Agenda, decisions and minutes

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There were none.

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There were none.

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There were none.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 11 September 2024 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

The minutes of the meeting held on 11 September were approved and signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Cabinet Member: Children, Education and Young People’s Services

Forward Plan Ref: 2024/313

Contact: Andrea Benneyworth, Programme Manager – Residential Edge of Care (Andrea.Benneyworth@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

Report by Director of Children’s Services (CMDCEYPS5).

The information in this case is exempt in that it falls within the following prescribed categories:

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.

The annex containing exempt information under the above paragraph is attached.

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

a)    Approve entering the contract with E. W. Beards for them to carry out construction services on the refurbishment of Oathill Lodge, Enstone, Chipping Norton.

b)    Delegate authority to the Director of Property in consultation with the Head of Legal Services and the Deputy Monitoring Officer to complete all necessary legal documentation to give effect to this contract award.

At this point in the proceedings, the Chair resolved that the public be excluded during the consideration of the annex since it is likely that if they were present during that discussion there would be a disclosure of "exempt" information as described in Part I of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972 and specified below the item in the Agenda.

The Chair agreed to the recommendations in the report.

The Cabinet Member for Children, Education & Young People's Services RESOLVED to:

a)    Approve entering the contract with E. W. Beards for them to carry out construction services on the refurbishment of Oathill Lodge, Enstone, Chipping Norton.

b)    Delegate authority to the Director of Property in consultation with the Head of Legal Services and the Deputy Monitoring Officer to complete all necessary legal documentation to give effect to this contract award.