Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Environment

Forward Plan Ref: 2019/041

Contact: Paul Fermer, Assistant Director of Community Operations

Report by Director for Infrastructure Operations (CA11).

The report contains exempt information. The information contained in the report is exempt in that it falls within the following prescribed category:

3.         Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information);

and since it is considered that, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, in that disclosure would undermine the process to the detriment of the Council’s ability properly to discharge its fiduciary and other duties as a public authority.

The report seeks approval to enter into an Agency Agreement that will transfer the operational management of Oxfordshire County Council owned Park and Ride facilities to Oxford City Council these being Thornhill and Water Eaton.

Currently, the responsibility for managing the county’s Park & Ride sites is split between the City and County councils. By joining this up, we will be able to create more efficient use of resources as well as offer a better and more consistent service to users.

Proposals agreed in principle.

The report contains exempt information. The information contained in the report is exempt in that it falls within the following prescribed category:

3.         Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information);

and since it is considered that, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, in that disclosure would undermine the process to the detriment of the Council’s ability properly to discharge its fiduciary and other duties as a public authority.

The report sought approval to enter into an Agency Agreement that will transfer the operational management of Oxfordshire County Council owned Park and Ride facilities to Oxford City Council these being Thornhill and Water Eaton.

Councillor John Sanders, Shadow Cabinet member for Environment spoke in support of the proposal. He referred to other areas where there could be management co-operation between District and County Councils and suggested consideration of a liaison group to consider such proposals. Councillor Hudspeth highlighted the cross county role of the Oxfordshire Growth Board.

RESOLVED:  to:

(a)          agree in principle to enter into an Agency Agreement that will transfer the operational management of Oxfordshire County Council owed Park and Ride facilities to Oxford City Council.

(b)          to delegate authority to the Director of Law and Governance, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Environment, the Leader and the Strategic Director of Communities to agree appropriate terms of the agreement.