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To approve the payment terms for organisations providing services to the Holiday Activities and Food Programme using additional funding awarded from DfE

RESOLVED - To have a tiered payment process based on the value of the grant being awarded to the provider.

The purpose of this report is to consider the introduction of a traffic regulation order on the new car park being constructed on Huddersfield Road, Diggle as part of the works associated with the new Saddleworth School.

RESOLVED - That:
the proposals detailed in the schedules at the end of this report be approved.

This report seeks approval for an award to Russell Scott primary school in the Borough of Tameside. This project forms part of the Year 4 Department for Education priority to share learning wider than the Opportunity Areas themselves through “Twinning” with areas facing similar issues. Funding from Oldham’s Opportunity Area was set aside for Twinning
activity with the Borough of Tameside

RESOLVED - That:
That approval is granted for the Year 4 payment to Russell Scott Primary School for delivery that has already taken place in the academic year 2020-2021.

The purpose of this report is to seek approval to award a Business Improvement Grant in Royton district centre

RESOLVED - To:
Approve the Business Improvement Grant as follows:
• £2,128.25 to “Modern Line Bathrooms” in respect of 80 Rochdale Road, Royton.

This report sets out the proposed change in the delivery of both the Sports Development and School Swimming Services following formal consultation.
Approval is sought to fully transfer the Sports Development service from the Council to the Council’s leisure provider, Oldham Community Leisure (OCL). This will require a TUPE transfer of staff. The contract management arrangements will be retained within the Council, undertaken by the Assistant Director of Youth, Leisure and Communities.
Approval is also sought to second the School Swimming Service to OCL, this is initially for a 12-month period with quarterly reviews built in as part of the contract monitoring arrangements
Both changes require a variation to the existing Leisure Management Contract to allow this to happen.

RESOLVED - That:
A budget efficiency is achieved but also aligns the delivery of sport and leisure in one place rather than parts of delivery in the Council and parts in the Leisure Trust.
In order to facilitate these changes a variation to the existing contract is required.

To extend the current contract for the School Swimming Service transport with a deed of variation.

RESOLVED - That:
It is recommended to extend the School Swimming Transport Contract for a further 12 months with a deed variation.

Permission is being sought to approve the decision to commission an external organisation with the specialist skills, knowledge and experience through ITT to fulfil the operational KS1 lead moderator role through an Invitation to Tender (ITT) on the Due North Portal “The Chest” Award for a 1 year contract.

RESOLVED - That: To approve Option 1 to award the contract to an external organisation through ITT.

Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme requires Senior Programme Admin Support to ensure effective delivery and in accordance with the grant agreement.

RESOLVED - That:
To recruit a fixed term HAF Senior Programme Admin Support as part of the councils COVID 19 response. This will assist in supporting the rapid delivery of the HAF programme to our most disadvantaged children who are eligible and receiving Free School Meals.

To approve the payment terms for organisations providing services to the Holiday Activities and Food Programme.

RESOLVED - That:
To have a tiered payment process based on the value of the grant being awarded to the provider.
• Awards under £20k will be paid in advance
• Awards over £20k will be paid 75% in advance and 25% on completion.
The Council accepts the risk that it may have to finance any expenditure for which it is not possible to claim grant reimbursement and that the additional cost will be funded by the budget of the Education, Skills and Early Years Directorate and Communities and Reform or from the Directorates reserves.

The Transportation and Planning Team in collaboration with Unity Partnership have successfully bid for several capital funded multi-disciplinary highway improvement programme of work, namely Growth Deal 3 (GD3) and Mayor’s Cycling and Walking Challenge Fund (MCF). The funds (cumulatively amounting to circa £16.5m) are managed by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) under the overarching administration of Department for Transport (DfT).
For Oldham Council to deliver the programme it was considered necessary to seek a mid-term (4 years) Strategic Partner (Partner) to assist the Delivery Team at key stages of the bidding, design and construction work. The current method of delivery of the highway construction work can take upwards of 12 weeks from tender stage to commencement on site. In order to deliver the GD3 and MCF programme within the set timeframe, a more streamlined method of procuring construction work is required.
The intention is that individual projects will be procured via a Call Off procedure under the Strategic Partnership Agreement. This will require Director sign off (in liaison with the Directors of Finance and Legal Services) rather than an individual Cabinet report for each element of work.

RESOLVED - That:
The Accessible Oldham Strategic Partnership Tender process has been led by the Procurement Team with full and detailed information provided within the procurement section of this report.

To obtain approval for the adoption of highways as Highway Authority and to identify the likely associated revenue costs to the Council.

RESOLVED - That:
the highways listed in Schedule 1 of this report be adopted as highways maintainable at public expense

The report seeks approval to recruit five additional Senior Family Workers (Grade 6) in the targeted early help district teams on temporary contracts to 31 March 2024.

RESOLVED - That: an additional five Senior Family Workers (Grade 6) be recruited in the targeted early help district teams on fixed term contracts to 31 March 2024