AGREED: That Cabinet noted the report and approved £60,574 of capital expenditure for April 2024 to support the completion of the current phase of the case management system implementation.

AGREED: That Cabinet noted the report and:

i)               Delegated authority to the Executive Director of Place Services in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport, Customer Service Centre and Employment, and the Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance to agree terms for the extension of required Highway services with the current supplier, VolkerHighways Ltd.

AGREED: That Cabinet considered the Council Plan, including the

Technical Appendix and:

i)               Agreed to take the Council Plan to Full Council in April for consideration and agreement.

ii)              Considered the recommendations made by Corporate Overview & Scrutiny at their meeting on 25 March 2024, and agrees to accept these, as appropriate.

AGREED: That Cabinet noted the report and approved:

i)               the new AfC Strategic Plan (appendix A)

ii)              the detailed 2024/25 budget (appendix B) including Medium Term Financial Strategy (appendix C)

iii)             the Treasury Plan (appendix D)

AGREED: That Cabinet noted the report and:

i)               Approved the continuation of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Antisocial Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014, Public Space Protection Order (dog control and dog fouling) 2021 and the Public Space Protection Order (cycling in pedestrianised areas) 2021 for a further 3 years.

ii)               Requested that the Assistant Director for Housing and Public Protection immediately reviews the restrictions relating to cycling, and carries out the required consultation in relation to a potential variation to the PSPO to the hours of 10am to 5pm to bring it in line with restrictions on motor vehicles and delegates authority to the Executive Director of Place in consultation with the Leader of the Council to make any variations necessary to the PSPO as a result of the consultation responses.

AGREED: That Cabinet noted the report and:

i)               Approved the award of the new Independent Adult Advocacy Service as outlined in Appendix B.

ii)              Delegated authority to Executive Director Adult Social Care, Health and Communities (DASS) in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adults, Health and Housing Services to exercise the option to extend the contract for a period of up to an additional two years.

AGREED: That Cabinet noted the report and:

i)               Noted the forecast revenue outturn for the year is an overspend on services of £9.647m which reduces to an overspend of £6.069m when including unallocated contingency budgets and changes to funding budgets (para 4)

ii)               noted the forecast capital outturn is expenditure of £41.125m against a budget of £89.541m (para 9); and

iii)              approved the revenue budget virements set out in Appendix C.