Agenda for Companies Governance Executive Committee on Tuesday, 20th June, 2023, 3.00 pm

Agenda and minutes

Venue: Ground Floor Committee Room - Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG. View directions

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Items
No. Item

12.

Minute's silence

Minutes:

A minute’s silence was held in remembrance of Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley Kumar and Ian Coates who tragically died in Nottingham on 13 June 2023.

13.

Apologies for absence

Minutes:

None

14.

Declarations of Interest

Minutes:

In the interests of transparency in relation to Agenda Item 7, Councillor David Mellen declared that he is a Director of Blueprint and therefore stepped down as Chair for the meeting and did not participate in this item. As Vice Chair, Councillor Audra Wynter chaired the meeting.

15.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 217 KB

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 23 May 2023

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 23 May 2023 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Vice Chair.

16.

Work Programme pdf icon PDF 125 KB

To note and discuss

Minutes:

The Committee noted the Work Programme.

17.

Exclusion of the public

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

Minutes:

The Committee decided to exclude the public from the meeting during consideration of the remaining agenda items in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the basis that, having regard to all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

18.

Exempt Minutes

Exempt minutes of the meeting held on 23 May 2023 for consideration

Minutes:

The exempt minutes of the meeting held on 23 May 2023 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Vice Chair.

19.

Blueprint 2023/24 Business Plan

Presentation by Blueprint Ltd

Minutes:

This item does not contain any decisions that are eligible for call-in.

 

The Committee received a presentation from Samantha Veal, CEO of Blueprint, Paul Seddon, Shareholder Representative, and Rachel Mottram, who provides business liaison support between Nottingham City Council (NCC) and Blueprint. Details of the presentation and subsequent discussion are set out in the exempt minute.

20.

Tramlink Update

Verbal update of the Corporate Director for Finance and Resources

Minutes:

There was no further update to present to the Committee, the reasons for which are outlined in the exempt minute.

21.

Overview of companies' position 2022/23

Report of the Corporate Director for Finance and Resources

Minutes:

This item does not contain any decisions that are eligible for call-in.

 

Kevin Barr, Finance Manager for Companies, and Michael Hainge, Director for Procurement and Contract Management, presented the report, updating the Committee with the financial positions of each council-owned company for the 2022/23 financial year and up to the present date. The details of the subsequent discussion are set out in the exempt minute.

22.

Council-owned companies - financial updates

Report of the Corporate Director for Finance and Resources

Minutes:

This item does not contain any decisions that are eligible for call-in.

 

Kevin Barr, Finance Manager for Companies, and Michael Hainge, Director for Procurement and Contract Management, presented the appendices which gave further details of the latest position of council-owned companies and supports the information given in Minute 21 of the exempt minutes.