Decision details

In the event that the housing futures ballot results in a vote in favour of stock transfer, the Chairman will be requested to call an Extraordinary Meeting of Council to consider the resolutions which would be required to take the issue forward. The provisional date for this meeting is Thursday 18 June 2009 at 2.00 pm. 

Cabinet RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL, that the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council and Finance and Staffing Portfolio Holder, be authorised to approve expenditure, outside budgetary provision, to meet the costs of any redundancies and early retirements brought about as a consequence of the proposals below. 

Subject to Council agreement of the above for those matters where Council’s agreement is required, Cabinet AGREED:

(a)               the district responsive repairs contract be exposed to competitive tendering;

(b)               the sheltered housing service be restructured to move from a site based to a floating support model; and

(c)               the grounds maintenance budget  be reduced to £164,500 for 2010/11, incorporating the service reductions recommended by the Housing Portfolio Holder at his meeting held on 21 October 2009, as detailed in Appendix E attached to the report to Cabinet.