Decisions

the Cabinet Member:

1.    Agreed the updated Bus Service Improvement Plan for Surrey.

2.    Noted the approach taken with operators, Members and stakeholders in developing the Bus Service Improvement Plan update.

3.    Agreed the approach for the Enhanced Partnership Board to sign off the updated Bus Service Improvement Plan to be submitted to the Department for Transport.

4.    Agreed the approach for revising the Enhanced Partnership Plan and Scheme between the County Council and the bus operators.

The Cabinet Member:

1.         Formally declared the asset surplus to operational requirements (in consultation with he Leader and Deputy Leader).

2.         Approved the sale of The Cottage, Norbury Park, Mickleham RH5 to the party, at the sale price and subject to the conditions, noted in the Part 2 report. The sale is conditional upon the simultaneous surrender of the headlease held over the asset by Halsey Garton Residential Ltd (HGR) which has been agreed by the HGR Board.

3.         Noted HGR will not be seeking any value for their interest from the gross receipt, as there is no debt aligned to this asset but with both parties bearing their own costs and appointments of their own professional team.

4.         Delegated authority to the Section 151 officer in consultation with the Director of Land and Property to finalise the transaction, and enter into all associated legal contracts.

The Cabinet Member approved the adoption of The Charter for Families

Bereaved through Public Tragedy for all Surrey County Council Services.

The Cabinet Member:

1.         Agreed the use of £19.4m of the total approved existing SEND Capital budget of £140.4m for 2024/25 to 2027/28 for confirmed final expansion schemes at Freemantles School, Pond Meadow School and Philip Southcote School.

2.         Agreed the use of £0.99m of the £19.4m for the confirmed refurbishment project budget for Freemantles School temporary satellite site on the former Ripley Church of England Primary School site. This figure represents no change from previous assumptions as per the project’s capped budget.

3.         Agreed the use of £7.34m of the £19.4m for the confirmed refurbishment, adaption and new build extension project budget at Pond Meadow School. This figure represents a £1.46m increase from previous assumptions as per the project’s capped budget of £5.88m.

4.         Agreed the use of £11.05m of the £19.4m for the confirmed new build extension and hydrotherapy pool project budget at Philip Southcote School. This figure represents a £0.88m increase from £10.17m approved by Cabinet on 28 March 2023.

5.         Delegated authority to the Section 151 officer in consultation with the Director of Land and Property to finalise and approve the terms of all associated legal contracts and agreements to facilitate the recommendations in this paper for project delivery at Freemantles School temporary Satellite Site, Pond Meadow School and Philip Southcote School.

The Cabinet Member agreed to adopt the High Weald AONB Management Plan for 2024-2029.

Surrey County Council has identified the requirement to source a managed service for scalable and responsive deep technical support for Unit4 (My Surrey ERP system).

This requirement was identified following a review of the original support plans, put in place by the DB&I programme, against the operational demands of the live system. The introduction of a managed service to support Unit4 will develop the skill set of SCC’s internal resource.

The SCC project team would like to award the contract to Vision ERP through the Crown Commercial Service’s G-Cloud 13 Framework Agreement.

It was AGREED that:

1. A contract is awarded to Vision ERP Ltd using Crown Commercial Service’s G-Cloud 13 Framework (Ref. RM1557.13).

This decision record sets out the key information for publication on the decision by the Executive Director for Customer, Digital and Transformation to approve expenditure for a Your Fund Surrey project located in Spelthorne. The agreed recommendations are set out below and details of the project are set out in a decision report attached as an annex to this record.

It was AGREED to:

Fund project CF386 for the full amount requested of £99,999 comprised of:

• £99,999 of capital funding towards the development of a new 3G football pitch in Ashford, Spelthorne, to be paid in staged payments, on evidence of spend. 
• Including 5% to be held by SCC until final evidence of income and expenditure.