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A
B
Thanks
chair
appeals
to
confirm
chair,
no
appeals
have
been
received
for
today's
meeting.
B
Exempt
information,
yes
chair:
should
the
board
be
agreeable,
then
appendices
two
and
three
to
item
ten,
which
is
the
accelerated
capital
receipts
in
the
state.
Rationalization
report
have
been
designated
as
being
exempt
from
publication
and
will
be
considered
in
private
at
the
conclusion
of
the
public
meeting.
A
B
Thanks
chair
late
items
with
your
agreement,
a
report
entitled
update
on
the
coronavirus
pandemic
response
and
recovery
plan
has
been
circulated
to
board
members
for
consideration
as
agenda
item
18
and
also
not
a
formula
item
as
such.
But
members
have
received
an
addendum
to
item
6
financial
health
monitoring,
which
provides
updated
information
and
a
revised
set
of
recommendations.
A
A
No,
I
take
silence
as
a
no
item
five.
Can
we
confirm
the
minutes
before
us
or
an
accurate,
a
correct
record
of
the
minutes
from
the
meeting
on
the
21st
of
october.
A
C
C
The
paper
sets
out
the
position
for
month
six
in
terms
of
where
we
see
the
council's
financial
position,
and
there
is
a
a
large
amount
of
information
in
there
about
where
when
that
is
available
for
members,
I
will
mainly
speak
to
the
information
in
the
addendum,
which
reflects
that,
since
the
papers
were
published
and
having
assessed
the
situation,
including
transfer
of
government
funding
we
received,
we
are
in
a
position
now
where
we
can,
with
sole
use
of
our
own
resources,
balance
the
budget
for
2021..
C
We
no
longer
are
in
a
position
where
we
require
support
from
national
government.
To
do
so,
and
as
a
paper
against
the
addendum
sets
out,
we
will
use
our
existing
resources
to
balance
a
budget.
I
think
this
is.
I
think
this
is
a
positive.
I
think
it
shows
our
one
of
our
strengths
has
always
been
our
ability
to
manage
a
budget
without
without
use
of
other
resources
during
a
year.
Clearly,
I
mean
there's
no
way
this
can
be
underlined.
C
More
managing
a
budget
during
a
period
of
covert
has
been
very
difficult.
C
However,
I
am
pleased
we've
got
to
a
position
where,
like
I
say,
we
no
longer
require
assistance
from
the
government
or
to
be
in
a
position
beyond
the
changes
set
out
in
addendum
to
need
external
support
to
manage
the
budget
this
year,
I'm
going
to
ask
chair,
with
your
permission,
if
victoria
bradshaw
could
say
some
more
about
the
content
of
the
paper
as
well.
Please.
B
Thank
you
chair.
I
think
we've
been
in
a
lot
of
discussions
with
mhclg
and
our
external
auditors,
and
we
feel
that
this
position
now
is
where
we
can
manage
for
the
current
financial
year.
B
But
I
I
think
that
we
should
see
this
as
a
as
a
positive
outcome
about
how
we've
managed
this
situation,
which
is
unprecedented
and
throughout
the
year,
and
that's
what
I
wanted
to
say.
Councillor
blake.
Thank
you.
Okay,.
A
Thank
you,
and,
and
just
of
course,
to
reassured
board
members
that
we're
continuing
to
work
with
all
of
our
national
partners
and
with
government
conversations
inevitably
are
ongoing,
given
the
uncertainty
of
the
the
months
ahead,
and
we
don't
know
yet
how
successful
the
vaccine
is
going
to
be
in
enabling
us
to
get
back
to
some
sort
of
normality,
what
impact
that
will
have
on
our
income
projections
for
the
year
ahead.
All
of
these
matters
will
continue
to
be
closely
monitored.
A
But
again,
I'd
like
to
thank
thank
you
for
the
for
the
work
that
yourself
and
officers
have
done
in
very
very
difficult
times.
It
isn't
it
isn't
an
easy
situation
and
will
continue
to
be
challenging
for
many
months
ahead.
Council
carter,
would
you
like
to
come
in
at
this
point.
D
Yes,
I
I
would
please
let
me
go
by
by
adding
my
thanks
to
the
finance
team
and
indeed
all
of
the
directorates,
for
the
work
work.
They've
done
in
attempting
to
get
us
to
a
point
where
we
have
a
balanced
budget
for
this
financial
year.
D
It's
not
been
without
its
problems,
but
it
was
helpful
that
we
got
the
extra
20
million
from
the
government
in
october,
but
it
still
left
us
with
this
30
million
gap
and
the
proposition
to
capitalize,
which
appeared
for
a
while
to
be
perhaps
the
only
option
before
us
would.
D
It
would
have
been
everything
has
its
downside
and
whilst
capitalization
or
permission
to
capitalise
from
the
government
would
have
got
us
out
of
the
hole
all
it
did
would
have
done
is
to
put
off
the
evil
day
because
effectively
it's
another
30
million
of
borrowing
which
this
council
can
ill
afford.
D
So
and
furthermore,
I
think,
in
the
light
of
what's
happened
in
croydon
and
will
happen,
I
think
in
other
local
authorities
there
would
have
been
strings
attached
from
the
government
which,
quite
understandably
I
have
to
say,
and
if
you
can
sort
your
own
house
out.
D
It's
far
better,
however,
I'm
at
this
point
there's
no
such
thing
as
a
free
lunch
and
what's
missing
in
this
addendum
is
the
downside
of
what
we're
doing
and
let
me
make
it
clear:
it's
infinitely
preferable
to
do
what
is
proposed
here
and
to
use
this
additional
reserve,
which
has
been
pretty
much
ignored
throughout
previous
discussions,
and
I'm
not
sure
it
isn't
made
very
clear
where
this
is
actually
coming
from,
and
I
I
will
leave
it
to
the
answer
to
find
out
how
much
of
that
information
can
be
shared.
D
However,
we
know
it
exists
and
it's
an
extra
25
million
and
with
the
other
add-ons
gets
us
to
a
balanced
budget
situation.
However,
by
using
this,
of
course,
there
is
a
downside
and
the
downside
will
be
that
there
will
be
an
additional
cost
every
year,
because
we've
used
this
reserve
and
I
think,
for
the
sake
of
completeness,
as
I
say,
there's
no
such
thing
as
a
free
lunch,
and
there
is
a
cost
to
the
council
taxpayers
of
doing
what's
proposed
here
and
I'd
like
to
know
what
that
cost
is
from
victoria.
Please.
B
I
can
come
back
councillor
blake
if
that's
okay.
Thank
you.
B
The
the
reserve
that
we're
currently
using
is
what
we'd
agreed
with
the
external
auditors
that
we
would
change
the
accounting
treatment
for
is
around
a
prepayment
that
we've
been
accounting
for
our
mirian
to
do
with
miriam
house,
and
this
was
where
we
made
an
investment
a
couple
of
years
ago
to
pre-pay
some
of
the
lease
charges.
B
Over
a
number
of
years,
we've
reviewed
how
we've
accounted
for
that
in
the
accounts
and
looked
at
how
the
town
centre
securities
have
also
accounted
for
that
and
recognized
that
in
hindsight,
it
was
a
a
reduction
in
the
value
of
the
investment
and
therefore
should
be
a
reserve,
and
so
in
the
2019-20
accounts
that
will
be
amended
and
shown
as
a
reserve.
B
The
consequence
of
using
that
reserve
is
that
we
will
have
to
make
good
the
payments,
the
annual
rental,
the
lease
payments
for
that,
which
is
about
just
over
a
million
pounds
a
year,
and
we
will.
We
will
do
that
over
the
over
the
period
through
the
revenue
budget.
B
However,
that
does
mean
that
we
don't
have
to
pay
the
borrowing
cost
that
we
would
have
had
to
have
incurred
if
we'd
have
done
the
capitalization
and
so
really
it's
ourselves.
Borrowing
from
the
reserves
and
and
funding
the
lease
payments
over
a
longer
period,
and
I
think
that's
the
action
that
a
lot
of
authorities
are
having
to
take
when
they
use
the
reserves
that
have
been
set
up
for
a
specific
purpose.
B
They
have
to
they'll
will
have
to
repay
them
over
over
a
lifetime,
and
that's
that's
how
we're
balancing
the
position
for
this
financial
year.
Thank
you,
chair.
Okay,.
D
Yes,
yes,
yes,
please,
I
mean
that's,
that's
exactly
what
I
wanted
to
hear.
It
underlines
the
fact
that
we'll
be
making
a
further
million
payment
a
year
out
of
the
revenue
budget.
So,
as
I
say,
there
is
no
such
thing
as
a
free
lunch.
Nevertheless,
it
is
much
the
lesser
of
the
evils
that
faced
us,
so
I'm
in
support
of
it,
but
I
think
it's
right
that
we
do
make
everybody
aware,
particularly
people
residents,
that
you
know
there
is
a
consequence
to
this,
as
well
as
it
being
good
news.
A
Absolutely
I
think
transparency
is
is
really
a
vital
page.
So
thank
you
for
that.
Thank
you
for
the
explanation,
victoria
and
council
galton.
Do
you
want
to
comment
on
this
item.
E
Thanks
chair,
I
I
have
no
problems
at
all
with
our
finance
team
being
creative
in
identifying
ways
of
making
sure
that
our
public
spending
is
supported,
especially
having
to
work
in
a
vacuum
in
terms
of
understanding
what
the
central
support
is
going
to
be
before
the
settlement
is
agreed
at
the
end
of
november.
E
E
I
think
out
of
this
financial
management
paper
is
once
again
the
area
around
children's
services
and
looked
after
children
in
that
our
looked
after
children,
numbers
are
going
down,
which
you
would
think
was
a
a
positive
thing,
but
our
costs
are
going
up
and
it's
because
we're
sending
a
large
proportion
of
our
young
children
out
of
the
city,
to
external
residential
accommodation,
which
is
comparatively
more
expensive
and
I'm
not
sure
if
it's
in
this
paper
or
whether
it's
in
one
of
the
concurrent
papers.
E
Interestingly,
it
talks
about
how
there
is
inflation
in
this
sector,
where
we're
expecting
those
costs
to
go
up
even
further
when
we're
charged
by
outside
contractors,
and
when
and
when
I
inquired
it
was
because
they
were
complaining
that
their
facilities
have
under
occupancy
and
that
we
would
therefore
need
to
help
them
meet
their
business
cost
needs,
because
our
children
represented
a
far
higher
proportion
of
the
low
numbers
that
they
had
in
their
accommodation,
which
implies
that
other
authorities
are
not
making
the
same
kind
of
placements
as
we
are.
E
And
sorry,
if
that's
a
long
introduction,
but
I'm
just
wondering
because
each
month
we
do
get
budget
proposals
coming
forward.
Would
this
overspend,
which
is
identified
here,
be
reflected
in
future
months
in
those
budget
proposals?
And
will
the
council
be
looking
at
this
new
pressure
in
terms
of
cost
inflation
for
outside
residential
placements
to
finally
back
the
bullet
and
and
build
some
more
of
our
own
accommodations,
so
that
children
can
be
kept
within
the
authority,
as
is
endorsed
by
the
children's
commissioner?.
A
F
Thank
you,
yeah.
We
have
experienced
some
cost
inflation
on
external
residential
placement
costs
and
independent
foster,
independent
foster
agency
costs.
