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To invest £80000 to progress work to apply digital technology to improve the Children's and Early Years service.
OMBC Children and Early Years are under significant pressure. Increasing demand and net reductions in budgets are causing a perfect storm in operating conditions that are affecting the life chances of young people in the Borough.
This business case seeks funding to automate tasks are currently administratively intense to free up resources to undertake higher value activity in helping to address the growing demands.

RESOLVED - That:
£80000 will be released from the ICT Business Systems capital fund and allocate resource from the service to work on creating digital processes.

The purpose of the report is to seek approval to award a Business Improvement Grant in Shaw District Centre.

RESOLVED - Approve a Business Improvement Grant award as follows:
•£2,924.99 to “Sports Physio (Shaw) Ltd in respect of 41b Market Street, Shaw

The reason for this decision is to adopt changes, which have occurred to designated Sites of Biological Importance (SBIs) within the borough and to note the SBI Review – 2017, Oldham District Synopsis’ report.

RESOLVED - That:
To adopt the changes to the SBIs listed in Table 1. The advantage of this option is that the changes to SBIs will be subject to the principles set out in National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) to avoid, mitigate and as a last resort compensate any harm. There are no disadvantages to this option. If development was proposed it would be expected to comply with NPPF and Local Plan policies.

This report seeks delegated approval of:
•The cost of resurfacing Denton Lane
•The approval of the appointment of the contractor for the works.
The work forms part of the Highway Investment Programme

RESOLVED - That:
the delegated approval for these works is accepted and that the contract for the works is awarded to Kier Group plc

To seek approval for awarding the 12 month extension option within the Graffiti Removal

RESOLVED - That
the option to extend for a further 12 months with the current service provider; No Graffiti Ltd is taken. Following contract discussion with current provider it has been confirmed that the tender schedule of rates will remain as per those submitted at start of contract period and no price increases incurred.

This report details budget changes within the agreed 2019/20 transport capital programme that are required so the programme continues to reflect current priorities, budgets match expenditure and that take-up of available grant funding is maximised.

RESOLVED - That:
-Agree the required budget changes as outlined in Appendix A to this report so that the programme continues to reflect current priorities, budgets match expenditure and that take-up of available grant funding is maximised.

In June 2019 the Mayor of Greater Manchester announced that the A Bed Every Night (ABEN) rough sleeping initiative was to be continued, with new ABEN ‘Phase 2’ provision in place from 1st October 2019 to 30th June 2020. GMCA have confirmed that £213,000 will be made available to Oldham Council to deliver ABEN during this period, alongside reimbursing £30,000 still outstanding from Phase 1.
Following a competitive tender process for the delivery of ABEN in Oldham, the successful tenderer was DePaul with a quotation of £185,821. This report therefore seeks authorisation to award the contract to DePaul.

RESOLVED - That:
1.That the Lead Member approves the decision to award the tender to DePaul UK;
2.That the Lead Member notes the updated total funding being made by GMCA, and the respective allocations made.

The council’s statutory homelessness service, along with the management of the council’s housing register, returned in-house from an external provider on 1st July. Renamed as the Housing Options Team, the service has since been embedding and developing itself whilst overcoming a number of operational challenges.
One of these challenges was a number of vacancies which had been held by the external provider for several months prior to the service returning in-house. These vacancies were all within the homelessness section of the service.
The majority of these staffing vacancies have now been filled, or are in the process of being. However since the TUPE transfer took place members of those staff have also taken secondments elsewhere within the Council, or requested flexible working arrangements. This has left the service with further gaps to fill, but also an opportunity to remodel how the service currently operates ahead of a full review planned for later in 2019/20. This report therefore makes recommendations about how the remaining vacancies can be utilised to deliver an improved frontline service.

RESOLVED - That:
Two fixed term (until 31st July 2021) Homelessness Pathway Advisors are recruited, utilising the current fixed term TRO vacancy and the reduced hours requested by an existing HPA.

To approve the allocation of section 106 resources totalling £8,000 from DB 394 - (PA/337554) land at the former Conservative Club, Stanley Road to Environmental Services for enhancements to the soft landscaping surrounding the skatepark at Coalshaw Green Park

RESOLVED - That: the allocation of £8,000 Section 106 funding towards enhancements to the soft landscaping surrounding the skatepark at Coalshaw Green Park is approved.

To approve the allocation of section 106 resources totalling £44,912.46 including interest towards the capital costs of improvements to the MUGA surface and play space at Milne Street.
To seek approval to award the tender and to commence improvement works to the MUGA surface and play space at Milne Street, Werneth.

RESOLVED - That:
£44,912.46 S106 resources are allocated to the improvements to the MUGA surface and play space at Milne Street and approval to award and commence works is given.