the Executive, the protocol will then be considered by the Council.
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Decision: To endorse the revised Executive/Scrutiny Protocol attached at Appendix 2a, to the Executive report, and recommend to Council that the protocol be approved as part of the Constitution.
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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LANCASHIRE AND BLACKPOOL REGIONAL ADOPTION AGENCY. PDF 363 KB Blackpool Council and Lancashire County Council have been working together since May 2018 to design and develop the ‘Adoption Lancashire and Blackpool’ Regional Adoption Agency, with Lancashire being the Host Authority. The purpose of this report is to agree the final steps on behalf of Blackpool Council including confirmation of the pooled budget Additional documents: Decision:
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The development of a site within Central Business District as a four star hotel and the provision of interconnecting Infrastructure between Blackpool North Station, the new Tram Stop, the new Hotel and Banks Street Car Park. This report updates decision EX59/2016.
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Decision: The Executive agreed the recommendations as outlined above namely:
1. To agree the additional forward funding required for the development of the hotel and infrastructure, on the basis of the Hotel earnings covering the Prudential Borrowing costs, including the acquisition and demolition cost detailed in EX24/2016 and EX59/2016.
2. To delegate authority to the Chief Executive to vary the forward funding agreements with Muse for the construction of the Holiday Inn Hotel and underpass to reflect the additional cost and scope of the work.
3. To agree that the two decisions above update EX59/2016.
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RELEASE OF LAND FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PDF 302 KB To consider the disposal of land at Ryscar Way and Bispham Road in Blackpool and Blackpool Road in Poulton le Fylde.
The report and Appendices 5b, 5c and 5d are public. However Appendix 5a includes information that would however undermine the Council’s position in continuing negotiations so at the time of publication this document is not for publication by virtue of Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972. Additional documents:
Decision: The Executive resolved as follows:
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PROVISION OF A BUSINESS LOAN TO BLACKPOOL AIRPORT OPERATIONS LIMITED PDF 295 KB To consider a loan from the Council’s Business Loans Fund to Blackpool Airport Operations Limited.
Additional documents: Decision: The Executive agreed the recommendations as outlined above namely:
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PROVISION OF A BUSINESS LOAN
(This item to be considered in private by virtue of Paragraph 3 of Schedule 12a of the Local Government Act 1972 as the report contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information))
It is considered on balance that the public interest would not be served by publishing the information as it could prejudice the applicant’s proposed investment.
Notification has been given on the 10 February 2020 that this item was to be considered in private and no representations have been received in response to this notification.
Decision: The Executive resolved as follows:
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FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE MONITORING AS AT MONTH 10 2019/20 PDF 221 KB To receive the financial performance monitoring for the period ending 31 January 2020.
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Decision: The Executive agreed the recommendations as outlined above namely:
1. To note the report.
2. To continue to lobby Government (HM Treasury, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Department for Education in particular) along with local authority peers, the Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Children’s Services for significantly more funding to cope with the soaring demand and new burdens presenting in Children’s Services.
3. To agree that the Growth and Prosperity overspend is to be funded from Earmarked Reserves in 2019/20 and recovered in 2020/21 under the ‘Cash Limited Budgeting’ regime.
4. To require the respective directors and Director of Resources to continue to closely monitor and manage service financial and operational performances, specifically Children’s Services but also Growth and Prosperity, Strategic Leisure Assets, Concessionary Fares and Parking Services.
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