Decisions

This ODR is in line with the Adults Health and Well Being Commissioning 2018/19 that approved a number of delegations as shown on the uploaded ODR.

DMBC commissions scheduled care and 24/7 services at the following extra care housing schemes for older people:
- Charles Court
- Rokeby Gardens
- Swallowdale

The current contracts for each scheme were established in 2018 and are due to expire in June 2020 and following discussions it was agreed that a framework of extra care providers should be procured for a five year period. The Framework would also provide a mechanism for any potential future schemes that fall out of the housing needs survey and capital works programme led by strategic housing. The Framework will be for the provision of scheduled care and/or 24/7 services within extra care settings. The Framework will be tendered on the basis of 100% quality.

The ODR seeks approval to award the Framework agreement and subsequent call off contracts for Charles Court, Rokeby Gardens and Swallowdale, following procurement of the Framework and based upon the evaluation results.

Approval to award a framework agreement and subsequent call off contracts following procurement of a provider framework for extra care housing care and support services.

Decision 1
The OPCC in relation to the Violence Reduction Fund have had 3 successful bids and have been awarded a total of £58855.5:-
£15000 for the purchase of search mitts for night-time economy staff;
£5120.38 for security equipment for victims of domestic abuse;
£38735 for smartwater kits for victims of domestic abuse.
The Community Safety Service within Doncaster Council will submit monitoring returns and shall be responsible for maintaining and submitting monitoring information to the OPCC at agreed milestones.

Decision 2
Notification has been received that the OPCC in relation to the Fortify Fund that the Safer Stronger Doncaster Partnership have had a successful bid and have been awarded a total of £20,000 for the purchase of redeployable camera and associated computer equipment.
The Community Safety Service within Doncaster Council will submit monitoring returns and shall be responsible for maintaining and submitting monitoring information to the OPCC at agreed milestones.

Approval to receive grant funding from the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner in relation to the Violence Reduction Fund and Fortify Fund.

Support was requested for the Love Where you Live Project to provide support for the specific rear alleyways within Hyde Park, Doncaster. A grant would be allocated to Hubbub to regenerate the alleyways as part of the overarching Support, Engagement and Education Project which was funded through the Controlling Migration Fund.

Hyde Park was one of the locations identified based on community feedback and the number of volunteers stepping forward to make a difference in their communities in a positive way.

The project would run for 12 months and run alongside existing enforcement work, would look to identify regular offenders and utilise a number of tools and powers as appropriate.

Hubbub is an independent charity organisation that creates and drives environmental campaigns and have a proven record of successfully delivering similar projects.

There is a keen focus on reducing flytipping as a result of the project and look to inspire more sustainable ways of living, with a view to empowering the Communities to take ownership and continue the legacy after the project is completed.

To allocate a grant to an external, not for profit organisation, Hubbub, to initiate, implement and complete the Love Where You Live Project in conjunction with local residents within targeted areas in Hyde Park.

Transforming the alleyways at the rear of Cunningham Road, Somerset Road and Elmfield Road and empowering the local community to take ownership of their neighbourhood, at a cost of £34,850 plus VAT.

The cost is fully funded through Central Government's Controlling Migration Fund, which has already been allocated to Doncaster Council, with permissions granted by The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) for such projects to be undertaken within the scope of the grant.

In 2013, the Council entered into a contract with Virgin Media for Business for the provision of mobile phone services through the Yorkshire and Humber Publish Services Network (YHPSN) for a period of 5 years with options to extend the contract for a further +1+1 years.
The decision is to utilise the final contract extension option to enable the Council to consider future procurement requirements and to plan any potential migration to a new supplier
This is funded from revenue (MP015) and has an annual value of £315,945.

Utilise the remaining option to extend the current mobile phone contract with Virgin Media for one year from 1st March 2020 to 28th February 2021.

To ensure that the Council's interests are sufficiently represented through its appointments to these bodies.

Such appointments help to ensure that the Council's views are represented to local and national groups and, where the representative has voting rights, that the Council is involved in any decisions that may affect the people of the Borough.

Yorkshire Wildlife Park Consultative Committee

Following the recent resignation of Councillor Neil Gethin from the Yorkshire Wildlife Park Consultative Committee, there is a need to appoint a Member representative to fill the vacancy for one Ward Councillor from the Bessacarr Ward on the Committee.

To approve the appointment of a representative of Doncaster Council to the outside body listed below with immediate effect (term of office runs until May 2021):

Yorkshire Wildlife Park Consultative Committee

Councillor Majid Khan (Bessacarr Ward)
(replaces Councillor Neil Gethin)