During
the
course
of
the
year,
we've
seen
an
increase
of
about
five
point.
Three
percent
in
I
for
costs,
so
the
actual
charge
from
providers
has
gone
up
to
about
850
pounds
from
a
budgeted
805,
and
the
increase
in
external
residential
residential
costs
is
even
greater.
It's
about
7.5,
so
the
actual
weekly
cost
has
increased
to
about
4
300..
F
Most
of
those
increases
are
because
of
staffing
requirements
to
cover
for
covid
related
sickness
and
also
the
cost
of
ppe
equipment
with
some
of
those
external
residential
providers.
F
In
the
budget
strategy,
we
include
a
figure
for
demand
and
demography
and
in
inflation,
and
we've
accounted
for
inflation
in
future
years
costs
and
I'll
have
to
review
the
inflation
element
based
on
the
experience
of
this
year,
but
so
far
it's
factored
into
the
projections
that
we've
got
for
next
year
and
we
will
seek
to
work
with
those
providers
to
bring
those
costs
back
in
line
with
the
rates
that
we've
budgeted
for
for
this
year.
A
F
Yes,
thank
you,
leader
from
our
conversations
with
other
authorities.
A
D
Okay,
fine!
Yes,
I
wonder
if
victoria
can
tell
me
what
the
projected
interest
payments
on
our
debts
will
be
in
this
financial
year,
and
I
also
just
on
the
point
of
inflation,
there's
a
much
wider
point,
I'm
afraid
than
councillor
galton
highlighted,
although
that
in
itself
is
serious
and
that's
the
inflationary
pressures
that
are
going
to
be
coming
to
bear
in
the
next
financial
year,
and
perhaps
we
can
touch
on
that
on
that
paper.
A
Okay,
thank
you
victoria.
Could
you
just
pick
that
there's
two
points
up
and
then
I'll
come
on
to
tom.
B
Could
I
send
the
information
to
council
carter
outside
the
meeting?
Would
that
be
okay
on
the
interest
amounts
that
we're
paying
in
addition
to
mrp?
Yes,
it's
saying
yes,
okay,
thank
you.
B
A
B
G
Thank
you.
I
I
just
wanted
to
reiterate
the
thanks
to
the
team
across
the
whole
council-
and
you
know,
finance
in
particular
for
coming
to
this
position
and
just
to
re-emphasize
again,
probably
for
those
who
aren't
familiar
with
this,
that
how
difficult
this
has
been
and
continues
to
be.
For
the
council.
G
G
However,
it
hasn't
filled
the
gap
completely,
and
we've
had
to
take
some
quite
radical
action
to
to
let
some
very
experienced
members
of
staff
leave
to
make
some
service
changes,
that
and
and
to
bring
forward
a
budget
for
next
year,
which
is
an
even
bigger
mountain
to
climb
and
start
developing.
G
That
as
well-
and
I
think
the
one
thing
I
would
say
about
the
treasury's
policy
so
far
after
having
praised
part
of
it-
is
to
say
that
the
thing
that
I
would
really
like
them
to
see
in
the
spending
review
is
to
is
to
give
us
the
ability
to
do
what
the
rest
of
government
is
able
to
do
in
spreading
unpaid
business
rates,
council
tax
etc
over
future
years.
G
I
I
think
it's
very
very
hard
to
experience
something
like
this
kobe
pandemic
and
expect
to
have
to
correct
the
wrongs
of
it
in
18,
and
so
I
think
that's
the
bit
of
the
spending
review.
There'll,
be
you
know,
political
debates
to
have
about
whether
the
whether
the
amounts
are
enough,
but
as
a
principle
I
think
cross-party.
G
You
know,
I
think
the
lga
have
made
this
point
cross-party
and
I
think
we've.
You
know,
we've
benefited
from
cross-party
interventions
from
from
this
council
in
the
past.
That's
the
key
point
for
me,
because
if
we
could
get
some
help
on
that,
then
it's
that
last
bit
of
the
gap,
that's
the
really
really
difficult
bit
to
bridge
and
the
one
that
will
be
hardest
and
to
do
particularly
in
a
single
year.
G
So
I
just
wanted
to,
I
think,
that's
important
context
for
for
the
discussion
that
we've
just
had
and
obviously
discussions
that
you'll
continue
to
have
coming
up
to
the
budget
next
year.
A
But
could
I
suggest
that
we
draft
a
letter
to
go
into
treasury
along
those
lines
and
see
if
we
can
get
cross-party
support
to
sign
it
to
go
in?
Would
that
be
something
that
caused
cars
and
golden
would
be
interested
in.
D
I'm
happy
to
make
my
position
very
clear,
and
I
agree
with
the
chief
exec
that
we
should
spread
it.
I
I'm
not
sure
you
know
my
views
on
on
on
letters
we've
sent
so
many
in
the
past.
You
suspect
some
of
them
are
made
into
paper
airplanes.
The
well.
D
You
know,
quite
understandably,
in
my
view,
but
unfortunately
this
is
a
very
important
one
and
I
I
would
prefer
that
we
made
our
own
comments
through
the
appropriate
channels,
which
I'm
more
than
happy
to
do,
because
I
agree
entirely
with
tom
as
a
principal
to
be
able
to
spread
that
loss
of
the
collection
over
a
period
of
time
is,
is,
I
think,
a
principle
I
would
support.
Well,
I
would
support
it.
Okay,.
A
D
A
Can
I
no
if
we
could
note
that
those
comments
in
the
recommendations
and
could
I
ask
everyone
if
they
are
happy
to
sign
up
to
the
recommendations
in
the
report
and
if
we
are,
could
we
move
on
to
your
next
paper
castle
luis,
please.
C
Paper
is
the
capital
program
update
and
the
main
request
in
the
recommendations
is
approving
the
9.55
million
of
grants
and
contributions
which
will
be
injected
into
the
capital
program
set
out
in
0.4.
I
don't
think
there's
a
lot
more.
That
needs
to
be
said
in
introduction
to
the
paper
than
that.
A
Okay,
thank
you
counselor
card
for
any
comments
on
the
item.
Seven.
D
Hang
on
I'm
here,
could
you
could
you
just
clarify
for
me,
what
has
the
capital
program
increased
by
between.
B
I
haven't
got
that
information
to
hand
counselor
blake
I'll
have
to
for
2014
I'll
I'll,
provide
that
information
against
councillor
carter.
If
that's,
okay,
okay,
thank.
A
A
Okay,
thank
you.
Can
we
approve
the
recommendations
of
the
paper
and
move
on
to
your
next
paper?
Please.
C
Thank
you
leader
item
eight
is
a
treasury
management
strategy
update
and
the
recommendation
is
that
we
note
the
update.
I
don't
know
if
there's
again
much
more,
that
needs
to
be
said
in
terms
of
introduction
to
this
paper.
A
Okay,
thank
you,
council.
A
D
I'll
have
a
point
to
raise
on
this,
but
I
think
it
may
be
better
brought
up
on
a
later
paper,
so
I'll
leave
it
for
the
moment.
Okay,
thank
you.
C
Thank
you,
council,
blake
item.
Nine
is
the
third
paper
we've
received
at
executive
board,
setting
out
budget
saving
proposals
for
the
next
financial
year
year,
21
22
in
advance
of
producing
a
draft
budget
which
will
come
to
the
next
executive
board,
as
we've
talked
about
the
previous
executive
boards,
but
I
will
repeat
it
at
this
one,
so
we're
very
clear
about
this.
C
The
expectation
is
at
this
stage
is
that
we
will
need
to
make
budget
savings
of
118.8
million
pounds
for
year
2122,
given
the
scale
given
the
scale
of
these
savings
and
also
reflecting
the
facts,
and
that
I
refer
back
to
our
discussion
on
item
six
financial
health
monitoring.
C
We
we
are
in
very
uncertain
times.
Overall,
we
don't
know
how
long
the
impact
of
of
of
covid
will
be.
Nobody
has
a
crystal
ball
to
identify
that,
and
also
again,
as
we
discussed
on
item
six,
we
need
to
be
very
clear
that
the
budget
position
we
put
forward
for
21
22
is
sorry
for
21.22
is
a
deliverable
budget.
Given
the
way
we've
dealt
with
pressures
in
this
year's
budget,
and
we
know
next
year
is
going
to
be
no
easier.
C
We
do
need
to
make
sure
that
any
savings
proposed
are
achievable
during
the
year,
so
therefore,
items
that
require
consultation
to
establish
to
establish
their
validity.
We
are
bringing
forward
prior
to
setting
the
budget,
and
there
are
a
number
of
those
proposals
set
out
in
this
budget
paper.
Again.
C
This
is
to
use
the
old
cliche
one
piece
of
a
jigsaw
towards
setting
a
budget
and,
like
I
say
it,
will
start
some
consultations,
which
means
that
we
can
have
assurance
about
proposals
that
require
consultation
are
actually
have
been
through
that
consultation
before
we
include
them
in
the
budget
plan
for
next
year
and
I'll
leave
my
opening
comments
there,
leader.
D
Yes,
thank
you
I'm
at
this
point.
First
of
all,
I
shall
not
be
voting
in
favor
of
this,
or
indeed
any,
of
the
other
financial
papers.
So
far,
reserving
my
position
until
we
we
put
our
alternative
budget
proposals
at
the
budget
meeting
of
council.
D
That
said,
this
paper
narrows
the
funding
gap
from
118
or
whatever
it
was
to
just
to
60,
but
some
of
the
proposals,
even
going
out
to
consultation,
quite
frankly,
are
staggering,
and
I
particularly
want
to
refer
to.
D
I
could
refer
to
them
all
at
length,
but
there's
another
time
and
another
place
to
do
that
if,
if
these
remain
there-
and
I
suspect
there
will
be
significant
comments
through
the
consultation
process,
but
I
really
can't
understand
on
the
neighborhood
networks
that
they
proposed
saving
you
going
out
to
consultation
on
500
and
2
000.
D
The
neighborhood
networks,
along
with
our
in-house
provision
and
our
staff
in
other
social
care,
have
done
an
amazing
job
through
the
pandemic
in
circumstances.
Nobody
could
possibly
have
envisaged
and
to
suggest
even
suggest.
This
at
this
stage,
seems
to
me
like
cutting
off
your
nose
to
spike
your
face.
D
D
For
example,
bowling
greens,
the
profile
the
age
profile
of
bowling
greens
is,
shall
we
say,
late
middle
age,
they
provide
a
huge
outlet
and
resource
for
exercise
for
people
and
for
the
sort
of
money
that
you're
proposing
to
save.
Other
areas
can
and
will
be
identified.
D
When
we
talk
about
people
having
active
lifestyles,
we
should
talk
about
people
of
all
age
groups
and
increasingly,
when
I
look
at
the
savings
you're
proposing
on
things
like
repairs
of
footpaths,
the
fact
that
we've
not
used
any
of
the
active
travel
money
to
make
sure
that
rights
of
way
are
kept
in
a
better
state
than
they
currently
are.
And
then
I
see
suggestions
like
this
seems
to
me.
