Issue - meetings

Forward Plan Ref: 2011/205

Contact: Neil Timberlake, Assistant Public Transport Officer Tel: (01865) 815585

Report by Deputy Director for Environment & Economy – Highways & Transport (CMDT9).

The Cabinet Member for Transport considered future funding for the employment of externally-based posts at Oxfordshire Rural Community Council in the light of current county funding arrangements ending on 31 March 2012.

Councillor Turner sought confirmation regarding arrangements for delivering MiDAS and PATS training.

Mr Timberlake confirmed that there had been a hiatus in provision between October 2011 and April 2012.  However, it was now proposed that this service would be transferred to the integrated transport unit in order to resume free provision of MiDAS and PATS training to the voluntary sector.   He understood numbers varied between 100 – 150 pa but the service could be reviewed if it was felt that it was not meeting needs.

Having regard to the arguments and options set out in the documentation before him, the representations made to him and the further considerations set out above the Cabinet Member for Transport confirmed his decision as follows:

(a)                     to pay Oxfordshire Rural Community Council £26,290.00 for 2012/13, to provide for the outputs listed in Annex 1 to the report CMDT9;

(b)                    that the Deputy Director for Environment & Economy (Highways & Transport) draw up a service level agreement with Oxfordshire Rural Community Council covering the job summary, key responsibilities, work programme and output targets expected for the Community Transport Advisor;

(c)                     to ask officers to continue to liaise regularly with the Community Transport Advisor, through joint liaison and one-to-one meetings, and to monitor the outputs of the post in line with the service level agreement.

The Cabinet Member for Transport is RECOMMENDED:

(a)         to pay Oxfordshire Rural Community Council £26,290.00 for 2012/13, to provide for the outputs listed in Annex 1 to this report;

(b)        that the Deputy Director for Environment & Economy (Highways & Transport) draw up a service level agreement with Oxfordshire Rural Community Council covering the job summary, key responsibilities, work programme and output targets expected for the Community Transport Advisor;

(c)         to ask officers to continue to liaise regularly with the Community Transport Advisor, through joint liaison and one-to-one meetings, and to monitor the outputs of the post in line with the service level agreement.