Decision details

Further to Minute No. 34 of the meeting of the Cabinet Member - Regeneration held on 4 August 2010, the Cabinet considered the report of the Neighbourhoods and Investment Programmes Director which provided an update on the establishment of a Merseyside sub-regional choice based lettings scheme and the proposed governance arrangements.

The report also sought approval to the Council entering into a contract with an IT supplier for the provision of an IT system for the choice based lettings scheme and to the implementation of a consultation exercise being undertaken with stakeholders on the draft allocations policy.

This was a Key Decision and was included in the Council's Forward Plan of Key Decisions.

RESOLVED:    That

(1)      the draft Allocations Policy be approved for consultation according to statutory guidance;

(2)      the proposed governance arrangements be approved;

(3)      approval be given to the appointment of Abritas as the IT supplier;

(4)      the estimated set-up costs of the scheme be approved;

(5)      that the Neighbourhoods and Investment Programmes Director be authorised to enter into an agreement with the other local authorities (Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool and Wirral, or at least 3 of them) to govern the implementation of the contract with Abritas referred to above;

(6)      the Neighbourhoods and Investment Programmes Director in consultation with the Head of Corporate Legal Services be authorised to enter into a contract with Abritas for the provision of the IT system;

(7)      the one-off set-up costs be met from existing provision in the Housing Capital Programme approved by the Council on 8 July 2010;

(8)      approval be given to continued development of the scheme with the sub-regional partners, and

(9)      a further report be submitted to the Cabinet Member (Regeneration) and Cabinet on the results of the consultation exercise on the Allocations Policy.