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Following Cabinet approval on 10th March 2021,
Crawley Borough Council signed a Heads of Terms for the Crawley
Towns Fund on 24th March 2021 with the Ministry of Housing,
Communities and Local Government (now the Department for Levelling
Up, Housing and Communities, DLUHC), confirming that the Government
would provide Crawley with up to a total of £21.1 million
from the Towns Fund, subject to submission of robust project
business cases.
The business case summary for the Invest in Skills for Crawley
project has recently been endorsed by the Department for Levelling
Up, Housing and Communities. This follows Cabinet approval of the
Crawley Towns Fund project business cases on 16th March 2022 and
Full Council approval on 30th March 2022 of the capital programme
allocations for the Crawley Towns Fund Projects.
The overall objective of the Invest in Skills for Crawley project
is to deliver a programme of investment in infrastructure for
vocational skills training and higher education to benefit local
residents. More specifically, the project involves the development
of venues, specialist equipment and facilities with the appropriate
quality specifications to accommodate the design and delivery of
new training programmes in green tech construction, professional
services, engineering and digital. These will empower
Crawley’s local workforce and boost local businesses in these
sectors by helping them to locally recruit people with the correct
skills.
The Invest in Skills for Crawley programme will comprise three
principal schemes:
1. Infrastructure and facilities for new university-level training
provision.
2. Additional F.E. infrastructure to enable Level 2 and 3 training
pathways for Crawley residents’ access into employment in the
above sectors.
3. A green construction skills hub venue equipped with green
construction skills training facilities.
The programme aims to create a compendium of new vocational and
higher education training interventions.
The amount of Towns Fund monies allocated to this project, as
approved by Full Council is: £4.5 million.
A legal agreement with Chichester College Group has been drawn up
through the Council’s Legal Services Team and sets out the
delivery of this work, in accordance with the project business case
and guidance from DLUHC.
The decision to approve the funding agreement was taken following
consultation with Atif Nawaz, Deputy Leader of the Council &
Cabinet Member for Planning and Economic Development.
On 10 August 2023, the Head of Economy and Planning under generic
delegation 3, took the decision to approve the Council signing of
the Grant Funding Agreement for the DLUHC Funded Project: Invest in
Skills for Crawley (1B) between Crawley Borough Council and
Chichester College Group. This allows Chichester College Group to
progress delivery of the project through Crawley College.
Decision Maker: Head of Economy and Planning
Decision published: 19/09/2023
Effective from: 10/08/2023
Decision:
Approve the Council signing the Grant Funding Agreement for the DLUHC Funded Project: Invest in Skills for Crawley (1B) between Crawley Borough Council and Chichester College Group.
Lead officer: Clem Smith
To review a proposed restructure of the Community Warden Service, including the Straying Dogs provision.
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Made at meeting: 06/09/2023 - Cabinet
Decision published: 07/09/2023
Effective from: 13/09/2023
Decision:
Information Relating to an Individual; and
Information relating to any consultations or negotiations, or contemplated consultations or negotiations, in connection with any labour relations matter arising between the authority or a Minister of the Crown and employees of, or office holders under the authority.
RESOLVED
That the Cabinet:
a) approves Option 2 for the Community Warden Service, as set out in Section 6 of the report and to note the Community Protection Team – Proposed Service Model and Structure (Appendix A of report HCS/064)
b) delegates authority to the Head of Community Services to conduct the necessary consultation arrangements, fulfil the changes and decisions on all human resources matters, subject to the appropriate guidelines and procedures, as set out in the Constitution.
(Generic Delegation 11 will be used to enact this recommendation)
c) delegates authority to the Head of Community Services to conduct a tender process and procurement exercise in accordance with the Council’s Procurement Code, for the straying dogs service to be delivered by a specialist provider.
(Generic Delegation 3 will be used to enact this recommendation)
d) delegates authority to the Head of Community Services, in consultation with the relevant Cabinet Member and Head of Governance, People and Performance to approve the contract award of the straying dogs service following an appropriate procurement process.
(Generic Delegation 3 will be used to enact this recommendation)
e) delegates the negotiation, approval, and completion of all relevant legal documentation, following the awarding of the contract, to the relevant head of service, Head of Governance, People and Performance, and Head of Corporate Finance, in consultation with the appropriate Cabinet Member.
(Generic Delegations 2 & 3 will be used to enact this recommendation)
Reasons for the Recommendations
The conclusion of the review is that the current service model is, in parts, no longer fit for purpose and is not designed to meet the increased level of demand for more complex enforcement activity.
Revising the role profiles and salary scale as recommended is critical to ensuring the Council can attract and retain staff with the required specialist skills, qualifications and experience to deliver a high performing and quality service.
The proposed revised Community Protection model (attached as Appendix A) will modernise the service in order to meet the identified demands namely, providing local residents with an enhanced enforcement response to anti-social behaviour, low level public-space crime and environmental crime.
The straying dogs service continues to face challenges related to the size, breeds and behaviour of dogs, and Crawley is facing a similar national trend of an increase in abandoned dogs, rather than lost pets. To successfully address this service requirement, the recommendation is to procure and enter into a contract with a specialist provider for the straying dog service to fulfil this function.
The recommendation is to refresh the Community Wardens Service including all associated functions, processes and procedures and relaunch it as the Community Protection Team which will deliver enhanced enviro-crime and ASB investigation and enforcement activity.
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Dan Carberry