Agenda and minutes

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Items
Note No. Item

1.

Actions arising from 17th November Meeting

Minutes:

No

Action

Resp.

Target

Status

51

Make the agreed changes to the proposed partnership ready for decision by the Council’s Cabinet

HE

DTy

Spring 2012

In progress

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Officers to review next steps for the allocation of PRP funding; developing a simple and streamlined approach ready for further discussion by Group Leaders and LSP Board in December. Officers to communicate these next steps to the 75 POP contacts.

DTy

December

Agenda Item 6



 

5

2.

Introductions and apologies for absence

3.

Declarations of interest

Minutes:

Board members were asked to declare a conflict of interest to the Performance Reward Programme: Main Fund (Agenda Item 6). No conflicts of interest were reported.

 

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4.

Note of the meeting of 23rd March pdf icon PDF 48 KB

·  Covers: (1) Actions Outstanding (2) Minutes from the previous meeting

·  Background material: (1) Minutes of 23rd March

·  Desired outcomes: LSP Board’s (1) Agreement on minutes (2) Understanding of action item status

 

Minutes:

The detailed note of the meeting held on 23rd March 2011 was agreed as a correct record.

 

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5.

Strategy & Policy - Future Partnership Development pdf icon PDF 500 KB

·  Covers: (1) The proposal for a new partnership model for Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES)

·  Background material: (1) Agenda Item 4 (Partnership Review)

·  Desired outcomes: LSP Board (1) To comment on the revised B&NES partnership model

Minutes:

A presentation was given on the new proposed partnership model. Support was shown for the proposed annual community assembly, and the importance of linking with local geographical groups.

 

A suggestion was made to change the title of the ‘Big Society Partnership’ to ‘Communities Partnership’. It was also agreed that the number of delivery partnerships should reduce over time through merging/amalgamating (i.e. Children’s Trust and the Health and Wellbeing Board), and that that should be communicated as a direction of travel.

 

The draft proposal for the ‘Big Society Partnership’ was agreed subject to title change and further development of the membership section. This includes more detail on the responsibilities of the Independent Chair and how best to appoint an individual to this position. Further work should be done of the role of the three funder representative positions to recognise conflicts of interest.

 

Action

Officers to make the agreed changes to the proposed partnership model ready for decision by the Councils Cabinet early in Spring 2012.

 

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6.

Performance Reward Programme: Main Fund

·  Covers: Update on the status of BCE

·  Background material: None

·  Desired outcomes: LSB Board (1) To note the update

 

Minutes:

An update on the Performance Reward Programme (PRP): Main Fund was presented, outlining a ‘community hub’ approach.  Concern was raised that the process has become overly complex, and that the ‘community hub’ approach further complicated things.

 

It was noted that the process needed better management of expectations and that confusion has arisen over the Project Outline Proposal (POP) forms, with some organisations believing that these were bids.

 

The Board agreed:

  • That a simple process should be developed to take the PRP Main Fund forward
  • That geographical fairness should be stressed
  • That for the next stages, the council should work with the 75 POPs that have already been submitted.

 

Action

Officers to review next steps for the allocation of PRP funding; developing a simple and streamlined approach ready for further discussion by Group Leaders and LSP Board in December. Officers to communicate these next steps to the 75 POP contacts.

 

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7.

Governance, Other Business & LSP Board Requests - Bath and West Community Energy (BWCE) Verbal Update pdf icon PDF 104 KB

·  Covers: (1) Proposed approach to the programme and (2) Outline of ‘Community Hub’ approach

·  Background material: (1) Agenda Item 5 (Performance Reward Programme: Main Fund)

·  Desired outcomes: LSP Board (1) To note the progress made on the PRG Main Fund (2) Agree the funding allocations set out in Paragraph 3 of the document, which will build on the specifications set out in Appendix 1 (3) To recommend  to the Council Cabinet accordingly

 

Minutes:

A presentation was given on the current status of BWCE. Before Christmas it is expected that solar panels will be installed on the following schools: St Martin’s Garden Primary; Peasedown St John Primary; Oldfield Park Infants; Newbridge Primary and Ralph Allen Secondary. A discussion also took place around the importance of other renewable technologies (wind, hydro, renewable heat) and the potential key role of BWCE in delivery of the Green Deal with the Council and Somer Housing.

 

The impact of the Feed-In Tariff on BWCE was also discussed, although it was stressed that the BWCE business model is not dependent on any one technology.

 

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8.

AOB

Minutes:

Chris Head noted his concern on the Cabinets decision not to match BDUK funding aimed at improving B&NES broadband infrastructure.

 

Cllr Paul Crossley thanked all members for attending and closed the meeting.

 

A continuation of this meeting in order to discuss the Performance Reward Programme: Main Fund took place on the 13th December 2011 from 14.00-15.00.