Decision details

The Executive will be asked to consider proposals to fund the Youth Access Card and Free School Meals

Received a report from the Corporate Director of Children’s Services regarding proposals to introduce a Youth Access Card in the borough which aims to improve the health and wellbeing of the youth of the borough.

Agreed, in order to assist the Council to achieve its Community Priorities of ‘Healthy’, ‘Safe’, ‘Inspired and Successful Young People‘, to:

  (i)  A Youth Access Card being introduced with the following functions:

(a) Secondary school cashless catering;

(b)Leisure (Concessions, Membership, promotions and rewards);

(c)Libraries (Membership);

(d) Youth Reproductive and Sexual Health Initiative

(e) Primary school cashless catering.

  (ii)  Costs and funding sources for this project, as set out in section 4.1 of the report, with the Schools Forum supporting the relevant funding from the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG);

  (iii)  approve the use of £68,000 from corporate balances in 2009/10 to meet the required shortfall in the project costing;

  (iv)  the budget model reflects the financial impact of the project on the general fund from 2011/12 onwards;

  (v)  delegate authority to the Corporate Director of Resources to explore the procurement options (described in paragraph 4.3 of the report), in consultation with the Legal Partner, Corporate Procurement and the Divisional Director of Corporate Finance;

  (vi)  authorise the Corporate Director of Resources, in consultation with the Legal Partner, Corporate Procurement and the Divisional Director of Corporate Finance, to either:

(a)  report back to us with recommendations of the procurement route; or

(b)  select the preferred procurement option, execute the procurement, award the contract and report back to us after the contract has been awarded.