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Commenced 6.10pm - Concluded 6.55pm
Present:
Councillor Ian Greenwood - Chair & Council Director
Zamurrad Khan - Vice Chair
Paul Johnson - LSC Director
Munawar Khan - Community Director - Park Lane
Sher Khan - Council Director
Sarah Brown - Police Director
Sarah Hinton - Community Director - West Bowling
Zahira Hussain - Community Director - West Bowling
Greg Lucas - Community Director - West Bowling
Jennifer Rowe - BTT Director
Jamshed Khan - Community Director - Park Lane
Akhtar Khan - Community Director - Park Lane
Taj Salam - Community Director - Marshfields
Zameer Hussain Shah - Bradford Council
Ray Tate - BTT Director
1. Apologies for absence:Nick Baggio
Nick Chamberlain
Jaroslav Gorol
Ali Jan Haider
Ian Hayfield
Janet Hulse
Will Jennings
Isa Khan
Mohammed Khan
Nawaz Khan
Omar Khan
Paul Lattimer
Khalid Mahmood
Sister Julie McGing
Dave Moss
Ralph Saunders
David Wilkinson
2. Minutes and Matters Arising from the Meeting of 17th July 2008
Proposed correct by Taj Salam. Seconded by Munawar Khan with all Directors in favour.
No matters arising.
3. Declarations of Interest
Private sector housing - Taj Salam
Akhtar Khan
Greg Lucas
Jamshed Khan
Zahira Hussain
Sarah Hinton
4. Board Matters
Mark Fielding talked through the Board Matters Paper.
Community Council
Bradford Council has been given the go ahead to proceed with the formation of a Trident Community Council. Community has replaced the word Parish as previously discussed. The elections should take place in June 2009 following approval by the Council's Executive. Bradford Trident will need to amend its constitution with regards to Board size and composition in line with previous discussions.
Greg Lucas commented that residents in the area around Henley were complaining that they were not included.
Ian Greenwood commented that when we have certainty from the Council that the Community Council will go ahead a leaflet will be produced and we can then engage with the resident community starting hopefully in November 2008.
Community Facilities Management
Bradford Trident works to ensure that all the community facilities it owns are subject to a consistent management policy. This policy is built around centres being self-financing through room hire and rent coupled with individual funding applications. Each centre has its own management community consisting of local residents supported by Trident staff. The freehold and ownership of the centres remains with Bradford Trident.
Taj enquired which area does the Park Lane Centre serve and Mark responded that it serves Park Lane and the bottom end of Marshfield. Sher Khan expressed his concern at the current operation of the Park Lane Centre and Mark explained that David Mosley and himself will be addressing this in the future and will report back to the next Board Meeting.
Relationships Between BT and BTT
Directors were asked to note the guidance outlined in the note from Gordons on the subject of the relationship between BT and BTT.
Taj Salam commented that we need to be 100% open in order that the Charity can ratify the recommendation made from the Trading Company. Taj recognised the need for the Trading Company to retain its independence in order that it did not break Charity law.
Sher commented that the Charity Board needed to know as much as possible.
Ian Greenwood gave a good example of "need to know" where if a tender process had been undertaken then the Charity Board would only be entitled to see the details about the winner not all the contenders.
Greg expressed his concern that Directors could possibly be in breach of their duties and face a liability if proper legal advice was not taken.
David Mosley responded that proper legal advice is always taken and that Directors have the relevant indemnity insurance from Zurich Municipal, our insurance company.
In conclusion Ian Greenwood stated that the Bradford Trident Trading Board will continue to report what it can to the Charity without compromising the Charity Commission rules and regulations.
Staffing Update
Wayne Noteman left at the end of July, Cath Stone left at the end of September and Chas Stansfield retired at the end of September. All three members of staff made a substantial contribution to the work of Trident and the Board extended their best wishes for the future. Taj requested that a letter be sent to Chas on behalf of the Board recognising his wonderful contribution over the last nine years.
Facelift Plus
Lotus Construction have been selected as the new contractors for the other side of Ramsey Street and Woodville Terrace and the work will start on the 27th October.
