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The Customer Engagement Strategy for 2021-24
sets out the process for how we will involve and empower our
Council tenants, including how our engagement activities will be
monitored and reported.
Decision Maker: Director of Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services
Decision published: 23/08/2021
Effective from: 04/05/2021
Decision:
That the Director of Economic Growth and
Neighbourhood Services be authorised, in consultation with the
Cabinet Member with the Health and Housing Portfolio, to make
amendments to the Customer Engagement Strategy 2021/24 in respect
of engagement with children and young people in Council
properties.
The Customer Engagement Strategy has been amended to include the
following lines (page 6):
“We will listen to the views of young people, understand the
issues that are of concern to them and help them find
solutions”
“Evidence that the views of young people have contributed to
the development
of our services.”
The Social Housing Regulator’s Consumer Standards places a
duty
on social housing providers to involve and empower our tenants in
the delivery of
housing services.
The adoption of a formal Customer Engagement Strategy is the best
way to demonstrate how we will achieve this and allows formal
reporting and monitoring of engagement activities through the
Health and Housing Scrutiny Committee.
The Customer Engagement Strategy 2021/24 has been amended to ensure
that it reflects the views of children and young people in Council
properties.
Lead officer: Anthony Sandys
To agree the Applications for Planning
Permission and Other Consents under the Town and Country Planning
Act and Associated Legislation for April 2021
Decision Maker: Director of Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services
Decision published: 10/08/2021
Effective from: 30/04/2021
Decision:
Individual decisions made in accordance with
the provisions of the relevant legislation are detailed on the
attached document
Lead officer: Pauline Brown
Various licence
applications/permissions/consents made under the Licensing Act 2003
for the month of April 2021.
Decision Maker: Director of Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services
Decision published: 17/05/2021
Effective from: 30/04/2021
Decision:
Individual decisions made in accordance with
the provisions of the relevant legislation are detailed on the
attached document.
Lead officer: Brian Murray
Council formerly approved the Pensions
Discretions Policy in 2014 when the LGPS changes were introduced as
per guidance at the time. This decision requests a minor amendment
to the policy statements to allow the Shared Cost Additional
Voluntary Contributions (SCAVC) scheme to be implemented.
Members of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) already have
the option to contribute to Additional Voluntary Contributions
(AVCs), via the Council’s provider Prudential, to provide a
long term savings plan that runs alongside the mainstream LGPS and
allows a member to build up a capital sum with flexible drawback
options at retirement. The pot available on retirement is tax free
and the amount invested from employment earnings receives tax
relief, for example if a standard rate taxpayer was to contribute
£100 per month, this would only cost them £80, as it is
deducted before tax is paid.
To extend the employee offer of AVC’s HR have been in
discussions with PSTAX representatives to implement a salary
sacrifice arrangement for employees who pay AVCs linked to
membership of the LGPS. PSTAX promotes AVC Wise which is a fully
managed solution to process online applications for SCAVCs linking
with the Council’s payroll services to administer the
process.
In October 2020, there were 67 employees making AVC’s,
totalling £19,085.
The introduction of a SCAVC would not remove the current AVC offer
via Prudential and employees will have a choice as to whether they
move to the SCAVC option. There is not a default requirement to
change, although evidence shows that most employees once aware of
the SCAVC benefits do move across to the scheme.
Benefits to the Council:
There would be a reduction in employer NIC’s of 13.8% on the
total value of the SSAVC’s.
There would also be a reduction in employer Apprentice levy Costs
of 0.5% of the total value of the SSAVC’s. This will mean a
reduced amount of Apprentice Levy funding available however, this
is not of concern for current apprentice training commitments and
projected future costs.
Savings projection for the Council would be £29,225 per
annum. Information from AVC Wise evidences the rise in numbers of
employees taking up AVCs after the shared cost scheme is
implemented. The more employees saving this way, the better for the
Council, if the Council were to increase take up inline with AVC
Wise growth projections, savings could be £75,000 per annum
by year 3.
There is an admin fee payable to AVC Wise 4.5% (or 4% if SBC
implement) of the salary sacrificed, at current levels, that would
be approximately £10,000 per annum, making our net saving
around £19,000
The introduction of a SCAVCs scheme is relatively simple to
implement, with minimum risk to the Council and offers advantages
for employees and the Council in terms of savings.
It is proposed that the scheme will be live from 1 July 2021, and
the implementation plan starts from 13 May, 2021.
Decision Maker: Assistant Director Resources
Decision published: 07/05/2021
Effective from: 01/05/2021
Decision:
Decision requested amend the current Pensions
Discretions Policy Statement with the proposed text (attached) in
order for the implementation plan to commence and the scheme to go
live. Changing these discretions is low risk to the Council and the
benefits for the employee and savings for the Council outweigh any
risks.
Lead officer: Elizabeth Davison
Decision Maker: Audit Committee
Made at meeting: 27/01/2021 - Audit Committee
Decision published: 04/05/2021
Effective from: 27/01/2021
Decision:
There were no declarations of interest reported at the meeting.
To agree the Applications for Planning
Permission and Other Consents under the Town and Country Planning
Act and Associated Legislation for March 2021.
Decision Maker: Director of Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services
Decision published: 28/04/2021
Effective from: 31/03/2021
Decision:
Individual decisions made in accordance with
the provisions of the relevant legislation are detailed on the
attached document.
Lead officer: Dave Coates
To agree the Applications for Planning
Permission and Other Consents under the Town and Country Planning
Act and Associated Legislation for February 2021.
Decision Maker: Director of Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services
Decision published: 28/04/2021
Effective from: 26/02/2021
Decision:
Individual decisions made in accordance with
the provisions of the relevant legislation are detailed on the
attached document.
Lead officer: Dave Coates
Resume the full Housing planned maintenance
programme for both 20/21 and 21/22. These were approved at cabinet
on 20/02/2020 and 18/02/2021 respectively. Safe systems of work
have been established in line with government guidance.
Financial/staffing/health & safety (incl virus transmission
risks)/service delivery impacts/other risks and impacts
considered:
We have been working closely with Health & Safety and Public
Health colleagues to establish updated risk assessment and method
statements. This will allow the work to be carried out safely for
both operatives and tenants.
Those shielding will be given the opportunity to opt out of the
programme and be reinstated at a later date.
Equality Impacts:
None
Decision Maker: Assistant Director Housing and Building Services
Decision published: 27/04/2021
Effective from: 26/04/2021
Decision:
To resume all planned capital programmes that
have been delayed due to covid restrictions as approved at council
in February 2020 & February 2021.
Reason: Work programme agreed by Council and further delays are
resulting in an increase in costly repairs where the products have
reached their end of life.
Lead officer: Pauline Mitchell
Decision Maker: Communities and Local Services Scrutiny Committee
Made at meeting: 25/02/2021 - Communities and Local Services Scrutiny Committee
Decision published: 26/04/2021
Effective from: 25/02/2021
Decision:
Submitted – The Minutes (previously circulated) of the meeting of this Scrutiny Committee held on 10 December 2020.
RESOLVED – That the minutes of the meeting of this Scrutiny Committee held on 10 December be approved as a correct record.