A
E
E
E
So
that's
that's
my
positive
input
there,
but
I
have
to
say
there
is
some
great
differential
in
terms
of
how
the
council
is
demonstrating,
where
they
haven't
only
identified
the
areas
where
cuts
can
be
made,
but
they
are
also
making
meaningful
thinking
time
available
to
try
and
reduce
as
much
as
possible
the
impact
of
those
cuts
and
to
try
and
reimagine
that
surface
so
that
outcomes
are
enhanced
as
much
as
possible
during
the
process.
E
E
We,
as
I
said,
we
don't
agree
with
all
the
things
that
they
want
to
achieve
and
we
will
be
opposing
them
on
a
local
way,
but
at
least
people
know
unreal
people
at
least
people
know
what
the
council
is
intending
to
do.
A
lot
of
the
other
departments
that
are
bringing
proposals
forward.
E
And
I
would
like
to
feel
assurance
that
the
chief
executive
is
monitoring
the
performance
of
that
challenge,
because
I'm
not
seeing
any
great
difference
in
approach
from
the
different
departments
so
far
in
terms
of
what
they
are
offering
in
in
terms
of
their
proposals
for
budgets
and
going
back
to
my
earlier
comments
about
children's
services
in
the
financial
management
section.
There
are
some
points
in
this
budget
program
which
are
about
where
different
departments
are
putting
in
some
money
to
recognize
different
ways
of
working
and
where
they
are
putting
in
invest
to
save.
E
So
it's
not
all
about
what
can
they
take
out
of
the
system?
It's?
How
can
they
reimagine
the
system
going
forward,
and
I
haven't
seen
any
of
that,
for
instance,
coming
from
children
services
in
terms
of
the
pressures
that
they've
got
on
their
current
budget
and
historically
before
kovid
even
hit.
E
So
on
those
general
comments,
that's
where
I'm
going
and
in
terms
of
counselor
carter.
I
heard
him
laughing
in
the
background
where
I
was
offering
some
kind
of
encouragement
to
some
of
our
professionals
that
work
for
the
council
in
this
very
difficult
time
when
they
have
to
put
budget
proposals
forward.
E
This
workforce
is
under
huge
pressure
and
a
great
tranche
of
talent
had
to
leave
this
council
very
suddenly
this
month
because
of
restrictions
that
the
conservative
government
put
in,
which
meant
that
their
decades
of
service
to
the
council
wasn't
going
to
be
recognized
once
they
left
unless
they
left
at
that
time,
and
the
vacuum
that
has
been
left
in
the
council's
finances
is
not
helped
in
terms
of
that
forward,
planning
which
is
necessary
when
the
government
refuses
to
even
release
watts
for
next
year's
spending
before
the
end
of
november,
never
mind
what
the
spending
forecast
looks
like
for
the
next
two
or
three
years.
E
So
if
council
carter
wishes
to
before
me,
actually
offering
anything
helpful
in
a
time
of
real
stress
for
the
authority,
then
fair
enough,
but
the
liberal
democrat
group
have
always
been
trying
to
be
an
enabling
opposition,
as
opposed
to
one
that
just
searches
for
headlines.
Thank
you,
chair.
C
Thank
you
leader
and
again,
listen
very
carefully
to
what
council
galton
had
to
say.
I
mean
clearly
and
fully
understand
why
the
opposition
reserve
in
their
position
as
we
head
towards
having
a
full
budget.
There
are
reasons
and
we're
doing
this.
I
think
there
is
no.
There
is
no
getting
away
from
the
scale
of
reduction
in
council
spending
that
is
having
to
take
place.
We
know
there
is
a
fiscal
event
coming
up
at
the
end
of
the
month.
C
I'm
not
sure
whether
we
call
it
a
budget
or
a
spending
announcement,
but
we'll
find
out
how
much
money,
how
much
money
the
government
down
there
in
london
is
going
to
give
us
for
our
services
and,
I
think,
very
much
dependent
on
the
content
of
that
announcement
and
the
amount
of
resource
come
forward.
C
Then
we'll
be
able
to
come
to
a
point
where
I
can
finally
consider
which
of
these
proposals
move
forward
or
if
we
are
sufficiently
funding
our
if
we
are
sufficiently
funded,
as
we
constantly
request
ourselves
and
through
organizations
like
the
lga,
if
we
are
sufficiently
funded
by
central
government,
many
of
these
proposals
will
disappear
and
we'll
have
to
wait
to
see
what
our
funding
settlement
is
to
see
where
our
final
budget
proposals
are.
C
I
wish
it
was
all
in
our
hands
to
deal
with
this,
but
unfortunately,
it
isn't,
and-
and
like
I
say,
we
will
put
our
final
budget
proposals
together
in
light
of
the
resource
that
comes
from
central
government
next
week
or
the
week.
A
Thank
you
councillors,
and
I
expect
we
will
have
more
details
to
bring
to
the
next
executive
board
in
december
on
on
those
those
announcements
made
towards
the
end
of
november.
Thank
you.
Everyone
with
that
can
I
move
agree
that
we
move
the
recommendations
of
the
item
nine
and
move
to
item
ten.
Please
councillors.
C
Thank
you
leader.
This
is
a
further
paper
around
trying
to
resolve
the
council's
financial
position,
and
this
is
one
focused
on
the
council's
estate
and
asset
management
and
trying
to
both
see
where
we
can
release
extra
resources
for
the
council
through
the
release
of
assets
and
the
long-term,
the
long-term
use
of
our
estate
moving
forward.
C
There
is
a
number
of
items
I
think
in
terms
of
introduction.
I
will
run
through
them
in
terms
of
the
order
set
out
in
terms
of
the
recommendations,
so
in
saying
that
I'm
just
looking
for
the
recommendations
on
on
the
screen,
so
the
first
one
is
the
continuing
the
accelerated
disposal
of
property.
Again,
the
emphasis
on
the
word
accelerated
as
we've
discussed
on
previous
papers.
C
The
need
at
speed
to
find
resources
for
the
council's
budget
position
means
that
we
are
moving
forward
quickly
with
these,
and
I
know
on
items
have
agreed
that
previous
exec
board
we've
had
a
the
yield
has
been
higher
than
predicted
when
they've
gone
to
auction,
which
suggests
this
can
be
a
successful
approach
and
the
one
in
this
paper
is
a
site
in
beast.
C
Now
just
note
at
this
point:
council
blake,
I
think
you've
received
correspondence
from
head
teacher
of
a
neighbouring
school
this
morning
and
we
will
work
through
the
content
of
that.
The
second
is
the
disposal
of
properties
from
the
council's
investment
portfolio.
C
Again,
these
were
properties
that
were
bought
to
as
part
of
the
council's
investment
portfolio
to
make
a
return,
and
at
this
stage,
having
sought
external
advice,
we
believe
now
actually
given
the
need
to
balance
the
council
budget
now
for
these
properties
in
the
investment
portfolio,
the
time
is
right
to
sell
them.
We
will
make
more
than
we
bought
them
for
on
these.
C
C
The
third
item
is
abby
mills
in
kurtzel,
we've
done
a
piece
of
work
with
the
kirksville
valley,
development
trust,
and
they
got
a
grant
from
holmes
england
to
look
at
the
possibility
of
bringing
this
premises
into
users.
I
suppose,
as
you
described
as
a
community-led
housing
project.
However,
the
feasibility
work
has
been
carried
out
and
they
don't
believe
they
can
move
this
forward.
So
we
are
looking
at
disposing
of
the
property
again.
Just
to
note.
C
At
this
stage,
counselor
john
ellingwood
from
kirksville
ward
has
written
to
me
with
some
further
comments
on
this
and
some
further
suggestions
so
we'll
be
working
working
through
those.
C
The
third
is
about
the
estate
rationalization,
which
is
vacating
existing
council
properties,
as
I
think
council
golden
raised
on
one
of
the
earlier
items
area
as
part
of
the
council
overall
budget.
Regretfully-
and
I
do
say
that
we
are
have
staff
leaving
at
the
moment
and
predict
more
staff
will
be
moving
out
over
time.
C
We
have
seen
changes
in
working
practices
since
the
pandemic
came
in
and
therefore
we
need
property
to
work
out
of
in
the
future,
and
that
is
set
out
as
item
four
item.
Five
again,
it
is
properties
that
we
will
either
in
the
confidential
appendix
for
their
properties.
We
will
bring
forward
in
the
future
to
start
the
work
of
consultation
and
obviously
they'll
come
forward
in
a
public
forum.
Should
we
choose
to
dispose
of
them
and
then
item?
C
Six
is
noting
that
the
director
of
city
development
will
be
following
these
through,
like
I
say
leader,
I
thought
I'd
work
through
each
of
the
recommendations
in
turn,
by
way
of
introduction,
because
there
is,
there
is
a
number
of
items
in
these
papers
which
are
part
of
the
overall
approach
to
balancing
the
budget.
I
think
again,
we've
talked
about
the
scale
of
the
funding
reduction.
We've
talked
about
the
scale
of
the
staff
leaving
the
organization.
Now
we're
talking
about
the
scale
of
the
council's
land
ownership
in
the
city.
C
I
think
it
all
comes
to
underlying
just
actually
what
the
impact
having
gone
through
10
years
of
austerity
budget
reductions.
What
actually
impacts
of
both
this
year's
and
the
impact
of
covert
has
on
the
councils
on
the
council's
operations,
and
we
can't
underestimate
that
all
the
scale
of
changes
are
going
to
be
needed
to
keep
the
council
moving
forward
and
delivering
on
our
priorities
in
the
future.
With
a
much
reduced
budget
position.
D
The
second,
the
second
bullet
point
in
the
recommendations
and
for
obvious
reasons,
this
is
the
most
substantial
and
I'll
reserve
my
comments
for
the
confidential
papers,
because
there's
a
lot
of
confidential
commercial
information
there
that
that
clearly
shouldn't
shouldn't
be
shared.
D
I
I
I
am
not
in
principle,
opposed
to
accelerating
disposal
of
of
properties
and
and
never
have
been,
and
I'm
not
opposed
either
to
using
the
means
of
option
for
smaller
properties.
Certainly,
however,
it
is
essential-
I
repeat
again:
I
have
this
discussion
with
mr
farrington
earlier
this
week
that
ward
members
are
consulted
at
an
early
stage
and
if
possible,
their
support
is
garnered,
and
that
is
not
happening
across
the
piece.
D
I
had
serious
complaints
from
two
of
my
members
who
first
heard
of
one
of
these
properties
being
disposed
of
via
a
third
or
even
a
fourth
party,
and
that's
not
acceptable.
Ward
members
are
key
to
a
successful
rationalization
of
the
estate.
D
D
And
I
would
like
some
reassurance
on
that
and
I'll
talk
about
the
individual
proposals
on
the
pink
papers
of
which
I'm
broadly
supportive.
Let
me
tell
you,
can
I
can
I
just
say
that
how
about
it
interesting
that
that
a
deal
that
the
council
did,
which
is
now
referred
to
here
in
terms
of
these
commercial
industrial
properties,
commercial
properties,
call
them
what
you
will
proved
to
be
a
very
a
very
successful
one.
D
In
the
light
of
of
the
current
situation
and
as
parts
of
the
property
market
have
been
badly
hit,
other
parts
have
not
been
badly
hit.
Indeed,
the
reverse
could
be
the
case,
so
I
do
think
that
the
decision
that
was
made
in
initially
in
connection
with
logic
leads
has
been
absolutely
underlined
as
being
a
very
sensible
one.
