CABINET – 14 April 2014
Decision List
Notes:
All decisions in this Decision List which are not identified as RECOMMENDATIONS to Council are capable of being "called-in" under Section 8 of
Chapter 4, Part 3 of the Constitution. If not called-in, they will take effect on the expiry of 5 clear working days after the publication of this decision list.
For the avoidance of doubt, the deadline for a call-in request for this decision list will be 10 March 2014
The officer listed as taking action will generally be the author of the original report unless otherwise notified to the Democratic Services Team.
ACTION BY
ITEM 8: BIG SOCIETY FUND GRANTS PANEL
DECISION
RESOLVED
That the minutes of the meeting of the Big Society Fund Grants Panel held on 16 December
2013 be received.
ITEM 9: MEMBER DEVELOPMENT GROUP
DECISION
RESOLVED:
That the minutes of the Member Development Group meeting held on 19 November 2013 be
received.
ITEM 10: RATE RELIEF POLICY
DECISION
RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL
To note the contents of the report and recommend to Council that the Rate Relief Policy is
revised as indicated in Appendix A of the report.
Decision List – 14 April 2014
Louise Wolsey
Revenues and Benefits Services
Manager
01263 516081
Louise.Wolsey@north-norfolk.gov.uk
ITEM 11: HOLT YOUTH PROJECT ENABLING FUND PROPOSAL
DECISION
RESOLVED:
John Mullen
Community Projects Manager
01263 516104
John.mullen@north-norfolk.gov.uk
To delegate responsibility to Head of Economic and Community Development in consultation
with the Portfolio Holder for Localism and the Big Society to allocate £20,000 funding from the
North Norfolk Enabling Fund in support of the Holt Youth Project in order to deliver the Achieving
Confidence Training Project.
ITEM 12: TELEPHONY PROCUREMENT
DECISION
RESOLVED:
Nick Baker
Corporate Director
01263 516221
Nick.baker@north-norfolk.gov.uk
That Cabinet:
1. Approves the procurement of a new telephony system with additional unified messaging
capability, to be hosted in-house, as part of the wider Business Transformation programme.
2. Approves capital expenditure of £90,000 to be funded from capital receipts, along with
revenue funding of £10,000 to be funded from the Invest to Save reserve in order to fund the
procurement of the telephony system.
ITEM 13: NORTH NORFOLK ENTERPRISE AND START-UP GRANT SCHEME
DECISION
RESOLVED:
That Cabinet:
1.
supports the establishment of the new scheme as North Norfolk Enterprise and Start Up
Grant in accordance with section 6 of this report with the budget of £130,415 coming from
the remaining funding of the Pathfinder Business Loan and Grant Scheme plus the
previously approved and scheduled loan repayments of around £105,000 over the next three
years for a total budget of £235,415.
2.
agrees to the administration of the new scheme in-house and delegates authority to the Head
of Economic and Community Development Service in consultation with the relevant Portfolio
Holder to develop the scheme’s prospectus and to deliver the scheme including the
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Jose Socao
Economic Development Officer
01263 516303
Jose.socao@north-norfolk.gov.uk
preparation of the details of the grant application process and documentation.
3.
makes a decision to terminate the SLA with Norfolk Community Foundation.
4. delegates the approval of applications to the Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Business Enterprise
and Economic Development in consultation with the Head of Economic and Community
Development.
ITEM 15: CABBELL PARK, CROMER
Steve Blatch
Corporate Director
DECISION
01263 516232
RESOLVED
Steve.blatch@north-norfolk.gov.uk
1.
That Cabinet agrees to sell the front of the Cabbell Park site to the Cromer Group Practice on
terms advised by the District Valuer to accommodate a new primary care / medical centre
facility for the town and which retains the principal point of access into the Cabbell Park site
in the ownership of the Council.
2. That in order to facilitate number 1 above, the Council agrees in the short-term to relocate the
existing football pitch within Cabbell Park in a westerly direction and explores the provision
of temporary changing facilities and shared use of the Cromer Lawn Tennis and Squash Club
clubhouse facilities.
3. That the Council considers the potential to develop a multi-use sports facility on the edge of
Cromer and explores whether such a facility could be provided in the longer-term through
finances generated through the sale of the balance of the Cabbell Park site for development.
4. That all monies realised from the selling of the site should be ring-fenced for investment in
sports facilities for the people of Cromer and that Mrs Bond Cabbell’s name should be
associated with any such facility and grounds.
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