Meeting documents

Held at Coxwold House, Easingwold Business Park, Stillington Road, Easingwold, York. 

on Friday, 6 February 2009

Link to Building Control Agenda 6 February 2009.

BCP.149 Apologies for Absence

No apologies for absence were received.

BCP.150 Minutes

The minutes of a meeting of the North Yorkshire Building Control Partnership held on the 17 December 2008 (previously circulated) were presented.

Resolved

That the minutes of a meeting of the North Yorkshire Building Control Partnership held on the 17 December 2008 be approved, with an amendment to the second paragraph of minute BCP.147 (Restructure Report) to remove the word “gave”.

BCP.151 Proposed Increased Charges

The Building Control Manager submitted a report (previously circulated) that sought Members’ approval to revise the Building Regulation Charges for the Building Control Partnership for the financial year 2009/10.

A revised version of Schedule 1, which formed part of Annex A and set out the proposed charges for small buildings, was circulated at the meeting.

Resolved

That the scale of charges set out in Annex A of the report, with the revised version of Schedule 1, be agreed.

BCP.152 Business Plan 2009/10

The Building Control Manager submitted a report (previously circulated) that sought Members’ approval to adopt the Partnership Business Plan for the year 2009/10.

A performance update, as of January 2009, provided from the Covalent performance management system, was circulated at the meeting. It was requested that the monthly monitoring reports be sent to all Members of the Board.

Resolved

That the Business Plan set out in Annex A of the report be adopted, subject to minor amendments to update the structure and reword and update the budget section.

BCP.153 Exempt Information

Resolved

That under Section 100(4)(A) of the Local Government Act 1972 the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item as there will be a likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act as the information relates to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (other than the authority).

BCP.154 Restructure Report

The Building Control Manager submitted a report (previously circulated) that sought Members’ approval of the budget for the financial year 2009/10 and the revised structure.

It was noted that the structure chart at Annex B would need to be updated to remove the vacant posts.

Officers advised that the legal partnership agreement did not need to be altered at the meeting and it was suggested that it could be reviewed in the future to ensure that it was fit for purpose.

There was some discussion as to whether the equal sharing of costs between authorities applied to additional contributions to the pension scheme, as well as redundancy costs.

Resolved

(i) That the proposed budget set out in Annex A of the report be adopted for the financial year 2009/10 on the basis that the Partner Councils make equal financial contributions to balance the budget;

(ii) That the revised structure set out in Annex B of the report be adopted with effect from 1 April 2009, subject to the removal of vacant posts as indicated on the structure chart;

(iii) That Ryedale District Council, in its capacity as Host Council and employer of Building Control staff, be requested to implement the new staff structure and seek redundancies in accordance with Council policy.