Despite
the
opposition,
I
think,
to
seem
to
remember
of
of
councillor
galton.
D
However,
there
is
one
point
to
remember:
again:
does
no
such
thing
as
a
free
lunch
and
some
of
these
properties
pay
into
a
revenue
stream.
A
substantial
amount
of
money
which,
once
disposed
of,
will
not
be
available
to
support
the
council's
revenue
and
spending.
A
Okay,
thank
you,
martin,
I'm
sure
you're
able
to
come
back
and
reassure
councillor
carter
that
remember
engagement
is
paramount
and
that
any.
H
Thank
you,
council
blake
yeah,
I
mean
councillor
carter
and
I
have
discussed
the
points
that
he
raised
and
I'm
happy
to
have
a
further
discussion
with
him
on
on
the
detail
and
the
general
position
in
terms
of
consultation.
H
Ward
members
are
consulted
in
terms
of
disposal
processes
that
we
bring
forward,
and
it's
very
important
that
that
happens.
H
I
think
I
think
the
incidents
that
council
carter
is
raising
in
this
specific
case
relates
to
those
properties
that
are
in
the
confidential
appendix
as
properties
that
we're
evaluating
as
to
whether
we
come
out
of
so
it's
it's
work,
that's
not
in
the
public
domain
at
this
time
and
then
so
the
council
hasn't
made
any
decision
at
this
point,
but
I'll
have
a
conversation
with
councillor
carter
about
timing
of
consultation
in
those
instances
to
make
sure
that
we
can
address
his
concerns.
A
Okay,
thank
you
councillor.
Galton,
do
you
want
to
comment.
E
Yes,
please
chair.
Thank
you
for
council
carter,
introducing
the
issue
around
the
industrial
units
because
he
is
correct.
The
liberal
democrat
group
did
oppose
the
arrangements
at
that
site.
It
wasn't
so
much
that
the
council
should
buy
commercial
property
and,
through
that
way,
provide
an
income
stream
for
the
council
to
deliver
public
services
that
that's
something
we're
very
relaxed
about.
One
of
the
things
that
we
weren't
very
relaxed
about
and
in
terms
of
opposition
parties,
propping
up
the
administration
and
patting
them
on
the
back.
E
I
seem
to
remember
the
conservatives
did
a
pretty
good
show
of
that
when
we
were
discussing
one
of
the
tenants
of
these
properties-
and
that
is
amazon,
and
one
of
the
reasons
why
we
were
not
comfortable
with
the
arrangement
at
logic
was
the
fact
that
we
had
an
organization
which
had
been
heavily
criticized
by
unions,
for
instance,
that
sponsored
many
of
the
councillors
that
form
part
of
the
administration.
E
So
I
think
it's
with
some
relief
that
potentially
councillor
lewis
is
looking
forward
to
the
potential
loss
of
such
assets
within
the
council's
portfolio,
because
it
will
stop
people
like
me,
reminding
them
that
actions
speak
louder
than
words
and
throughout
the
relationship
we've
had
as
the
landlord
of
amazon
at
this
site.
E
I
don't
think
they've
particularly
been
very
what's
the
word
very
inclusive
in
terms
of
its
participation
in
the
wider
partnership
strategy
of
the
council,
but
I
I
look
forward
to
being
proved
otherwise,
but
I'm
not
sure,
for
instance,
they've
become
one
of
our
child-friendly
ambassadors,
but
counselor.
Then
I
might
be
able
to
correct
me
on
that
one.
So,
yes,
I
look
forward,
hopefully
to
the
council
ending
that
particular
unfortunate
relationship
and
thank
you
for
reminding
me
council
carter.
C
C
I
feel
this
will
be
the
last
time
for
me
to
remind
councillor
golden
that.
The
council
isn't
a
regulator
of
labor
market
standards
and
the
labor
market
standards
and
workplace
regulations
are
in
place.
Are
those
that
are
in
place
during
his
five
years
in
government
that
in
that
period
he
did
nothing.
He
did
nothing
to
amend
when
he
was
in
government.
I
don't
take
actually
any
relief
in
this
position.
C
I
think,
and
again
I
will
join
council
carter
in
in
in
praising
officers
in
asset
management
for
putting
us
in
a
position
where
we
do
where
we
are
able
to
have
assets
that
are
give
us
options
rather
than
giving
us
problems
in
terms
of
their
contribution
to
the
council's
financial
strategy.
C
Again,
you
know
the
term
the
investment
portfolio
it
did,
as
did
give
us
an
income
for
the
council,
but
as
I've
referred
to
on
my
previous
papers,
we
are
in
a
position
where
we
are
taking
decisions
that
we
would
not
want
to
take,
but
we
have
to
take
in
order
to
balance
the
council's
book
and
quite
clearly,
our
our
role
in
the
air
valley
enterprise
zone
has
been
a
positive
one
in
terms
of
encouraging
employment.
C
There
we've
done
that
in
a
number
of
ways,
including
through
our
own
portfolio,
and,
like
I
say
this,
gives
us
options
in
terms
of
I'm:
releasing
cash
from
some
very
good
investments
to
support
the
council's
budget
strategy
and
I'll
leave
it
there.
Leader.
A
Okay,
thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
that
can
we
approve
the
recommendations
of
item
10
and
can
I
thank
councillor
lewis
for
all
the
work
that
he's
doing
on
this
area
as
well.
It's
intense
period
we're
going
through
right
now.
So
thank
you
for
that.
A
Can
I
move
on
to
councilman
herron's
portfolio
now,
please
item
11.
thank.
I
You
leader,
as
we
all
know,
city
square,
is
one
of
the
key
gateways
to
the
city.
The
arrival
point
for
workers,
visitors
to
the
city,
local
residents,
coming
into
the
city,
particularly
by
train,
and
this
report
sets
out
the
ambition
to
make
the
city
square
much
more
pedestrian
friendly
to
take
out
through
traffic
and
to
create
a
much
more
welcoming
gateway
entrance
point
to
the
city
for
all
those
who
are
visiting.
I
It
will
also
improve
the
air
quality
in
the
area.
As
we
know,
it
sits
right
alongside
one
of
the
key
areas
of
concern
for
equality
that
we
previously
were
taking
action
on,
and
the
report
then
sets
out
to
approve
the
reba
ledge
design,
competition
for
the
future
design
of
the
public
space
in
city
square.
I
We
brought
a
report
to
executive
board
which
we've
met
of
the
first
of
these
zoom
skype
type
meetings
in
in
march
this
year,
and
we
agreed
that
we
would
bring
a
fed
report
back
to
present
the
design
principles
and
the
the
way
in
which
the
process
will
be
taken
forward.
I
So
the
competition
went
out
in
september
and
set
out
in
the
report
today
is
the
text
that's
being
used
for
the
design
brief
for
eiba
and
the
way
in
which
we
will
take
that
forward
and
also
the
fact
that
it
will
come
back
to
executive
board
for
endorsements
of
the
outcome
of
this
competition
in
spring
next
year.
A
Thank
you
very
much
council
carter.
D
Yes,
thank
you.
I
wonder
if
I
can
have
some
reassurance
from
councillor
mulherin
on
this.
At
what
stage
will
the
public
be
consulted
on
the
final
design
because
reading
this
paper-
and
I
may
have
read
it
incorrectly?
So
please
tell
me
if
that's
the
case,
but
it
seems
to
me
that
what
we're
doing
here
is
we
are
going
out
to
pick
a
company
to
produce
the
final
design
when
that
final
design
submitted
to
the
council.
D
If
we
agree
agree
it,
it
will
go
to
the
planning
committee
now,
I'd
like
to
know
at
what
stage
pre-planning
the
general
public
have
an
opportunity
to
make
meaningful
comments
which
can
be
taken
on
board.
City
square
is
for
many
people
the
the
center
of
the
city.
It
is
what
it
is.
It
has
been
for
many
many
years.
D
I
I'm
happy
to
start
to
come
back,
but
officers
could
add
to
what
my
comments
so
within
the
report
was
set
out,
that
public
engagement
had
been
intended
originally
to
take
place
at
an
earlier
stage
in
the
process,
but
that
they
will
now
take
place
once
the
concept
design
stage
is
complete
and
just
so
that
they
were
confident
that
the
scheme
that
then
is
put
out
to
public
consultation
is
both
buildable
in
technical
terms
and
meets
all
the
requirements
in
terms
of
the
ground
and
the
water
et
cetera,
but
also
that's
affordable.
A
Okay,
martin,
do
you
actually
answer
that.
H
Yeah,
thank
you
leader,
yeah,
just
building
on
the
comments
that
counselor
mulhern
has
said
in
4.1.4
of
the
paper
it
outlines.
The
public
engagement
will
be
undertaken
at
the
end
of
reba
stage
2.,
so
in
in
in
planning
terms,
a
planning
application
normally
comes
councillor
carter
at
the
end
of
reaper
stage
three,
so
that
that
will
provide
an
interim
position
pre-planning
for
the
concept
of
the
proposal,
as
as
council
mulherin
correctly
outlines
that
could
be
subject
to
a
consultation
process
in
terms
of
public
engagement
on
the
resources
side.
H
As
the
paper
outlines,
there
is
500
000
pounds
in
the
capital
program
that
members
have
approved
for
for
the
feasibility
development
of
this
scheme,
the
reba
competition
is
forecast
to
cost
about
238
000,
just
as
a
a
comparison
to
get
to
a
reader
stage.
Three,
you
would
normally
expect
to
spend
about
five
percent
of
the
forecast
cost,
so
the
forecast
cost
for
the
scheme
is
about
five
million.
That
was
in
the
mou,
so
that
would
be
250
000,
so
the
238
000
to
run
the
competition
in
that
respect,
affords
value
for
money.
D
A
Thank
you,
council
galton.
Do
you
want
to
comment
on
this
paper.
E
Well,
yes,
please
chair,
I'm
going
to
be
reserving
my
position
on
it
only
because
of
the
discussions
that
we
had
earlier
around
the
budget
setting
paper
and
how
very
difficult
decisions
are
being
made
in
so
many
departments,
and
I'm
just
wondering
if,
if,
if
I
was
part
of
an
administration
right
now,
I'd
be
very
nervous
about
bringing
forward
this
kind
of
paper
which
focuses
on
yet
another
city
center
scheme
in
the
midst
of
a
pandemic.
E
I'm
aware
that
the
original
paper
came
forward
in
march,
and
this
is
just
following
a
timetable
that
was
set
then
but
march
was
a
long
time
ago
in
terms
of
council
finances
and
priorities,
and
I
I
just
wonder:
did
anybody
consider
freezing
this
development
going
forward,
given
that
it
might
be
half
a
million
pounds
that
might
be
needed
somewhere
else,
and
actually
a
year's
delay
wouldn't
make
that
much.
A
I
Not
I,
I
think,
key
points
really
if
we
are
going
to
be
considering
in
the
next
report
connecting
leads
strategy
and
progress
in
terms
of
the
work
we're
doing
to
improve
public
transport
provision
and
also
active
travel
and
alongside
that,
then
the
need
to
be
able
to
root
other
traffic
around
the
city.
I
This
sits
right
at
the
heart
of
a
number
of
schemes
that
we
have
underway,
which
will
be
considering
under
the
next
item,
so
obviously
work.
