Issue - meetings

Forward Plan Ref: 2013/009

Contact: Trevor Askew, Service Manager – Operational Client Contracts Tel: (01865) 323678

Report by Deputy Director for Environment & Economy – Commercial & Delivery (CMDDL13E).

The information in this report is exempt in that it falls within the following prescribed category:

Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (Including the authority holding that information)

The Deputy Leader of the Council considered a review of subsidised bus  services in the Bicester and Banbury areas together with some services in the Ashbury, Lewknor and Goring areas which were also due for review.

Having regard to the arguments and options set out in the documentation before him the Deputy Leader of the Council then confirmed his decisions on this matter as follows:

(a)               to agree subsidies for services described in the report CMDDL13E on the basis of the tender prices (and the periods of time) as set out in the Supplementray Exempt Annex to the report and as set out in the schedule of decisions;

(b)               confirm that those decisions were urgent in that any delay likely to be caused by the call in process would result in service discontinuity and in accordance with the requirements of Scrutiny Procedure Rule 17(b) those decisions should not be subject to the call in process;

(c)               authorise the Deputy Director for Environment & Economy (Commercial and Delivery) to enter into a contract with Swindon Borough Council as set out in paragraph 28 of the report CMDDL13E.