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Agenda and decisions

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Contact: Jo Watkins 

Items
No. Item

1.

Minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 10 October 2019 pdf icon PDF 130 KB

Decision:

Approved

2.

Right Home, Right Support - A Commissioning Strategy For Accommodation And Support For Children Looked After pdf icon PDF 180 KB

Additional documents:

Decision:

RESOLVED: that

 

1.            the Right Home Right Support Accommodation and Support Commissioning Strategy for Children Looked After (“the Commissioning Strategy”) be approved, and the Market Position Statement be noted and;

 

2.            authority be delegated to the Director of Social Services in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Children and Families, the s151 Officer and the Director of Governance and Legal services to progress all Business Cases and undertake all required steps in order to implement the Commissioning Strategy. 

 

3.

Food Strategy pdf icon PDF 197 KB

Additional documents:

Decision:

RESOLVED: that the Council’s strategy and proposed actions for sustainable food in the city be approved.

 

4.

Treasury Management Mid-Year report pdf icon PDF 142 KB

Additional documents:

Decision:

Annexes B & C to Appendix 1 to this report are not for publication as they contain exempt information of the description in Paragraphs 14 and 21 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

 

 

RESOLVED: that Council be recommended tol note the Treasury Management Mid-Year Report 2019-20 (Appendix 1)

 

5.

Month 6 Monitoring pdf icon PDF 342 KB

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Decision:

 

Appendix 4 to this report is not for publication as it contains exempt information of the description in Paragraphs 14 and 21 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

 

RESOLVED: that

 

1.            the potential financial outturn based on the projected position at Month 6 of the financial year be noted

 

2.            the requirement for all directorates currently reporting overspends as identified in this report to put in place action plans to reduce their projected overspends be reinforced

 

3.            the Council’s costs of completing the procurement of a preferred developer/operator consortium as well as preparing a full business case for the Indoor Arena to be presented to Cabinet for approval in March 2020 be met as set out in confidential Appendix 4

 

6.

Quarter 2 Performance pdf icon PDF 177 KB

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Decision:

RESOLVED: that the current position regarding performance, the delivery of key commitments and priorities as at Quarter 1, and the action being taken to ensure the effective delivery of Capital Ambition be noted.

 

7.

The Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Act 2019; implementation arrangements for Cardiff Council and Rent Smart Wales pdf icon PDF 157 KB

Decision:

RESOLVED: that

 

1.            the Head of the Shared Regulatory Service be given delegated authority for enforcing the provisions of the Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Act 2019 and that the Council’s constitution and the Joint Working Agreement be updated accordingly.

 

2.            the Corporate Director Resources be given delegated authority for enforcing the provisions of the Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Act 2019 on behalf of Cardiff Council and that the Council’s constitution be updated accordingly.

 

3.            Cardiff Council, as the Single Licensing Authority for Wales for the purposes of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 accepts authorisation to exercise any function of the other 21 local authorities for the purposes of the Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Act 2019, including (but without limitation) taking enforcement activity and bringing criminal proceedings pursuant to section 19 of that Act.

 

8.

Risk Based Verification Policy For Housing Benefit And Council Tax Reduction pdf icon PDF 188 KB

Additional documents:

Decision:

Appendices A-C of the report are not for publication as they contain exempt information of the description in paragraphs 14, 18 and 21 of Schedule 12 A of the Local Government Act 1972.

 

 

RESOLVED: that

 

1.            the policy for Risk Based Verification as attached at Appendix A to the report be approved.

 

2.            the policy take effect from 1st January 2020.

 

3.            Authority be delegated to the Assistant Director of Housing and Communities in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing and Communities to review the policy annually and to make changes as necessary.

 

9.

Adult Social Services - Cardiff Older Peoples Home Care Fee Setting 2019/20 - 2022/23 pdf icon PDF 508 KB

Additional documents:

Decision:

Appendix C (Legal advice) is exempt from publication pursuant to Paragraph 12.1 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972

 

Prior to taking the decision below, Cabinet took account of the following factors:

·         the available resources that the council has

·         demand and priorities for care home services

·         providers legitimate and future costs

·         more cost effective operating models expected and commissioned services

·         The investment needed here  for providers to meet requirements of both commissioners and regulators (Care Inspectorate Wales)

·         the acknowledgement that services must operate safely and effectively to promote the welfare of individuals in their care

 

RESOLVED: that

 

1)            the judgement on the standard cost of care homes for older people as set out in this report be agreed and that all new care home services for older people will be commissioned at a standard published fee from 1st January 2020 at the rate set out below:

 

 

                        Category                                            Costs per week

·         Older People Residential                    £708.60

·         Dementia Residential              £761.19

·         Older People Nursing             £702.04

·         Dementia Nursing                               £755.79

 

2)         the fee uplifts for 2019-20 backdated to 8th April 2019, as set out below:

·                £40 per week increase for all care home placements below the standard cost of care set out in Recommendation One and

·                £10 per week increase to all care home placements within £100 of the standard cost

·                No uplift for those care home packages that are in excess of £100 above the standard cost.

 

3)            Subject to available resources, a phased approach to uplifting care packages that fall below the standard price set out in Recommendation One over the next 3 years (April 2020 until March 2023) be agreed. The incremental rise will need to appropriately take into account standard costs impact from increases in the National Living Wage that will exceed CPI rates, as well as the resources available to the Council.

 

4)           authority be delegated for the decision-making for fee uplifts from 2020 onwards to the Director of Social Services, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Social Care, Health and Well-being, the Council’s Section 151 Officer and the Director of Legal and Governance, using the approach set out in Recommendations Two and Threeand subject to the availability of the required resources.

 

5)            authority be delegated for all decision making, related to the new approach to securing care home placements for older people, including the methodology for determining quality, to be implemented from 1 April 2020, to the Director of Social Services in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Social Care, Health and Well-being, the Council’s Section 151 Officer and the Director of Legal and Governance.

 

6)            it be noted that Cabinet will be asked to consider a new Social Services Charging Policy that will be presented in January 2020.

 

 

10.

Cardiff Local Development Plan Full Review pdf icon PDF 176 KB

Additional documents:

Decision:

RESOLVED: that Council be recommended to approve the draft Review Report and draft Delivery Agreement for the purposes of consultation and agreed that a further report is taken to Council in Spring 2020 with the findings of the consultation processes and recommendation(s) on the proposed way forward.

 

11.

Local Air Quality Management - Cardiff Council Air Quality Annual Progress Report 2019 pdf icon PDF 344 KB

Additional documents:

Decision:

 

RESOLVED: that

 

1.            the monitored results gathered in 2018 be noted and accepted

 

2.            the 2019 Annual Progress Report (as attached as Appendix 1) be approved for submission to Welsh Government for approval.

 

12.

Cabinet response to the 'Improving Cardiff's Air Quality report published by the Environmental Scrutiny Committee pdf icon PDF 164 KB

Additional documents:

Decision:

RESOLVED: that the response to Improving Cardiff’s Air Quality ‘report published bythe Environmental Scrutiny Committee be approved

 

13.

Rights of Way Imporvement Plan pdf icon PDF 336 KB

Additional documents:

Decision:

RESOLVED: that the Rights of Way Improvement Plan (ROWIP) 2020-30 be approved for publication and as the service delivery template to manage and improve Cardiff’s Public Right of Way network over the next 10 years.

 

 

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