Agenda and minutes

To receive and record any apologies for absence.

There were no apologies for absence.

To receive and record any declarations of interest.

There were no declarations of interest from any of the members present.

There were no matters the Chairman wished to report.

Councillor Fairhurst presented a report seeking authorisation for the market testing of the services in the current Revenues & Benefits and Customer Services contract in conjunction with four other Councils and agreement to extend the range of services to include Human Resources, General and Taxi Licensing, Land Charges, Property Advice and Facilities Management.

Proposed by Councillor Fairhurst and seconded by Councillor Branson, it was

RESOLVED that:

(1)          officers be authorised to enter into a partnership with South Oxfordshire District Council, Vale of White Horse District Council, Mendip District Council and Hart District Council to work in partnership to market test the services currently provided by the Revenues & Benefits and Customer Services contract;

(2)          officers be authorised to jointly market test a replacement for the Revenues & Benefits and Customer Services contract;

(3)          in addition to the current services in the contract, Human Resources, General and Taxi Licensing, Land Charges, Property Advice and Facilities Management be included in the services in the joint market testing;

(4)          authority be delegated to the Executive Head of Governance & Logistics, in consultation with the Cabinet Lead responsible for internal contracts, to negotiate and approve the memorandum of understanding with other council partners and to approve the joint procurement strategy; and

(5)          authority be delegated to the Executive Head of Governance & Logistics, in consultation with the Cabinet Lead responsible for internal contracts, to approve the procurement strategy.

Report to be circulated separately.

Councillor Guest presented a report recommending that, in accordance with the CIL Regulations 2010 (as amended), Havant Borough Council allows CIL payments to be made through the provision of a specific type of infrastructure, as an alternative to CIL financial payments.

Proposed by Councillor Guest and seconded by Councillor Branson, it was

RESOLVED that

(1)          Paragraph 5.5 in the report be amended to include the following additional wording:

“A risk that the Council may have to take on the ownership and liabilities associated with the management of a community building exists if no groups come forward to take over the running of the building. This would create further unbudgeted costs at a time when the Council currently faces considerable financial constraints.”

(2)       approval is given for Havant Borough Council to allow the provision of an infrastructure payment in respect of the CIL due, as set out in Appendix 1 of this report;

(3)       at this stage, infrastructure payments are limited to the provision of a community building in the Denvilles area; and subject to the Council successfully negotiating Heads of Terms with a user which transfers a full repairing lease to that end user.