Decisions
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Alternatively you can visit the officer decisions taken under Standing Order 46 in the library for information on officer delegated decisions that have been taken by council officers.
23/01/2025 - Fuel Card Services Contract ref: 1438 Recommendations Approved
Southend City Council currently deploys fuel cards to enable fleet vehicles to be refuelled. The current contract expires on 31 January 2025 and there is an urgent requirement to ensure a compliant contract is in place which must be effective from 1 February 2025. This is to seek approval to award a contract via the use of the negotiated procedure; without prior publication as outlined in the Confidential Part 2 Appendix.
Decision Maker: Leader – Cabinet Member for Infrastructure and Corporate Strategy
Decision published: 23/01/2025
Effective from: 23/01/2025
Decision:
Approval to award the fuel card contract.
Lead officer: Alan Richards
13/01/2025 - South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP) Succession arrangements for Greater Essex and Southend ref: 1436 Recommendations Approved
The South Essex Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP) Accountable Body Transitional Arrangements to ensure that following the closure of SELEP, the on-going accountabilities in respect of the Government funded capital programmes are re-aligned to reflect the new accountable body arrangements and to provide continuation of requirements to ensure project delivery. ?The Transition Agreement will allow for the transfer of the residual SELEP revenue and capital funding which will be released to each SELEP partner from ECC as the Accountable Body of SELEP. No funding will be released until the Transition Agreement is in place.
Decision Maker: Leader – Cabinet Member for Infrastructure and Corporate Strategy
Decision published: 21/01/2025
Effective from: 13/01/2025
Decision:
1. That approval is given to engage with all parties necessary to agree a suitable Transition Agreement. Terms of the Transition Agreement to include: allowing the closure of the South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP), outlining arrangements for on-going reporting in respect of the Government funded capital programmes which are re-aligned to reflect the new incoming Accountable Body arrangements, providing the continuation of requirements to ensure project delivery and transfer of the residual SELEP revenue and capital funding which will be released to each SELEP partner from ECC as the SELEP Accountable Body, releasing Essex County Council from its Accountable Body role of SELEP, and specifying governance arrangements for incoming Accountable Bodies for each functional economic area, incorporating the Integration Plans submitted to Government; and
2. That negotiation of the precise terms of the Transition Agreement, along with the authority to sign the final Transition Agreement, be delegated to the Executive Director of Finance and Resources.
Lead officer: Alan Richards
22/01/2025 - CCTV Maintenance Contract ref: 1437 Recommendations Approved
To enable Southend City Council to continue to maintain its CCTV infrastructure to award to the preferred supplier, outlined in the Confidential Part 2 Appendix, with a contract length of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years.
The above recommendation will not only ensure that a compliant contract is in place but based on the options explored in section 5 of this report, the proposed award also demonstrates best value to the Council.
Decision Maker: Cabinet Member for Community Safety
Decision published: 17/01/2025
Effective from: 22/01/2025
Decision:
To enable Southend City Council to continue to maintain its CCTV infrastructure to award the preferred supplier (Eurovia) with a contract length of 3 years with option to extend for a further 2 years
Lead officer: Alan Richards