Akhtar commented that there are still a great number of snags remaining with the STG contract. Mark reminded the Board that STG have a contractual obligation to Bradford Trident and that we are still holding retention monies. A meeting will be held with Accent to discuss this shortly. Taj suggested that the next round of works should identify streets in other areas. Ian Greenwood suggested that the next street to be improved would possibly be in West Bowling.
Neighbourhood Wardens
As Cath Stone has now left the team, Deborah Storey has been selected as the New Team Leader for a three-month probationary period following an internal recruitment process.
Extended Schools
Our contract to deliver this project continues to go well and local Head Teachers are pleased with progress.
Healthy Lifestyles Project
This project is funded by the PCT and encourages healthier lifestyles through projects such as guided walks and the Older People's Lunch Clubs. We are currently negotiating with the PCT in order to continue this contract beyond April 2009.
Crime and Community Safety
The latest police reorganisation into ward-based neighbourhood policing teams has added police presence to the area.
Crime figures are still low but it is acknowledged that the fear of crime is still too high.
The Trident Anti Crime Partnership continues to be a valuable information-sharing forum.
The last of the original Trident police team, PC Dave Royston has now moved on and we are delighted to welcome PC Chris Green back to the team as this maintains continuity with the community.
Youth and Education
Preliminary figures suggest good results again in GCSEs for Trident pupils. Chas and Umar have prepared a Youth Matters Report which has been presented to Council Officers. An Executive summary is being prepared and this will be circulated to Directors when it becomes available.
5. Legacy Appraisals
Pupil Tracking and Reading Matters
David Mosley talked through the appraisal for legacy funding support of £15k for these projects.
The projects had previously been funded through NDC and this appraisal is to fund their final year.
Approval of the appraisal was proposed by Taj Salam and seconded by Munawar Khan with all Directors in favour.
Homework Clubs
David Mosley talked through the appraisal which is a two-year commitment of legacy funding amounting to £10k but supported by Extended School funding of £102k.
This again is a project that has been previously funded through NDC and is continued for a further two-year period using the legacy funding.
Approval of the appraisal was proposed by Taj Salam and seconded by Munawar Khan with all Directors in favour.
6. BTT Update
David Mosley talked through the paper.
Ian Greenwood gave the Board an update on the current negotiations between BTT and Asquith Citygate LLP.
The BTT Board were due to meet on the 21st October to discuss the latest offer from Asquith Citygate LLP and would then seek a legal opinion from Bradford Council on the way forwards.
7. Nomination to BTT Board
Taj Salam was nominated to the BTT Board in order to replace Vipin Joshi who had resigned.
8. National Apprenticeship Service
LSC Director Paul Johnson talked through the very informative paper.
Zubare Khan is to liase with Paul to see if Trident can work with the LSC in our local area to improve the delivery of apprenticeships.
9. NDC Finance Report at 30-9-08
David Mosley talked through the paper which indicated NDC spending of £876.1k including VAT which was on target. David congratulated the Working Groups and staff team once again for this splendid effort.
Sarah Brown agreed that this was a great credit to the staff team to spend the NDC funding on time and on budget.
10. Trident Legacy Fund Finance Report at 30-9-08
David Mosley talked through the paper which indicated spending of £350.7k including VAT as at 30th September 2008.
David congratulated the Working Groups and the staff team for this splendid effort.
Ian Greenwood advised the Board that David and Mark will be putting together a draft budget and cash flow for the legacy funding for the year 2009-10 as of course there is only £39k of NDC funding left to allocate in the final NDC programme year.
11. Working Group Update
Directors noted the tabled paper
12. Any Other Business
Sarah Brown advised the Board that she is moving to a new position within the police force on the 17th November and her replacement will be Chief Superintendent Alison Rowe.
Sarah advised the Board that it had been a privilege and a pleasure working with the Bradford Trident Board and staff team as together we had made a real difference to the Bradford Trident community.
Sarah added that she would be sad to go but wished us all every success for the future.
13. Date of Next Meeting
Thursday 18th December - (AGM), Park Lane Centre, 5pm
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