Issue - meetings

(Leigh Middleton – Contract Performance Officer, Services for Youth People, Children, Schools and Families)

Due to the lead in time required for re-commissioning Local Prevention Contracts, a decision is required whether to extend or re-commission for April 2013.  Feedback from Members indicates that it is too soon to make long term strategic commissioning decisions therefore the report outlines the case for extending the contracts by 5 months to 31 August 2013.

The Local Committee agreed to extend the Local Prevention contract for five months to 31 August 2013

The Local Committee agreed to extend the remit of the Youth Task Group to constitute up until the first Local Committee of the municipal year

The Local Committee agreed to delegate the ability to appoint Members to the Task Group to the Assistant Director for Young People in consultation with the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Local Committee to replace any members who are no longer Councillors as a result of the elections up until the first Local Committee of the municipal year (4 July 2013).

Leigh Middleton, Contract Performance Officer, introduced the item and explained that the local prevention framework was a pot of money delegated to the local committee to provide preventative activities for young people across the Borough.  The Committee’s task group had met with the current providers and had scrutinised their activity to date in detail.  Members were glad to see that their recommendations had fed into the process and were being taken on board.  It was noted that future contracts would be for a period of 2 years and that the tender process had been streamlined.

RESOLVED:

The Local Committee (Surrey Heath) agreed to extend the Local Prevention contract for five months to 31 August 2013

The Local Committee (Surrey Heath) agreed to extend the remit of the Youth Task Group to constitute up until the first Local Committee of the municipal year

The Local Committee (Surrey Heath) agreed to delegate the ability to appoint Members to the Task Group to the Assistant Director for Young People in consultation with the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Local Committee to replace any members who are no longer Councillors as a result of the elections up until the first Local Committee of the municipal year (4 July 2013).