Decisions
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19/09/2020 - Award of Contract for the Supply of Enforcement Agency Services ref: 2061 Recommendations Approved
The decision will deliver the ability to maximise the collection of debts through the effective use of all available recovery options, reduce the costs of collection, ensure a high quality enforcement agent service is delivered and provide valuable income to the Council.
Decision Maker: Head of Financial Services
Decision published: 04/01/2021
Effective from: 19/09/2020
Decision:
The decision is to appoint Jacobs and Rundle & Co Ltd to provide the specialist skills required to operate an efficient and effective debt recovery service to the Council.
03/09/2020 - Tower block refurbishment contract - agreement of final account ref: 1980 Recommendations Approved
To agree a negotiated settlement of the final account for the tower block refurbishment project.
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Decision Maker: Chief Executive
Decision published: 24/09/2020
Effective from: 27/09/2020
Decision:
To agree a negotiated settlement of the final account with Fortem for the tower block refurbishment project.
The revised final account figure and total scheme costs are within the overall budget set by Council on 22 July 2019.
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Stephen Clarke
27/08/2020 - Research and analysis in response to devolution agenda ref: 1979 Recommendations Approved
To commission research and analysis work to inform the Council‘s response to the devolution agenda.
Decision Maker: Assistant Chief Executive
Decision published: 23/09/2020
Effective from: 27/08/2020
Decision:
To commission research and analysis work to inform the Council‘s response to the devolution agenda, specifically:
· Additional policy development support to assist the Council in responding to the implications of the Government’s Devolution White Paper.
· Technical support and financial analysis to respond to options analysis commissioned by Cherwell District Council and Oxfordshire County Council
· Research and resulting report on a strategic case for place-led growth and renewal around Oxford.
To be funded from existing budgets.
11/09/2020 - Approval of a contract award for a revenues and Benefits system ref: 1978 Recommendations Approved
Award of a contract for the supply of a revenues and benefits system.
Decision Maker: Head of Financial Services
Decision published: 22/09/2020
Effective from: 26/09/2020
Decision:
To award a ten-year contract for the supply of a revenues and benefits system to Civica UK Ltd.
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Tanya Bandekar
11/09/2020 - Authorisation of Environmental Health Officers to respond to local COVID-19 outbreaks on a County-wide basis. ref: 1974 Recommendations Approved
To enable Environmental Health Officers to respond to local COVID-19 outbreaks on a County-wide basis.
Decision Maker: Chief Executive
Decision published: 14/09/2020
Effective from: 11/09/2020
Decision:
1. To enter into a written agreement with the other Oxfordshire District Councils to allow the authorities to provide support and assistance to each other in responding to local COVID-19 outbreaks (“The Oxfordshire COVID-19 Local Outbreak Control Plan” (LOCP)).
2. To authorise the Council’s Environmental Health Officers to operate across the other district authority areas within Oxfordshire in delivering the LOCP.
3. To authorise Environmental Health Officers employed by the other Oxfordshire district councils to operate within the City on behalf of Oxford City Council in delivering the LOCP.
Under the LOCP, the local authorities in Oxfordshire have all agreed to establish a ‘pool’ of Environmental Health Officers who will work with partner organisations to provide the response to local COVID-19 outbreaks (the Authorised Officers). This includes an out of hours service to cover every weekend from 9am to 5pm from mid-September until 17th January 2021 when the regulations are due to expire. These Authorised Officers will be authorised to act as if they were an employee of each of the local authorities in order to exercise any enforcement powers that might be required to manage local outbreaks across Oxfordshire, irrespective of the officers’ employing council, including, but not limited to, attending sites at any location across Oxfordshire for the purpose of inspection, providing advice and assistance to any business owner/resident/landlord/other individual (as appropriate) and serving any enforcement, prohibition or other notice as required.
Decision Maker: Chief Executive
Decision published: 18/09/2020
Effective from: 11/09/2020
Decision:
To accept the delegation of powers from Oxfordshire County Council (agreed at the County Cabinet meeting on 15 September 2020) and to enter into a section 101 agreement with Oxfordshire County Council relating to the control and prevention of coronavirus under The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restriction) (England) (No.3) Regulations 2020.
15/09/2020 - Reopening of Leys Leisure Centre and Oxford Ice Rink. ref: 1976 Recommendations Approved
To open the dryside at the Leys Leisure Centre; open the Oxford Ice Rink (from October); and hold conversations with the City of Oxford Swim Club about reopening the Leys Pools.
Decision Maker: Chief Executive
Decision published: 17/09/2020
Effective from: 15/09/2020
Decision:
To agree to the following proposals:
i) Opening the dryside at the Leys Leisure Centre
ii) Opening the Oxford Ice Rink (from October)
iii) To hold conversations with the City of Oxford Swim Club about reopening the Leys Pools.