Decisions

That the Committee’s Forward Plan be NOTED, subject to the following amendments:

·        Council Plan Performance Tracker and COVID-19 Recovery Tracker – Quarter Two 2020/21 – to be moved from 6 January 2021 to 3 February 2021 to align with consideration by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

·        Money Laundering Policy – to be moved from 6 January 2021 to 31 March 2020 to align with consideration by the Audit and Governance Committee which would not make its recommendation until March.

That it be RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL:

1.       That capital funding of £117,000 be allocated from the Capital Receipts Reserve for the replacement of car park pay and display machines across all authority-owned and charged car parks.  

2.       That authority be delegated to the Head of Finance and Asset Management to procure suitable parking pay and display machines that offer cash and card payment options with a remote back office function.

That it be RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL:

1.       That the peer review action plan be APPROVED.

2.       That monitoring of the action plan be undertaken by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee on a six-monthly basis.

That it be RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL:

1.       That the publication of the Infrastructure Funding Statement (IFS) for 2020 be APPROVED.

2.       That it be NOTED that the Annual Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Rates Summary Statement will be published alongside the Infrastructure Funding Statement.  

1.       That the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 Surveillance and Covert Human Intelligence Source Policy be APPROVED.  

2.       That the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 Acquisition of Communications Data Policy be APPROVED.

3.       That approval of future minor amendments be delegated to the Borough Solicitor, in consultation with the Counter Fraud Unit Manager and the Lead Member for Corporate Governance.

1.       That the Corporate Enforcement Policy be APPROVED.

2.       That the Head of Corporate Services, in consultation with the Counter Fraud Unit Manager, the Borough Solicitor and the Lead Member for Corporate Governance, be authorised to approve future minor amendments.  

That the grant offer of £57,700 previously made to Wormington Village Society be WITHDRAWN.  

That the financial performance information for the second quarter of 2020/21 be NOTED.  

That the Overview and Scrutiny Committee’s comments on the Council Plan Performance Tracker and COVID-19 Recovery Tracker for Quarter One of 2020/21 be NOTED.

1.       That £25,000 be allocated from reserves to support Tewkesbury Together 2021.

2.       That the Head of Development Services and Head of Finance and Asset Management, in consultation with the Lead Member for Finance and Asset Management and the Lead Member for Economic Development/Promotion, be authorised to spend the allocation.

The objections to, support for, and observations upon the various applications as referred to in Appendix 1 attached to these Minutes were presented to the Committee and duly taken into consideration by Members prior to decisions being made on those applications.