Decisions

The Committee considered its Work Programme for the remainder of the 2017-18 Municipal year.

Resolved that the Committee Work Programme for the remainder of the 2017-18 Municipal year, be approved, subject to the inclusion of update reports at its September meeting on the Code of Corporate Governance, Procurement, Recruitment and Retention and Partnership Governance.

The Internal Audit Manager summarised the risks affecting the Council as outlined in the report and highlighted a number of issues, specifically Corporate Health and Safety, Information Governance, ICT Security, risk of failure in service delivery, the Code of Corporate Governance, Procurement, Housing, Safeguarding and Debt Recovery.

The Committee noted that two risks continued to be rated as red – the Code of Corporate Governance and Procurement – and requested more detailed updates on these issues for consideration at its next meeting.

The revised Register was considered to be an accurate reflection of the high level risks affecting the Authority and progress on actions was documented on the Register.

Resolved that:

1.    The contents of the Corporate Risk Register be noted and accepted;

2.    That the Corporate Risk Register be recommended to Cabinet for approval.

The Council considered the Cabinet recommendation from its meeting held on the 21 June 2017 on a request for a supplementary capital estimate.

Resolved that Council agrees a supplementary capital estimate of £500k for the purchase of machinery, plant and vehicles to be used for maintenance and servicing of parks and open spaces.

Cabinet considered a report on the proposed appointments of representatives to Outside Bodies and Working Groups for 2017-18.

Resolved that Cabinet appoints representatives to Outside Bodies and Working Groups for 2017-18 as shown in Appendix A of the report.

Cabinet considered a report on funding arrangements for Telecare and the Spelthorne Personal Alarm Network (SPAN).

The report explained the key changes between the previous agreement and new funding agreements with Surrey County Council.

Alternative options considered and rejected by the Cabinet:

12 week free trial

·         Reduce the 12 week free trial to 6 weeks;

·         No change to current free trial service.

Telecare

·         Cease to provide telecare equipment;

·         Continue to provide telecare equipment with no charge to the client.

Resolved to:

1.    Agree 12 week free alarm service following an overnight hospital stay in the last 4 weeks;

2.    Agree to use the money set aside from the Council Tax increase 2016-17 which was ring fenced for Independent Living services to support the telecare service (likely to be in the region of £34,518);

3.    Delegate authority to agree telecare pricing structure to the Group Heads for Community Wellbeing in consultation with the Portfolio Holder.

Reason for the decision:

To allow the alarm and telecare service provided by Spelthorne to consider future charging options.