Agenda and decisions

That Cabinet review and note the Peer Team’s feedback and associated appendices of the report.

That Cabinet approve:

a)      Option 3 as detailed in paragraph 2.4.3 of the report; and

b)      the Discretionary Council Tax Relief Scheme to support households facing the hardship of living with a terminally ill family member, as set out at Appendix A to the report.

That Cabinet approve:

a)       the additional £13,591,929 to be added to the Capital programme, making a total capital budget of £25m;

b)       the variation to the Facility Agreement to accommodate the power to vary the agreement and the extension to the cap on the facility from £12m to £25m; and

c)        subject to the subsidy control advice, to delegate responsibility to the Portfolio Holder for Strategy, Performance & Finance to amend the Facility Agreement to ensure the agreement remains subsidy control compliant.

That Cabinet:

a)      approve a change to the Leisure Management Agreement between Newark & Sherwood District Council and Active 4 Today such that the company becomes an ‘Agent’ of the Council in the delivery of Leisure Services; and

b)      delegated authority be given to the Deputy Chief Executive, Director of Resources and S151 Officer to vary the existing contract to an Agency Model arrangement and enter into all necessary agreements to implement the proposals.

That Cabinet:

a)      note the changes made to the Council’s Equality, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EEDI) approach; and

b)      approve the revised Strategy, attached as Appendix A to the report.

That Cabinet:

a)     note the findings and recommendations of the Working Group; and

b)     endorse the recommendations as outlined in Appendix 3 to the report.

That Cabinet:

a)      endorse the allocation of £100,000 in 2026/27 for parks and open spaces legacy fund for Town and Parish Councils to bid into on a match-funded basis, to drive improvement in parks and open spaces across the district, and delegate authority for the implementation and administration of the fund to the Director - Communities & Environment in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Climate and the Environment;

b)      agree that £30,000 is committed within the budget for 2026/27, to enable investment in a number of Council-owned sites which have the potential for future development, including some for future Green Flag status;

c)       agree that three strategic sites are identified for potentially significant investment in new facilities, with consultation due to take place about those developments within 2026/27; and

d)      once c) above is complete, to bring a report back to Cabinet in 2026/27 about detailed development at those sites, together with a funding package, for delivery in 27/28 – the last operating year of NSDC ahead of Local Government Reorganisation.

That Cabinet recommend to Council at its meeting on 10 February 2026:

a)          the HRA budget for 2026/27, as set out in Appendix A to the report;

b)         an increase of 4.8% in the 2026/27 rents of all current HRA tenancies will be applied from 6 April 2026;

c)         the 2026/27 service charges, as set out in Appendix C to the report; and

d)         the Capital Budget set out in Appendix D to the report are committed expenditure in the Capital Programme for 2026/27 to 2029/30.

That Cabinet review and approve the updated Corporate Risk Management Strategy and Policy as attached at Appendix A to the report

That Cabinet:

a)     approve the creation of capital budget within the Capital Programme 2026-27 of up to £1,299,097.16 financed by £1,000,000 from the Change Management Reserve and £299,097.16 S106 Contributions listed in the table at paragraph 2.4 of the report; and

b)     approve that grant be released following the submission of a business case by Bilsthorpe Parish Council which would be subject to approval by the Council’s Section 151 Officer in agreement with the Portfolio Holder for Public Protection and Community Relations.

The Committee will be invited to resolve:-

‘To consider resolving that, under section 100A (4) of the Local Government

Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items

of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt

information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.’

None.