That's
underway
now
on
infirmary
street
park,
road,
the
corn
exchange
and
the
work
that's
already
taken
place
along
the
hedgerow
and
work
that
is
yet
to
take
place
at
army
directory.
I
Alongside
that,
we
have
our
ambitions
to
be
net
zero
by
2030.
So
to
meet
our
own
climate
ambitions
as
well,
we
need
to
be
able
to
ensure
that
people
have
fully
functioning
alternatives
to
using
the
private
car,
and
that
does
enable
us
then
to
have
a
better
public
transport
system
and
active
travel
routes
in
and
out
of
the
city
centre.
I
So
it's
not
just
a
scheme
that
is
designed
to
create
a
nice
public
space,
although
well,
it's
connected
to
all
of
the
other
strategies
that
we
have
in
terms
of
inclusive
growth
with
the
city
square
is
surrounded
by
key
landmark
buildings
at
the
heart
of
the
city
and
very
important
businesses.
We've
of
course
got
the
channel
4
headquarters.
I
That's
just
relocated
to
the
majestics
building
right
there
in
the
heart
of
the
city
centre,
and
if
you
look
at
the
way
in
which
the
city
is
being
transformed
through
our
inclusive
growth
work
and
our
ambitions
to
be
zero
by
20
30.,
the
work
at
city
square
is
not
something
that's
a
nice
option
to
have.
It
is
really
essential
to
achieving
that
those
goals
across
inclusive
growth,
climate,
emergency
and
health
and
well-being,
not
only
as
well
as
creating
a
space.
That's
much
more
child
friendly
and
age
friendly
as
well.
A
Okay,
thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
Can
we
agree
the
recommendations
to
that
paper?
As
you
say,
you've
got
to
follow
another
paper
under
item
12
as
well.
If
we
could
move
on
to
that.
D
A
G
J
A
Okay
item
12,
then
please
thank.
I
You
so
item
12
sets
out
an
update
for
executive
board
on
the
connecting
leads
work
that
we've
been
undertaking.
I
The
report
sets
out
the
measures
that
have
taken
place
already
and
members
will
be
very
aware
of
the
park
and
ride
schemes,
which
certainly
pre-covered
were
very,
very
successful
so
successful
that
the
two
that
were
up
and
running
have
since
had
to
be
expanded.
I
Work
is
being
ongoing
in
terms
of
the
sterton
park
and
ride
scheme,
which
will
be
the
first
renewable
energy
driven
park
and
ride
scheme
with
electric
buses
being
provided
to
serve
that
route
and,
of
course,
we've
touched
upon
some
of
the
other
gateway
schemes
in
the
previous
item.
So
the
work
along
the
hedgerow
along
fermi
street,
on
the
corn
exchange
and
so
on.
So
linking
our
public
transport
infrastructure
across
the
city
in
a
way
that
makes
it
much
more
reliable
and
therefore
attractive
to
the
public
to
use.
I
It's
also
enabled
us
to
develop
a
number
of
new
rail
station
schemes
not
enough
to
deliver
them
but
to
to
develop
them
for
future
delivery
and
has
created
new
bus.
Stop
infrastructure
across
the
city,
with
real-time
information
again
to
make
public
transport
use
much
more
attractive
to
the
travelling
public
set
out.
I
The
report
has
also
very
clearly
identified
the
carbon
savings,
so
the
reduction
greenhouse
gas
emissions
over
60
years
as
a
result
of
the
mode
shift
that
this
report
is
intended,
that
this
work
is
intended
to
deliver
is
15
947
tons
of
co2
equivalence,
which
is
equivalent
to
over
5
million
pounds
of
carbon
savings
and
13.4
million
car
trips
and
the
scheme
was
over
programmed
from
the
start.
I
We
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
made
full
use
of
the
funding
that
was
available,
and
we
now,
as
set
out
in
the
report,
have
schemes
over
and
above
those
that
we
can
deliver
in
the
time
available,
which
will
mean
that
we
have
a
number
of
shovel
ready
schemes
which
we
will
be
able
to
take
forward.
As
and
when
further
government
funding
allows.
D
A
number
of
points
on
this
really
and
we
have
had,
I
think,
a
little
bit
of
leeway
from
the
government
in
terms
of
they've
softened
their
approach
slightly
to
say
that,
where
we're
about
to
let
contracts
it
can
be
extended
through
into
the
next
financial
year.
D
I'd
like
confirmation
of
that.
Please-
and
I
want
to
go
back
actually
to
and
you'd,
be
delighted
to
know
that
on
this,
probably
for
the
different
different
reasons.
Councillor
gottman
and
I
agree
it-
concerns
me
that
I
I've
said
this
at
the
wyka
board
as
well,
that
far
too
many
schemes
have
remained
totally
unamended
or
even
worse,
have
not
been
properly
economically
evaluated
in
the
light
of
coving,
and
I
was
disappointed
to
hear
that
throughout
councilman
herring's
comments.
D
D
The
a647
cycle
way
between
leeds
and
bradford
part
of
city
connect
overspent
by
three
and
a
half
million
pounds.
D
D
I
would
like
telling
how-
and
I
think
the
public
deserves
to
know
how
that
difference
has
been
now
been
reconciled
if
it
has
otherwise,
we
are
left
with
a
three
and
a
half
million
overspend
on
that
scheme
alone.
That
section
of
that
scheme
alone.
A
H
Thank
you,
council,
blake
plus.
If
I
asked
gary
to
pick
up
the
specifics
in
terms
of
contractual
position
with
dft
funding
and
the
covid
related
elements,
and
then
I
can
pick
up
the
question
on
the
city
connect
overspend
gary.
K
Thank
you,
martin,
certainly
on
on
the
contracts
side
of
things.
Yes
to
begin
with,
dft
were
very
clear
that
every
bit
of
the
funding
had
to
be
spent
by
the
end
of
march
2021.
K
I
have
to
say
I
think
that
was
pretty
unrealistic
at
that
point
in
time,
just
because
of
the
sheer
amount
of
money
and
where
schemes
were,
and
over
time,
there's
been
good
dialogue
with
dft.
K
I'm
now
in
a
position
where
it's
agreed
that
provided
schemes
are
in
contract
by
the
end
of
march
21,
then
the
funding
will
be
available
the
following
year
and
work
can
continue
so
so
that
was
made
or
probably
about
two
years
or
so
ago.
Now,
and
that's
really
helped
it's
ease
to
pressure
somewhat,
but
there
is
still
huge
pressure
to
deliver
such
a
major
program
of
works
in
in
a
very
short
space
of
time.
K
The
the
kovid
19
one
that
that's
an
interesting
one,
because
the
the
assurance
processes
that
we're
following
have
obviously
been
set
in
train
for
a
number
of
years
and
we're
trying
to
deal
with
the
impact
of
covet
19..
So
I
I
probably
it
is
fair
to
say
what
council
carthage
said
there,
and
that
will
be
something
that
will
have
to
be
developed
over
the
next
few
months.
K
Many
of
these
schemes
are
very
a
long
way
through
the
process
and
nearing
completion
and
in
terms
of
getting
approval
through
the
system
and
so
to
go
back
now,
I
think,
would
jeopardize
that
their
delivery
within
in
certain
time
frames
having
having
said
that.
Also,
though,
I
think
much
of
what
we're
doing
will
actually
help
very
much
help
the
situation
as
the
economy
comes
out
of
covid
19
and,
as
things
start
to
improve
and
gets
back
to
normal,
hopefully
next
year.
K
What
we're
about
here
all
the
reasons
that
councilman
mulherin
said,
but
also
about
obviously
providing
real
choice
for
people
from
walking,
cycling,
public
transport
and
obviously
still
retaining
access
and
retaining
access
for
people
who
need
to
use
their
car
too.
So
so
I
think
there
is
a
positive
story
to
be
had
there,
but
in
terms
of
a
an
analog
analytical
approach
to
that,
I
I
think
that's
something
that
we
need
to
develop.
H
No
yeah
yeah.
No,
I
can
do
so.
I
mean
counselor
carter
you're,
referring
to
a
disagreement
between
the
council
and
the
combined
authority
on
assurances
that
elite
city
council
feel
it
was
given
with
regard
to
the
spend
on
that.
H
The
current
position
is
that
the
council
is
working
with
the
combined
authority,
where
the
we've
agreed
the
principle
of
sale
of
land
from
leeds
city
council
to
the
combined
authority
on
manson
lane,
and
that
land
is
to
facilitate
a
park
and
ride
facility
for
the
rail
halt
for
the
thought
park
station
at
the
combined
authority
leading
on
so
so.
That's
that
would
create
a
windfall
receipt
for
the
council.
A
D
Yes,
thank
you
comment
on
both
the
answers
really
well.
I
appreciate
the
fact
that
some
of
the
major
highway
public
realm
schemes
are
well
under
construction,
but
a
lot
are
not
and
I've
not
really
received
any
assurance.
Indeed,
I
haven't
received
any
assurance
that
we
are
looking
at
the
economic
impact
of
the
schemes
not
yet
started
on
things
like
retail
and
hospitality
in
the
city
center.
That's
really
disappointing.
D
H
Just
a
clarified
leader,
the
the
land
in
question
is
land
that
would
be
needed
for
the
park
and
ride
so
it'd
be
used
for
a
park
and
ride.
In
any
event,
it's
not
a
piece
of
land
that
the
council
would
look
to
sell
separate
to
the
rail
hold
so
rather
than
provide
it
on
a
less
than
best
basis.
That
would
combine
authority.
A
Okay,
thank
you.
Can
I
bring
councillor
goldsman,
please.
E
Thanks
chair,
I'm
afraid
this
is
going
to
be
another
paper
that
I'm
reserving
my
position
on.
I
I
was
a
little
bit
overcome
by
how
relaxed
people
were
to
this
paper
when
I
got
briefed
on
it
because,
as
as
far
as
I'm
concerned,
it's
it's
a
litany
of
failure
in
a
great
part,
and
I
think
at
the
center
of
it
is
a
real
pausing
of
oversight
of
the
highways
department
and
its
performance
and
delivery.
E
I
wrote
to
counselor
mulherian
in
february
last
year
after
I
was
very
concerned
with
correspondence
I'd
had
with
highways
officers
about
the
level
of
work.
They
were
expected
to
process
on
a
team
which
was
significantly
understaffed,
and
this
paper
seems
to
be
the
balance
sheet
for
the
lack
of
investment
that
was
overlooked.
Then,
and
my
concerns
were
dismissed,
there
is
a
huge
amount
of
over-programming
that's
outlined
in
this
paper.
E
It
isn't
just
a
certain
amount,
it's
a
huge
amount
and
when
this
council
announced
its
amazing
settlement
from
the
government
after
we'd
been
messed
around
over
supertram
and
ngt,
and
we
had
174
million
quid
and
we
listed
all
the
things
that
were
going
to
be
coming
out
of
it.
E
The
public
out
there
got
quite
excited,
and
understandably
so,
because
it
was
made
to
be
such
a
big
thing
and
they
must
be
so
deflated
at
the
lack
of
delivery
under
the
time
scale.
That
was
set
for
the
leeds
integrated
transport
plan
to
deliver,
and
I
think
that's
one
of
the
reasons
why
it's
been
renamed
as
connecting
leads
and
then
other
bits
have
been
added
onto
it.
