Agenda and minutes

RESOLVED to appoint Councillor Alex Norris as Chair for the 2014/15 municipal year.

RESOLVED to appoint Councillor David Mellen as Vice-Chair for the 2014/15 municipal year.

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Last meeting held on 16 April (for confirmation)

The Sub-Committee confirmed the minutes of the meeting held on 16 April 2014 as a correct record and they were signed by the Chair.

(Verbal update)

Helen Kearsley-Kree of Nottingham Community and Voluntary Service (NCVS) provided an update for the Sub-Committee on the following issues:

(a)  An application for support from a national programme is being made to look at social value (and the 2012 Act) in relation to Health and Social care Commissioning. The programme will bring together the NVCS, Nottingham City Council and the Nottingham City Clinical Commissioning Group at workshops over a 12 month period.

(b)  A weekly policy round-up email will be delivered to NCVS Advocates and other NCVS leaders, relevant to local and national topics which directly impact or support NCVS. Councillors wishing to be added to the mailing list should email helenk@nottinghamcvs.co.uk.

Report of Director of Quality and Efficiency

Antony Dixon, Strategic Commissioning Manager, presented a Work Programme for the Sub-Committee covering the period July 2014 to April 2015.

RESOLVED to note the provisional agenda items shown below:

16 July 2014:  Voluntary Sector Infrastructure Contract Progress Update;

  Youth Provision Progress Update;

  Public Health Contracts Budget Allocation;

  Early Intervention Directorate Integrated Procurement Plan;

  Financial Vulnerability Advice and Assistance Progress Update;

  Children’s Residential Care Procurement;

10 Sept 2014:  Children in Care Contract Commissioning;

  Financial Vulnerability Advice and Assistance Commissioning Intentions;

  Residential Care Commissioning and Contracting Arrangements;

  Hucknall House Transitioning Arrangements;

15 October 2014:  Voluntary Sector Infrastructure Contract Commissioning Intentions;

  ICELS Commissioning Model;

12 Nov 2014:  (No items planned yet);

10 Dec 2014:  Residential and Nursing Care Non Standard Elements;

  Right Place Right Time Commissioning Intentions;

14 January 2015:  (No items planned yet);

11 February 2015:  Better Care Fund Plan 2015/16;

  ICELS Commissioning Arrangements;

11 March 2015:  (No items planned yet);

15 April 2015:  (No items planned yet).

Report of the Director of the Crime and Drugs Partnership

Peter Moyes, Director, Crime and Drugs Partnership (CDP), introduced the report which detailed upcoming CDP and Public Health commissioning activities to deliver against a range of Nottingham City strategic outcomes.

RESOLVED to note the commissioning intentions for 2014/15

Report of the Director of the Crime and Drugs Partnership

Peter Moyes, Director of the Crime and Drugs Partnership, introduced the report, which requested delegated authority to allocate as appropriate funds received from Public Health, the Police and Crime Commissioner and other partner organisations, and tender and award contracts for services as appropriate.

RESOLVED to

(1)  approve the anticipated non-employee expenditure of Public Health and Police and Crime Commissioner funds and partner organisation contributions by the Crime and Drugs Partnership as set out in exempt appendix 1;

(2)  grant delegated authority to the Director of the Crime and Drugs Partnership to:

  (i) allocate funds for the expenditure in (1) above as appropriate;

  (ii) re-tender those services outlined in exempt appendix 2, tables B and C, and to award contracts for all funding streams;

(3)  approve the extension of the Criminal Justice contracts;

(4)  approve dispensation from financial regulations 3.29 under corporate contract procurement rule 5.1.2 in respect of those contracts identified in exempt appendix 2, table D;

(5)  note that approval to spend is only being sought for 2014/15 and that a further report will be presented for approval to spend for 2015/16+ in March 2015.

Reasons for Decision

(1)  The recommendations will ensure that public Health, the Police and Crime Commissioner and Partner Contribution commissioning responsibilities and contract arrangements are maintained in a safe, efficient manner. They will also ensure that commissioning arrangements are aligned where most appropriate to activity and to enable the Crime and Drugs Partnership to work with providers to secure service continuity where possible.

(2)  The recommendations will allow for relevant and necessary commissioning activity to continue, enable further savings to be identified and contribute to ensuring that the Crime and Drugs Partnerships intentions are fulfilled.

Other Options Considered

(1)  Do Nothing. This would generate legal implications in terms of the contracts and would disrupt service delivery, risking an increase in crime and health harms. For these reasons, this option was rejected.

(2)  Have another department commission on behalf of the Crime and Drugs Partnership. This would not enable alignment of commissioning with wider Crime and Drugs Partnership activities. For this reason, this option was rejected.

To consider meeting at 2.00pm on the following Wednesdays:

2014

16 July

10 September

15 October

12 November

10 December

2015

14 January

11 February

11 March

15 April

RESOLVED to meet at 2.00pm on the following Wednesdays:

2014        2015

16 July      14 January

10 September    11 February

15 October      11 March

12 November    15 April

10 December

To consider excluding the public from the meeting during consideration of the remaining item in accordance with section 100a(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on he basis that, having regard to all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

RESOLVED to exclude the public from the meeting during consideration of the remaining agenda items in accordance with Section 1004(A) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the basis that, having regards to all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

Reports of the Director of the Crime and Drugs Partnership

As minute 9, above.