Decision details
Youth Volunteering - Volunteer Centre Tower Hamlets (VCTH)
Decision Maker: Commissioners' Decision Making Meeting
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
The commissioners to agree a further extension to the existing Service Level Agreement (SLA) which was approved back in April for a sum of £16,667 from 1st April 2015 to 31st August 2015 and now for a further seven months from 1st September 2015 to 31st March 2016 totalling £23,333.
The decisions are required in order that the Council is able to deliver a successful youth volunteering brokerage service to young LBTH residents and ensure that in a climate of austerity & challenge there are alternative options for gaining experience and developing personal portfolios leading to employment or further education.
Decision:
Hasan Faruq, Interim Service Development Manager, introduced the report which requested an extension of an SLA for Volunteer Centre Tower Hamlets until 31 March 2016.
The Chair invited Councillor Saunders and Councillor Golds to comment on the proposals and they indicated that they supported the application.
Mayor, John Biggs requested that the criteria and difference between an SLA and a procurement process be clarified and the Chair agreed that an explanation be made available for clarity.
The Chair and Commissioner Max Caller were concerned that the application was retrospective and did not support this approach. Zena Cooke, Corporate Director for Resources advised that there was dialogue with report authors to ensure that future reports would be timetabled and presented in a timely manner.
RESOLVED
1. that a further 7 month extension be authorised, from 1st September 2015 to 31st March 2016, to the existing Service Level Agreement which was approved in April 2015 for a sum of £16,667 for the period from 1st April 2015 to 31st August 2015 and
2. that the sum of £23,333 to be paid for the provision of the services in the VCTH outline programme plan as set out at Appendix 4 of the report.
3. that the criteria and difference between an SLA and a procurement process be clarified and be made available for Members.
Report author: Andy Bamber
Publication date: 04/11/2015
Date of decision: 21/10/2015
Decided at meeting: 21/10/2015 - Commissioners' Decision Making Meeting
Accompanying Documents:
- 2015 10 12 PG Commissioners' Report - Youth Volunteering - Volunteer Centre Tower Hamlets (VCTH) - legal cleared PDF 110 KB
- Appendix 1 - SLA for 5 months with VCTH PDF 141 KB
- Appendix 2 - SLA for 7 months with VCTH PDF 98 KB
- Appendix 3 - April to August15 progress report VCTH PDF 73 KB
- Appendix 4 - VCTH outline programme PDF 64 KB
- 151006 Checklist - VCTH HF PDF 74 KB