BRADFORD
TRIDENT, NDC PARTNERSHIP BOARD MEETING
Minutes of a Meeting of the Board held at
The Mayfield Centre, Broadway Avenue, Bradford on Thursday 12 May 2005.
Commenced:
1700 Concluded: 1830
PRESENT
Councillor Ian Greenwood (Chair)
Community Directors:
Greg Lucas (West Bowling)
Jahnzaib Sarwar (West Bowling)
Zamurrad Khan (West Bowling)
Munawar Khan (Park Lane)
Nawaz Khan (Park Lane)
Akhtar Khan (Park Lane)
Joe Holloway (Marshfields)
Khalid Mahmood (Marshfields)
Isa Khan (Marshfields)
Council Directors:
Councillor Sher Khan - Council Director
Faith Directors:
Sister Julie McGing - Faith Director
Mohammed Khan -Faith Director (until 6.10 pm)
Voluntary Sector Director:
Ali Jan Haider
Business Directors:
Vipin Joshi - Sector Foods
Omar Khan - OK’s Restaurant (arrived late)
Health Director:
Lynnette Throp
Police:
Chief Superintendent Sarah Brown
LSC:
Mike Lowe
Advisers:
David Wilkinson
Roz Hall - BMDC Regeneration
Jennifer Rowe - Director – Bradford Trident Trading
Observers:
Mark Fielding - (Interact) Bradford Trident Communications Manager
Also in attendance:
Tim Ratcliffe - Gordon’s Solicitors
Rob Carling - Gordon’s Solicitors
Staff in attendance:
Steve Hartley - Chief Executive
David Mosley - Company Secretary
Chas Stansfield - Programme Manager
Judith Atkinson - Programme Manager
Wayne Noteman - Housing Projects Manager
Darrell Gregoire - Programme Manager
Ian Hague - Neighbourhood Manager
Zubare Khan - Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Umar Hayat - Community Involvement Programme
Co-Ordinator
Linda Lawson - PA to Chief Executive
1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND INTRODUCTIONS
Apologies were received from:
Joe Holloway - Community Director (Marshfields)
Akhtar Khan - Community Director (Park Lane)
Jamshed Khan - Community Director (Park Lane)
Itafaq Mir - Community Director (West Bowling)
Will Jennings - RSL Director
Stacey Jobson - Economic Programme Co-Ordinator
Eileen Fearon - Director – Bradford Trident Trading
2. MINUTES AND MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MEETING OF 3 MARCH 2005
The minutes of the meeting held on Thursday 3 March 2005 were agreed as a
correct record with the addition of Mike Lowe attending the last meeting.
Proposed: Jahnzaib Sarwar Seconded: Vipin Joshi
3. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
All Private Housing/Community Directors re Item 5, Year 6 Delivery Plan
Lynette Throp and Ali Jan Haider re Item 7, West Bowling Neighbourhood Centre.
4. DIRECTOR’S RESPONSIBILITIES
Tim Ratcliffe gave a presentation on the responsibilities of Directors, and
copies of the presentation were circulated for people’s interest.
The Board thanked Tim an excellent and informative presentation.
5. BOARD MATTERS
- BRADFORD TRIDENT TRADING LIMITED
Steve advised that two new directors have joined Bradford Trident Trading Limited and introduced Jennifer Rowe. Eileen Fearon is away on holiday and sends her apologies. The new directors will join the six directors nominated by Bradford Trident Limited and the interim chair David Wilkinson. There are still two places vacant and any thoughts to be passed to David Mosley or Steve Hartley.
- DELIVERY PLAN – 2005/06
Steve advised that the Delivery Plan for 2005/06 has been approved by the Government Office and, as expected, approval granted for £7.5m as opposed to the requested amount of £8.4m. Programme Managers have been given the go ahead to spend but will review at mid-year.
5.3 PARTNERS CONFERENCE – 23 MAY 2005
Around 150 people have responded to the Partners Conference and the day will be looking at successes and what still needs to be done. If any members of the Board wish to attend, please inform Linda Lawson.
6. ANNUAL REVIEW REPORT – YEAR 5 (2004/05)
Steve reported that the Annual Review with the Government Office was felt unnecessary by them due to the good progress that we are making.
The NDC spend for 2004/05 was £9.4m exceeding the target of £7.8m.
Steve circulated additional outcome charts, which covered unemployment, benefit dependency and housing. He noted that progress on achieving our outcome targets in all theme areas was very positive.
Ian Greenwood thanked all of the staff team and the Board for their hard work.
7. APPRIASAL - WEST BOWLING NEIGHBOURHOOD AND
MEDICAL CENTRE
Steve reported that nearly all the partners have signed up, but the cost of the scheme is higher than when initially appraised in October 2003. The building is larger, adaptations to the Children’s Centre and general inflation have added to the original cost.
An additional £480,000 has been secured through European Funding but there is still a deficit of around £570,000 from the original appraisal.
Steve reported that the building will earn Trident £200,000 per annum when completed.
We have the option of re-designing the building but this would cause unacceptable delay and lower the quality of the building. Steve felt we should go ahead with the current design as soon as possible.
Munawar Khan asked who would own the building. Ian Greenwood said Bradford Trident would own the building and receive the income generated.
Greg Lucas felt that if the scheme did not go ahead we would lose Surestart funding which would create an even larger gap.
Vipin Joshi asked about a contingency. Steve reported that a contingency is built into the contractors estimated costs and that we are looking at ways of incentivising the contractors and keeping costs down. A professional project manager has also been employed to oversee the scheme.
Mohammed Khan asked where the additional money would come from. Ian Greenwood advised that Steve Hartley would look into the detail and report back.
Ian Greenwood moved that we go ahead and approve the revised appraisal.
Proposed: Ian Greenwood Seconded: Greg Lucas
8. FORWARD STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT - GOVERNANCE
Ian Hague went through the main points of his report which showed the options that are available for the future structure of Bradford Trident and recommended that the Board asks the staff team to continue exploring the detailed issues related to Parish Councils.
Jahnzaib Sarwar felt that Bradford Trident should continue. Ian Greenwood stated that this was only a holding report and it is important to consider all the options.
Ali Jan Haider asked if it was possible to consider alternative names for the concept of parish councils. Ian Greenwood agreed that an alternative name would be better but that legislation was currently limiting in this respect.
Munawar Khan asked what the links would be between a parish council and Bradford Council. It was suggested that we consult with Bradford Council’s Legal department to give a detailed response to this question.
Isa Khan asked whether the Trident area would benefit financially as a parish council. Ian Greenwood stated that parish councils are able to levy a precept to cover its budget.
Ian proposed that further work take place with a report to be presented to the Board in July.
Proposed: Ian Greenwood Seconded: Greg Lucas
9. WORKING GROUPS – REPORT BACK
There were no questions.
10. ANY OTHER BUSINESS
- INLAND REVENUE
Dave Mosley explained that a number of Directors had received tax returns. If anybody needs help completing the forms to get in touch with him.
- SUMMER CELEBRATION
Mark Fielding explained that the Summer Celebration would take place at Newby Primary School on Sunday 26 June 2005, 1-5 pm.
11. DATE AND TIME OF NEXT MEETING
Thursday 7 July 2005, 5pm Mayfield Centre, Broadway, Bradford BD5
The meeting closed at 6.30pm.