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Cabinet Member: Finance

Forward Plan Ref: 2024/208

Contact: Chris Douglas, One Fleet Senior Programme Manager (Chris.Douglas@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

Report by Executive Director for Resources and Section 151 Officer (CMDF4).

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

(a)                Endorse the approach and proposals to provide Supported Transport with new leases for 71 vehicles engaged in home to school transport for children with special educational needs

(b)               Authorise Officers to prepare and commence the procurement of the leases for those 71 vehicles.

(c)                Approve delegated authority to the Director of Property and Assets, to award, following a compliant procurement process, of 71 new leases for Supported Transport accessible minibuses, providing essential home to school transport for children with special educational needs.

The Chair welcomed everybody and introduced the item to the meeting.

The Chair noted that the leasing of vehicles was to benefit the home to school transport scheme.

The Chair thanked officers and agreed to the recommendations in the report.

RESOLVED to:

(a) Endorse the approach and proposals to provide Supported Transport with new leases for 71 vehicles engaged in home to school transport for children with special educational needs.

(b) Authorise Officers to prepare and commence the procurement of the leases for those 71 vehicles.

(c) Approve delegated authority to the Director of Property and Assets, to award, following a compliant procurement process, of 71 new leases for Supported Transport accessible minibuses, providing essential home to school transport for children with special educational needs.

Cabinet Member: Finance

Forward Plan Ref: 2024/209

Contact: Chris Douglas, One Fleet Senior Programme Manager (Chris.Douglas@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

Report by Executive Director for Resources and Section 151 Officer (CMDF5).

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to authorise the Director of Property and Assets to award, following completion of a compliant procurement process, new contract(s) for vehicle hire to support staff business travel needs across the County Council.

The Chair introduced the item to the meeting.

The Chair noted that the Council’s fleet management policy was not as efficient as it could be and that this solution would try to resolve these issues.

The Chair thanked officers and agreed to the recommendations in the report.

RESOLVED to:

a)    Authorise the Director of Property and Assets to award, following completion of a compliant procurement process, new contract(s) for vehicle hire to support staff business travel needs across the County Council.

Cabinet Member: Finance

Forward Plan Ref: 2024/210

Contact: Henry White, Operational Manager Property Strategy

Henry.white@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Report by Executive Director of Resources and Section 151 Officer (CMDF6)

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 as a key decision the purchase of a property in Banbury Town Centre for the purposes of re-providing Banbury Library and other Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) uses.

b)              Delegate authority to the Executive Director of Resources and Section 151 Officer, in consultation with the Director of Property and Assets; Director of Law & Governance and Monitoring Officer; and the Cabinet Member for Finance to consider Officer recommendations and agree the final purchase price and terms.

The Chair introduced the item to the meeting.

The Chair stated the scheme was long overdue and highlighted the opportunities to work with Cherwell District Council.

The Chair thanked officers and agreed to the recommendations in the report.

RESOLVED to:

a) Approve as a key decision the purchase of a property in Banbury Town Centre for the purposes of re-providing Banbury Library and other Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) uses.

b) Delegate authority to the Executive Director of Resources and Section 151 Officer, in consultation with the Director of Property and Assets; Director of Law & Governance and Monitoring Officer; and the Cabinet Member for Finance to consider Officer recommendations and agree the final purchase price and terms.