E
The
delivery
of
all
of
these
proposals
has
been
reliant
upon
windfall
opportunities
like
the
government's
shovel
ready
schemes
programme
and
basically
unquestioned
access
to
the
west
yorkshire
transport
fund
to
to
make
up
for
the
spending
deficits
or
overspends
or
whatever
on
our
own
program,
and
I
don't
see
any
kind
of
transparent
or
thought
out
prioritization
program
in
terms
of
the
schemes
which
will
go
forward
and
the
schemes
which
end
up
going
on
the
back
burner
or
ultimately
become
rejected,
and
especially
on
the
rail
aspect
of
the
integrated
transport
plan.
E
It
doesn't
feel
like
there's
actually
going
to
be
anything
delivered
after
millions
of
pounds
have
been
spent
on
professional
services.
I
I
am
really
concerned
about
this
and
I
I'm
not
sure
what
kind
of
response
I'm
going
to
get
back
from
from
councilman
herring,
because
even
when
she
was
talking
about
the
city
square
earlier,
she
was
talking
about
how
this
council
takes
its
air
quality
seriously.
You
know
a
month
after
it's
shrugged
its
shoulders
when
the
when
the
clean
air
zone
got
cancelled.
E
It's
all
right,
saying:
we've
delivered
this
amount
of
carbon
and
we've
solved
this
and
we're
serious
about
integrated
transport
and
and
active
travel.
It's
in
the
delivery
that
you
will
be
judged,
and
this
paper
is
a
list
of
failure
over
to
you,
councilman
herring
via
the
chair.
Obviously,.
K
The
this
at
the
set
outside
of
this
program,
which
just
remember
we
identified
following
a
very
extensive
public
consultation,
a
series
of
schemes,
ideas
at
that
time
that
that
hadn't
been
developed
and
would
only
got
approval
from
dft
in
april
2017.
K
K
One
in
the
report
outlines
the
schemes
that
are
completed
already,
the
schemes
that
are
on
site
schemes,
where
we
have
managed
to
secure
additional
funding
into
the
program
as
well,
which
will
bring
more
benefits
so,
rather
than
seeing
it
as
a
failure,
as
galton
has
referred
to
it.
I
see
it
as
a
a
major
achievement
by
a
team
of
people
that
are
working
on
a
whole
range
of
other
initiatives
and
programs
for
the
council,
and
I
would
pay
tribute
to
them.
K
We
we
set
out
to
make
sure
that
we
would
deliver
a
wide
range
of
outline
business
cases.
That's
where
what
we
said
to
begin
with
was
the
number
of
those
then
taking
forward
into
implementation.
We
didn't
say
at
the
outset
that
we
would
deliver
everything.
The
the
key
thing
was
to
make
sure
that
we
spent
up
the
174
million
because,
as
councillor
carter
covered
in
his
question
at
the
outset,
dft
made
it
very
clear
to
leed
city
council
that
if
we
didn't
spend
it
by
march
2021,
the
money
would
be
taken
away.
K
We
wouldn't
receive
the
money
that
was
the
starting
point,
but
then
working
together
with
colleagues
at
the
combined
authority
and
with
our
partners,
we've
moved
it
into
position
where
we've
got
a
little
bit
longer
to
enable
us
to
to
move
this
program
forward
and
the
the
the
public
consultation
was
very
well
received,
involved
tens
of
thousands
of
people
and,
as
I
say
in
table,
one
a
lot
is
being
delivered
and
if
people
have
been
to
leeds
now,
you
will
see
the
amount
of
work
that's
taking
place
in
the
city
centre
on
many
of
these
schemes.
K
A
Yeah
absolutely
councilman,
I'm
sure
you'll
come
in
on
similar
lines.
I
Thank
you
I'd
just
really
say
I
think
gary
has
kind
of
covered
the
response
I
was
going
to
make
perhaps
more
politely
than
I
was
going
to
make
it,
and
I
really
the
fluff
and
bluster
in
council
girls.
I
Comments
probably
made
to
cover
his
next
leaflet
or
facebook
post
doesn't
really
do
justice
to
the
work
that
has
been
done
by
officers
of
this
council
and
the
partners
that
have
been
out
as
key
workers
delivering
schemes
throughout
the
whole
of
the
pandemic
on
sites
trying
to
do
the
work
that
they
do
socially
distance
in
a
safe
manner
to
deliver
schemes
for
the
people
of
this
city
so
that
they
can
get
back
to
work
when
we
come
out
on
the
other
side
of
this
in
a
safe
way
and
in
a
way
that
actually
enables
them
to
take
public
transport
and
other
methods
of
getting
in
and
out
of
their
workplace
safely
and
to
use
all
of
the
other
fantastic
facilities
that
we
have
in
the
center
of
leeds.
I
So
I
just
really
endorse
the
comments
that
gary's
just
made.
Thank
you
to
the
team.
A
Thank
you,
councilman
herrin.
Can
I
ask
us
to
approve
the
recommendations
and
note.
I
think
that
both
council
carter
and
council
goldson
are
reserving
their
position
on
this.
Thank
you
very
much
for
those
updates.
Can
we
move
on
then
to
the
next
portfolio
item
counselor
prior,
please.
L
On
the
report
from
last
september,
I
think
it's
important
to
note
that
this
data,
actually
council
alum
scrutiny
board,
who
are
actually
in
the
middle
of
a
full
inquiry
into
kind
of
exclusions,
full-time
exclusions,
part-time
exclusions,
elective
home
education
and
off-roading
that
has
been
paused
slightly
due
to
clovid
and,
I
think,
is
due
to
resume
in
the
new
year.
So
obviously,
a
lot
of
the
things
in
this
are
ongoing
on
exclusions.
L
So
obviously
these
were
paused
between
march
and
june
this
year
due
to
the
pandemic,
but
I
can
say
that
in
the
18
to
19
academic
year
there
were
11
permanent
excuse
exclusions
across
the
city.
This
is
at
a
rate
of
0.02,
which
is
increased
slightly
from
the
previous
year
to
that
which
was
not
point
not
one,
but
it
is
important
to
note
that
both
of
these
are
significantly
below
the
national
rate
of
0.2
and
actually,
we
are
lower
than
all
of
our
comparators
and
we
had
no
permanent
exclusions
from
special
schools.
L
We
are,
however,
as
a
city
slightly
above
the
national
average
average
for
fixed
term
exclusions,
but
we
do
remain
below
our
comparators
on
that,
just
to
kind
of
kind
of.
Let
members
know
exactly
where
we
sit
in
the
country,
and
I
know
actually,
the
rate
of
fixed
term
exclusions
was
something
which
was
or
has
been
of
particular
interest
to
the
scrutiny
board
when
they
have
taken
papers
on
this.
L
In
the
past
on
elective
home
education,
there
has
been
quite
a
significant
uptick
in
notifications
of
this
since
the
start
of
the
new
academic
year
notifications
in
all
year
groups,
but
specifically
or
significantly
in
key
stages,
one
and
two,
the
most
frequent
reason
for
this
given
has
been
covered.
So
we
are
kind
of
working
through
these
numbers
and
and
potentially
next
year,
we're
not
sure
yet
kind
of
when
life
gradually
turns
returns
back
to
normal
there's
a
chance.
L
We
may
see
these
children
being
electively
home
educated
want
to
return
to
mainstream
education,
but
obviously
that
remains
to
be
seen.
L
I
think
it's
worth
saying
that
last
year
the
children's
commissioner
produced
a
report
which
was
called
skipping
school,
how
children
disappear
from
england's
schools
and
that's
to
highlight
the
many
ways
in
which
children
were
kind
of
came
off
the
role
of
schools
in
in
in
a
variety
of
ways,
kind
of
other
than
exclusions,
and
it
highlighted
that,
while,
while
some
parents
do
make
a
positive
philosophical
choice
to
educate
their
children
and
do
an
excellent
job,
it's
not
always
the
case,
and
this
is
obviously
quite
a
difficult
topic
which
is
still
still
ongoing.
L
We
saw
last
year
how,
sadly,
some
schools
do
kind
of
use
other
options
other
than
exclusions
to
to
kind
of
move
children
off
role.
The
government
is
yet
to
act
on
the
children
commit
children's
commissioner's
report,
and
we
know
that
this
is
something
that
ofsted
is
starting
to
look
at
and
take
a
lot
more
seriously
and
obviously
we're
looking
at
it
at
a
local
level
I'll
leave
it
there
for
now.
In
terms
of
introductory
comments
and
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
D
Yes,
thank
you
chair.
Just
one
really,
as
council
proud
said,
there's
an
ongoing
scrutiny
inquiry
which
will,
I
think,
drill
fairly
thoroughly
down
into
all
these
statistics,
but
there's
just
one.
I
I
wanted
to
query
and
that's
on
primary
exclusions,
which
are
alarmingly
rising
and
we've
gone
from
there's
some
banding,
apparently
on
this
we've
gone
from
bandai
to
bandi,
which
indicates
to
me
a
worse
thing
in
the
situation.
Is
there
any
a
delight
councillor
prior
can
shed
on
that?
Please.
A
That's
brad.
You
want
me
to
bring
in
sal
or.
B
A
correction
that
councillor
carter,
it's
from
bandai
to
band
b,.
A
Okay,
thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
and
I'm
sure
we'll
get
an
update
when
we
know
the
results
of
the
scrutiny
inquiry
somber.
Can
we
approve
the
recommendations
of
the
report.
L
Yes,
yeah
of
course,
so
the
next
paper
is
the
equalities
improvement
priorities
report.
So
this
report
sets
out
the
annual
progress
against
the
council's
equality
improvement
priorities
for
2018
to
2022.
L
It
outlines
the
reviewed,
amended
and
completed
priorities
across
the
entire
council
in
all
directorates,
and
these
are
both
to
meet
the
legal
duties
under
the
2010
equality
act,
but
also
fits
in
with
the
council's
wider
ambition
to
be
the
best
city
in
the
uk,
compassionate
and
caring,
but
with
a
strong
economy
and
so
in
within
the
report.
L
It's
quite
a
thorough
and
long
report
which
goes
into
a
huge
amount
of
detail,
but
it
starts
with
kind
of
a
demographic
breakdown
city
things
such
as
the
work
that
adults
and
health
directorate
are
doing
with
older,
lgbt
communities
work
on
windrush
black
lives
matter,
then
through
to
reducing
fuel
poverty
being
a
major
employer
and
also
to
leeds
being
a
city
of
sanctuary
and
taking
in
refugees
fleeing,
so
that
some
of
the
truly
horrific
circumstances
they're
coming
from
and
obviously
councillor
cooper
had
a
full
report
on
that
last
last,
exact
board.
L
A
Okay,
thank
you,
council
goldson,.
E
Only
a
small
one
chair
and
it
was
to
say
obviously
as
one
of
the
councils
called
champions.
I'm
I'm
well
aware
of
the
priorities
that
the
individual
departments
are
offering,
but
sometimes
issues
come
up
with
councillors,
casework,
for
instance,
where
an
unintended
bias
or
discrimination
occurs
and
I've
already
let
the
department
know.
E
But
I
think
one
of
the
things
that's
become
apparent
to
me
as
a
counselor
is
how
we
have
yet
to
respond,
for
instance,
to
the
younger
disabled
population
and
what
their
needs
are
we're
very
good
at
looking
after
our
elderly
disabled,
and
we
have
excellent
commission
services
for
adults
with
with
learning
disabilities.
