Agenda and decisions

1.             That the proposed responses from the City Council to the two consultations, as set out in the Annexes to the report, be submitted to Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

2.             That delegated authority be given to the Director of Planning and Placemaking to finalise any minor amendments to the responses before submission.

That a grant of £0.277m be awarded to Citizens Advice Milton Keynes for one year for the provision of advice, information and support to citizens of Milton Keynes.

1.             That the commencement of a procurement exercise to commission a Day Opportunity services framework for people with learning disabilities, autism, mental health, and physical disability needs, be approved.  

2.             That delegated authority be given to the Group Head of Commissioning in consultation with the Portfolio Holder to award the contracts called off from the framework.

1.             That the public and press be excluded from the meeting by virtue of Paragraph 3 (Information relating to the Financial or Business Affairs of the Authority) of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1792, in order that the meeting may consider the confidential Annex to the report.

2.             That recommendation be made to Full Council to approve additional temporary borrowing of £9.1m to cashflow the delivery of the project in advance of the receipt of Tariff contributions from the MK East development.

3.             That resource allocation and spend approval be revised in the 2023/24 Capital Programme to £15.2m and a further £8.9m in 2024/25, which includes additional borrowing.  This will enable the award of the construction contract for the MK East Primary School and Community Health Hub project. The borrowing will ultimately be repaid from the Tariff developer receipts. The construction sum is detailed in the Confidential Annex to the report.

4.             That, subject to the approval of Full Council, as set out at 2, the construction contract be awarded to Ashe Construction Ltd to cover RIBA stages 5 to 7.

5.             That, subject to approval of variations from Homes England, delegated authority be given to the Director - Law and Governance to complete necessary variations to both the Grant Determination Agreement with Homes England and the Council’s Grant Share Agreement with Berkeley St James to reflect the programme revision.

Note

        i.            To add clarity the word ‘temporary’ has been added to decision 2 with the agreement of the cabinet member and the Section 151 Officer.

      ii.            Only decision 4 – 5 can be called-in.