PAPER B1

Purpose: For Decision

Committee:	EXECUTIVE
Date:	16 JULY 2002
Title:	PUMP PRIMING BIDS – BEST VALUE REVIEWS 2001/02
	DEPUTY LEADER OF THE COUNCIL

SUMMARY/PURPOSE

To approve the Pump Priming Bids for 2002/03, from services whose Best Value Improvement Plans have been agreed by the Executive. The current budget for 2002/03 allows an amount of £250,000 to be spent on Best Value service improvements that require pump-priming money for one year only.

BACKGROUND

1. Executive has agreed a number of 2001/02 Best Value Reviews and their Improvement Plans commencing 2002/03.

2. The Best Value Reviews contain some service improvements, which require additional money for this year only, to get them underway i.e. pump priming.

3. An amount of £250,000 was set aside within the base budget for 2002/03 for this purpose.

4. The Best Value Review Unit has collated all pump-priming bids for 2002/03, which sum to a total of £719,300.

5. Director’s Group have approved a set of consistent criteria, which has been applied to all services pump priming bids, and resulted in the following list of projects approved by Director’s Group on July 3^rd which meet the budget for 2002/03.

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

To spend the budgeted £250,000 on service improvements contained within the Best Value reviews. This expenditure is for one-off items; any on-going revenue implications will have to be met from services own budgets.

RECOMMENDATIONS

That Executive agrees the following list of pump priming bids, which meet the criteria set out in the background paper – Appendix A attached.

Service	Pump-Priming Project	Amount - £ (000)
Economic Development Unit	External Fund Finder	40
Community Fire Safety	Fire Prevention Demo Unit	13
Environmental Health	Reception Area at St Nicholas House	10
Leisure Services	Extension to One Card for Young People	50
Community Care Services	Project Management + Store Manager	40
Fire Service Procurement	Equipment Management Software	4
Children SEN	Project Officer	51
Fire Service Procurement	Replace Stores ICT Software	7
Youth Services	Youth Empowerment Worker recruitment costs	5
Economic Development Unit	Central Research Unit One Post – One of two people transferred from IWEP	25
Community Fire Safety	Fire Safety Livery	5
Total for Approval		250

Two Central Research Unit Post for Economic Development (two people transferred from IWEP pending income generation) met the criteria, but there was sufficient money for only one - £25,000.

The following service pump-priming bids scored well on the criteria, but their Best Value reviews, although completed have not reached Executive for approval; therefore they and the remaining Economic Development post could be submitted as pump priming bids next year.

Service	Pump-Priming Project	Amount - £ (000)
Crime & Disorder	CCTV Temporary Project Officer	15
Beaches	Blue Flags – 3 Resorts	9
Beaches	Disabled Access – Pilot	8.5
Beaches	Marker Buoys	5
Beaches	New Lifeguard Service	7
Crime & Disorder	Legal Costs for ASBO’s	10
Opportunities for Young People	Work Experience Coordinators	27
Beaches	10 Information Cabinets	8
Opportunities for Young People	3 Hang Out Shelters – Pilot	30
CCTV	Changed working patterns	6
Economic Development Unit	Central Research Unit One Post	25
CCTV	Headsets and Lighting	2.8
Total		153.3

In addition: -

IW Tourism had bids totalling £256,000, which did not meet the criteria because the service is undergoing a major re-organisation, however, following this they could re-considered and those relevant re-submitted next year.

The Personnel Best Value Review had a bid totalling £60,000, but the review is not yet completed. It is suggested this could be re-submitted next year.

BACKGROUND PAPERS

Appendix A shows the gateway and scoring criteria used across all service pump-priming bids in Best Value Reviews for 2001/02.

Contact Point: John Vosper, F 823635

A KAYE Head of Paid Service J PULSFORD Strategic Director Director of Finance and Information

P HARRIS Deputy Leader of the Council