E
But
I
think
it's
one
of
those
areas
where
we
might
need
to
have
a
refocus
and
the
different
departments
have
a
look
at
where
cross
departmentally.
They
can
create
a
better
outcome.
L
Yeah
so
there's
a
the
section
in
the
report
on
the
children's
services
improvement
priorities
and
actually
kind
of
not
in
this
paper,
but
referring
back
to
the
annual
standards
report,
we've
been
looking
at
specifically
reducing
some
of
the
gaps
in
learning
outcomes
for
vulnerable
learners,
with
with
key
stage
two
children
with
send
from
memory
we'd
increased,
I
think,
by
two
percent.
Some
of
the
reading.
Writing
and
maths
results
there.
L
So
we
are
making
progress,
there's
still
a
there's,
still
a
dif,
a
gap
between
kind
of
disadvantaged
children
and
non-disadvantaged
children.
But
I
know
on
progress.
Eight,
we
disadvantaged
children,
we
do
outperform
the
rest
of
the
country.
We
are
above
the
country
on
that
measure,
but
I
mean
that's
not
say
that
there's
not
more
work
to
be
done.
L
There
are
some
particular
items
on
on
in
the
report
about
specific
disabilities,
say,
for
example,
improving
access
to
council
services
for
for
deaf
people,
for
example,
but
I
guess
that's
the
nature
of
disabilities.
It's
quite
difficult
to
treat
it
as
one
homogenous
block
that
kind
of
people
with
different
disabilities
require
quite
different
things,
because
this
report
is
looking
backwards.
It
it
doesn't
have
a
huge
amount
on
kind
of
the
specific
effects
of
covert.
We
know
that
kovit
is
going
to
disproportionately
affect
all
people
with
disabilities,
including
children
with
disabilities.
L
So
now
that
is
something
we
are
looking
at
going
forward.
Obviously,
if
council
galton's
got
a
a
specific
issue
in
mind,
I'm
more
than
happy
to
to
address
that
or
or
a
specific
disability,
because
if
they
how
you
kind
of
mitigate
each
one
is
quite
different.
A
Okay,
do
you
want
to
come
back
how's
the
gospel?
Are
you
satisfied
with
the
response.
E
I
I
wasn't
as
clear
as
I
could
have
been.
I
was
talking
more
about
younger
adults
as
opposed
to
those
looked
after
by
children's
services,
because
I
do
recognize
that
children's
services
have
a
very
good
record
in
terms
of
looking
after
our
our
younger
young
people.
It's
when
people
get
into
adulthood
that
sometimes
the
challenges
appear
but,
as
I
said,
I'm
happy
to
work
through
that
outside
of
this
meeting
chair.
A
Okay,
thank
you,
okay,
thank
you
very
much.
Can
we
approve
the
recommendations
of
the
report
and
move
on
to
counselor
charlwood?
Please
item
15.
M
Thank
you
nida.
I
think
my
internet
may
be
a
bit
unstable.
So
if
you
can't
hear
me,
tell
me
something:
okay
at
the
moment:
okay,
great!
Thank
you,
council
gotten.
I
can
pick
that
up
with
you
outside
the
meeting
as
well,
if
you
like
about
the
younger
disabled
adults.
M
So
this
item
is
the
national
flu
immunisation
program,
2020
2021,
and
it's
bringing
an
update
about
the
department
public
health
department's
work
on
this,
a
very
important
issue
this
year,
because
obviously,
due
to
the
risk
of
flu
and
covid
co-circulating
this
winter
together,
the
flu
immunisation
program
is
much
more
important
than
usual
even
to
protect
vulnerable
people
and
support
resilience
of
the
health
and
care
system.
M
M
M
M
So
the
aim
is
to
achieve
a
minimum
uptake
of
around
75
across
all
of
our
eligible
groups
and
100
offer
to
all
frontline
health
and
social
care
workers.
As
you
would
expect,
good
progress
has
been
made
across
the
city
on
increasing
uptake
with
about
75
of
the
over
65s.
Having
received
the
vaccine
already,
all
other
eligible
groups
have
increased
their
uptake
rates
compared
to
this
time
last
year,
but
there's
more
work
to
do,
and
obviously
this
is
really
excellent
because
of
the
difficulties
and
challenges
facing
our
health
system
at
the
moment.
M
So
that's
that's
great
news.
I
think
so.
Planning
and
delivering
the
program
is
much
more
challenging
this
year,
just
because
of
primary
care
and
and
the
covered
safe
environments,
social
care
services,
the
need
for
social
distancing
measures
and
certain
uncertainties
around
staff
absences,
so
immunizers
have
been
focusing
on
achieving
maximum
uptake
of
the
flu
vaccine
for
eligible
groups.
M
So
we're
hoping
also
to
take
lessons
from
this
approach
to
the
rollout
of
the
of
any
coveted
vaccine
that
comes
available,
so
we're
taking
learning
and
leadership
less.
You
know
learning
from
this
from
this
rollout
and
that
will
inform
the
the
covert
vaccination
plan,
which
will
be
really
challenging.
So
we
need
to
try
and
hit
the
ground
running
with
that.
So
we're
obviously
already
really
engaged
with
that.
M
So
the
groups
that
we
are
trying
to
work
with
are
all
those
age
65
and
over.
We
want
to
get
75
at
least
of
those.
M
As
we
said,
we've
already
got
in
in
that
group,
under
65
clinical
at-risk
groups,
we
want
to
also
target
pregnant
women,
all
children
aged
two
to
ten
long-stay
residential
care,
home
residents,
carers,
closed
contacts
of
immuno-compromised
individuals,
frontline
health
and
care
workers,
but
also
we're
going
to
try
to
offer
the
vaccination
to
everyone
between
50
to
64
years
as
well,
which
is
a
new
group
following
prioritization
of
other
eligible
groups
and
subject
to
the
vaccine
supply.
M
So
we
need
to
make
sure
we
have
enough
vaccine,
but
if
we
manage
to
get
through
enough
of
our
the
the
earlier
groups
that
I
mentioned
then
we'll
be
also
offering
it
to
those
groups
as
well
I'll
stop
there.
Thank
you.
A
Okay,
thank
you,
casa
carter.
Any
comments
on
this.
D
Yes,
I
thank
council
charlotte
for
that
very
thorough
introduction,
clearly
a
very
concerning
area
at
the
moment,
given
the
kovid
situation,
I
just
hope
that
we
can
get
these
levels
of
uptake
when
the
kovid
vaccinations
are
put,
in
the
plural,
become
available.
D
I'm
sure
a
lot
of
us
are
extremely
concerned
at
some
of
the
quite
appalling
online
messaging.
There
is
going
on
about
from
people
who
seem
to
be
totally
opposed
to
vaccinations.
D
They're
doing
us
all
a
very
great
disservice,
and
I
think
we
we
wait
to
see
what
the
government
intends
to
do
about
trying
to
to
effectively
combat
some
of
that
disinformation
we're
in
a
very
dangerous
time,
and
we
have
to,
I
think,
to
send
out
a
singular
message,
and
this
paper,
certainly
as
regards
flue
immunisation-
does
that
so
I'm
happy
to
support
it.
A
Thank
you,
councillor
goldsman.
A
Yeah,
thank
you
we'll
probably
come
back
to
talk
about
vaccinations
actually
further
and
item
18..
Can
we
agree
the
recommendations
of
the
paper?
Thank
you
for
the
update
and
move
on
to
councillor
repeat.
Please.
J
Thank
you.
Thank
you
chair.
This
report
is
about
the
replacement
depot
and
the
operational
center
for
environmental
services.
The
current
waste
management
system
is
ahead,
showing
us
that
we
are
not
suited
to
meeting
the
long-term
meet
needs
of
the
council's
operational
requirements.
J
The
funding
was
approved
to
deliver
the
decor
by
executive
board,
a
new
market
approach
which
is
adjacent
to
the
earth
in
2017.
J
The
report
details
share
that
since
then,
a
new
design
has
been
developed
that
takes
into
account
a
capacity
operational
requirements
and
asset
ration,
rationalization
opportunities,
the
design
offers
flexible,
high
quality
working
environment
and
an
eco-friendly
building
which
will
minimize
the
running
costs,
reduce
the
impact
of
carbon
footprint.
J
Four
million
was
was
approved
back
in
2017.
J
We
require
another
5
million,
so
the
report
is
about
as
well
as
updating
the
board
on
on.
The
developments
is
to
seek
a
further
5.1
million,
which
will
be
funded
through
prudential
borrowing.
I'll
stop
that
I
think
the
report
is,
you
know
fairly
fairly
self-explanatory
to
comments
or
questions.
D
Yes,
a
simple,
very
straightforward
question
when's
this
going
to
happen.
It
seems
to
have
been
a
very
long
long-running
saga
decisions
were
taken
some
time
ago
and
we
still
don't
seem
to
be
anywhere
near
getting
cracking
what's
holding
it
up,
because
you
mentioned
the
prudential
borrowing,
but
I'll
mention
the
fact
that
there
are
capital
receipts
available
too
from
the
sites
that
we
vacate.
J
I
can
do
by
all
means
chair
countercut.
So
if
you
look
at
paragraph
3.21
of
the
report
that
gives
you
the
key
milestones
that
we
now
expect
to
be
in
place
subject
to
executive
boards,
agreement
today
and
you'll
see
from
there
that
we
anticipate
the
main
contract
award
being
made
in
january
2021
and
actually
start
on
site
in
february
and
therefore
completion
by
december.
So
if
we
get
the
approval
today,
we
can
then
get
moving
and
in
the
year's
time
we'll
have
the
new
depo.
A
Okay,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
james
sorry,
do
you
want
to
come
back
andrew
yeah.
A
Okay,
thank
you.
Can
we
agree
the
recommendations
and
move
on
to
item
17,
please
counselor
cooper
yeah.
Thank
you.
B
Leader
this
paper
on
item
17
today
is
ask
an
executive
board
to
endorse
the
principles
of
keep
it
local.
I
think
it
will
be
a
really
good
addition
to
the
the
work
that
we
do
in
the
city
with
the
third
sector.
B
Many
of
our
third
sector
organizations
are
already
members
of
the
keep
it
local
under
the
national
charity
of
locality,
and
it
creates
a
wider
network
for
us
to
to
help
develop
some
of
our
well-known
pieces
of
work
that
we've
been
doing
over
a
number
of
years.
Now,
the
there
is
some
good
examples
of
what
leeds
has
done
in
the
city
and
that's
under
3.3
in
the
report.
B
A
Thank
you
very
much.
Councilor.
A
Okay,
thank
you.
Councillor,
goldson.
A
Okay,
can
we
agree
the
recommendations
through
the
recommendations
of
the
report?
Thank
you,
councillor,
cooper
and
that
moves
us
on
to
item
18,
which
is
the
late
report
and
giving
us
an
update
on
the
situation
in
its
broadest
context.
Around
covid.
A
I
don't
want
to
repeat
everything.
That's
in
the
paper,
it's
a
very
full
report,
as
I'm
sure
you're
aware-
and
I
hope
you
have
all
been
appreciating
the
update
communications
that
we've
been
putting
out
with
them
all
of
the
changes
that
have
been
taking
place.
Of
course,
we're
now
just
one
day
off
the
midpoint
in
the
in
the
lockdown
that
came
into
force
across
england
on
november.
A
The
fourth
was
it,
I
think,
so,
a
huge
amount
of
work,
continuing
covering
all
of
the
aspects
that
everyone
would
expect
around
the
updates,
around
testing
working
with
the
government
and,
obviously
the
financial
situation,
the
business
grant
schemes
that
have
come
in
as
a
result
of
going
into
the
lockdown.
A
They
work
with
the
universities
in
terms
of
preparing
for
students
returning
to
their
own
communities
and
homes
at
the
beginning
of
december,
and
many
more
items
as
well,
I
think,
bear
to
refer
back
to
the
paper
on
the
flu
vaccinations
and
just
to
recognize
that
this
week
has
been
a
significant
week
in
terms
of
the
the
announcements
about
the
vaccinations
and
the
success
of
the
the
work
that's
been
taking
place
across
the
world.
A
One
of
the
issues
that
we're
we're
not
yet
clear
on
is
how
we
will
come
out
of
this
current
lockdown
and,
along
with
other
local
authorities
across
the
country,
we're
working
with
government
to
seek
clarification
about
what
they,
the
next
steps
will
be
and
what
our
place
within
that
that
those
scenarios
will
actually
be
but
happy
to
leave
it
there.
I
don't
know
victoria
if
there's
anything
else,
you'd
like
to
add
at
this
point.
M
M
So
there
is
a
huge
push
on
testing
wider
testing
that
we
than
we
have
at
the
moment.
That's
coming
nationally
that
we
need
to
manage
to
give
us
the
best
outcomes
locally,
there's,
obviously,
the
the
major
challenge
around
the
vaccine,
as
you've
said
and
and
and
the
position
around
restrictions,
and
we
even
though
we're
halfway
through
that
lockdown
period,
that
the
next
seven
to
ten
days
will
will
really
be
the
time
that
we
can
see
how
much
of
an
impact
it's
made
so
that
it
does
feel.
M
D
Yes
again,
I
I'll
be
brief
because
for
elected
members
anyway,
we
we've
been
through
a
lot
of
this,
but
there
are
some.
There
are
some
crucial
issues
here.
I
know.
Officers
in
finance
and
city
development
are
working
extremely
hard
to
finalize
the
discretionary
packages
of
financial
support
for
businesses.
D
That
is
absolutely
crucial
and
the
additional
support
that
the
government
is
providing
for
us
is
very
much
welcomed,
but
it's
no
good
if
it's
sitting
in
our
bank
accounts
or
the
capital,
the
council's
bank
account
and
not
going
out
to
the
businesses
that
need.
It
now
know
that
officers
are
working
very
hard
to
get
these
discretionary
funds
up
and
running
the
statutory
one
of
course
went
live
on
the
9th
of
november
and
there's
been
a
a
big
uptake,
all
already,
which
is
good
news
just
on
vaccines.
D
Yes,
absolutely
good
news
that
now
two
and
I
strongly
suspect
a
third
anytime
soon
will
be
announced,
and
I
think
it's
right
that
they're
going
to
have
not
put
all
their
eggs
in
one
basket.
Can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
yeah
all
the
eggs
in
one
basket
and
have
spread
the
ordering
across
across
various
different
consortiums.
D
As
regards
the
pivotal
moment,
it
absolutely
is,
I
think,
the
everyone
is
looking
to
what
the
figures
indicate
now
over
this
next
10
days
or
so
we're
only
two
weeks
into
the
new
lockdown,
although
it
seems
like
an
age-
and
I
suppose
my
biggest
concern
therefore,
is
our
case
is
coming
down
sufficiently
to
get
us
into
a
tear
that
gives
people
half
a
chance
to
have
some
sort
of
a
social
life,
some
sort
of
a
a
life
and
businesses
a
chance
to
survive
and
we're
all
in
the
position
of
waiting
to
see
we
as
a
council,
we
just
have
to
go
on
doing
everything
that
we
can
to
suppress
the
spread
of
this
dreadful
disease
and
give
the
same
message
to
all
our
citizens
stick
to
the
rules.
A
Thank
you.
I
don't
think
you
asked
for
any
more
information
on
that
point,
but
certainly
those
are
the
points
that
we
will
be
continuing
to
work
on,
to
monitor
and
communicate
when
we
have
any
more
updates
or
information
to
to
put
out
council
goldson.
Do
you
have
any
comments
to
make
at
this
point.
E
Only
one
question
chair,
I
know
that
we
will
be
receiving
some
support
from
government
for
covid
costs
and
that
I
think,
is
associated
besides
the
business
related
support,
also
to
enabling
task
and
trace.
E
But
I
just
wondered
if
there
was
any
other
coveted
response
which
was
included,
because
I'm
aware,
for
instance,
that
the
enforcement
of
lockdown
is
as
big
an
issue
for
local
people
as
much
as
the
clinical
response
aspect,
and
I
know
that
our
enforcement
teams
have
been
depleted
somewhat
by
staff
leaving
through
the
the
tranche
that
was
mentioned
earlier
in
the
meeting,
but
also
staff
that
are
isolating.
E
And
I
just
wondered
if
there
was
any
particular
consultation
between
the
agencies
and
the
police
to
try
and
coordinate
on
a
smaller
key
team
to
overcome
those
staff
shortages
to
respond
meaningfully.
When
people
do
report,
particularly
significant
breaches
of
lockdown.
A
I
think
the
other
area
victoria
perhaps
haven't
touched
on
is
the
is
the
way
the
money
is
coming
in
to
support
the
to
give
support
to
people
who
have
to
self-isolate
and
all
of
the
containment
strategy
as
well.
I
don't
know
if
you
want
to
pick
that
up
with
a
link
to
enforcement,
whether
tom
wants
to
come
in
on
that.
M
I
can,
I
can
start,
I'm
sure
tom
and
maybe
others
can
add
particular
to
the
enforcement
specifics.
M
M
So
even
though
tier
three
didn't
happen
for
us,
we
still
had
the
additional
funding
based
on
a
kind
of
a
range
of
issues
that
that
were
agreed
through
that
process.
So
it
is
councillor
golton
much
broader
than
just
the
testing
and
tracing
it
does
include
a
line
on
increasing
compliance
and
enforcement
activity
locally.
M
So
that's
been
the
basis
of
what
on
which
we've
been
asked
to
look
at
local
enhancements
of
that
activity.
So,
yes,
it
is
on
the
the
list.
I
don't
know
if
tomorrow
james
wants
to
say
any
more
on
that.
G
Well,
we
are
working
extremely
closely
with
the
police
and
and
across
services
to
try
and
make
sure
that
we
get
the
the
response
that
we
we
need
from
from
either
businesses
or
from
individuals
the
the
grants
programme
of
500
pounds,
we've
paid
out
422
of
those,
but
we
know
there's
much
bigger
demand
and
we
are
still
very
concerned
about
compliance
all
of
those
issues,
land
on
us
from
different
parts
of
whitehall
at
times.
G
So
we
are
working
closely
with
the
civil
servants
to
try
and
get
across
that
the
approach
to
mass
testing,
the
approach
to
local
test
and
trace
to
enforcement
to
what
will
become
vaccinate
a
vaccination
plan
all
need
to
land
together,
and
we
need
a
sort
of
integrated
and
concerted
approach
from
both
you
know
locally,
but
also
from
a
from
a
national
level
as
well.
G
So
that's
going
to
be
the
I
think,
the
challenge
and
communicating
really
clearly
and
engaging
with
the
diverse
communities
across
the
city
to
make
sure
that
people
know
you
know,
what's
what's
required
of
them
and
when
whether
that's
test
getting
a
test,
whether
it's
self-isolating
when
they
have
symptoms
and
after
they've
tested,
positive
or
they're
in
contact
or
it's
it's,
it's
getting
a
vaccine
probably
twice
within
within
a
month.
So
all
of
those
issues
huge
logistics
around
it
all,
but
we're
working
very
very
closely
and
utilizing
the
money.
A
Okay,
thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
for
that
can.
Can
I
ask
that
we
approve
the
recommendations
of
the
report
and
look
forward
to
further
updates
very
soon
and
thank
you.
Can
we
move
now
onto
the
last
item
on
the
agenda,
which
is
the
is
the
update
on
on
the
eu
brexit
strategy?
If
I
could
hand
over
to
tom
just
to
give
us
an
update
from
a
national
perspective,
if
you've
got
any
intelligence
that
you
want
to
share
with
us.
G
Just
there's
been
a
obviously
a
bit
of
a
hiatus
in
all
this,
because
the
negotiations
have
reached
a
critical
point.
So
things
like
the
you
know:
the
fishing
debates,
the
competition
rules
for
business
and
the
and
subsidies
and
the
dispute
resolution
seemed
to
be
the
you
know
the
key,
the
key
elements
that
we'll
find
out
more
in
the
next-
I
guess
10
days
or
so
what
happens?
G
What
happens
next
and
whether
we
have
a
deal
or
not
and
that
will
drive
the
you
know
that
I
think
the
impact
that
it
has
on
businesses
and
on
the
city.
Obviously,
if
there's
a
deal,
then
it's
it's
much
clearer
and
there's
a
there's,
a
smoother
transition.
If
there
isn't,
then
it's
going
to
be
a
it's
going
to
be
a
challenge.
G
We
met
business
organizations
recently
across
the
different
sectors
and
with
the
representative
groups
and
I
think
the
feedback
there
was
that
you
know
probably
like
us,
everybody's
extremely
busy
and
and
and
challenged
by
the
colvids
crisis,
and
that
there
isn't.
You
know
as
much
bandwidth
if
you
like
for
for
dealing
with
brexit
as
well,
and
that's
going
to
be
a
that's
going
to
be
a
challenge
for
small
and
larger
businesses.
I
would
say
it's
probably
quite
sectoral,
though
so
the
supermarkets
and
the
food
industry
report.
G
Quite
you
know,
quite
a
lot
of
confidence
in
terms
of
being
ready,
and
you
know
in
a
funny
way.
You
know
the
the
pandemic
has
given
them
a
dry
run
at
their
supply
chains,
having
challenges
and
demand
increasing
and
they're.
Very
you
know
complementary
about
the
you
know
the
engagement
that
they've
had.
On
the
other
hand,
other
sectors
are
less
confident,
particularly
manufacturers.
G
It
major
concerns
around
the
potential
impact
of
body
disruption
and
particularly
for
just
in
time,
manufacturers
and
you
know,
and
the
the
uncertainty
about
whether
they'll
be
they'll
they'll,
be
tariffs
or
not,
but
there
is
some
support.
That's
gone
into,
wyker
in
the
left,
81
000
pounds
to
support
businesses
to
prepare
for
the
end
of
transition.
G
The
settlement
scheme
work
continues
the
id
check-ins
back
up
and
running
at
marian
and
has
been
from
late
october
and
continues
through
this
second
lockdown,
and
the
community's
team
are
engaging
with
as
many
of
those
you
know,
hard
to
reach
groups
as
as
as
possible
and
and
the
we're
working
very
closely
with
the
nhs
as
well
to
make
sure
that
we're
willing
to
up
there.
But
as
we
stand,
you
know,
I
I
I
guess
your
guess
is
as
good
as
mine
about
whether
we
get
a
deal
or
not.