Agenda and minutes

That the minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 12 November 2012 be confirmed and signed as an accurate record of the proceedings, and that the outstanding actions be noted.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Nicholas Botterill.

If a Councillor has a disclosable pecuniary interest in a particular item, whether or not it is entered in the Authority’s register of interests, or any other significant interest which they consider should be declared in the public interest, they should declare the existence and, unless it is a sensitive interest as defined in the Member Code of Conduct, the nature of the interest at the commencement of the consideration of that item or as soon as it becomes apparent.

At meetings where members of the public are allowed to be in attendance and speak, any Councillor with a disclosable pecuniary interest or other significant interest may also make representations, give evidence or answer questions about the matter.  The Councillor must then withdraw immediately from the meeting before the matter is discussed and any vote taken.

Where Members of the public are not allowed to be in attendance and speak, then the Councillor with a disclosable pecuniary interest should withdraw from the meeting whilst the matter is under consideration. Councillors who have declared other significant interests should also withdraw from the meeting if they consider their continued participation in the matter would not be reasonable in the circumstances and may give rise to a perception of a conflict of interest.

Councillors are not obliged to withdraw from the meeting where a dispensation to that effect has been obtained from the Audit, Pensions and Standards Committee. 

There were no declarations of interest.

1.         That approval be given to the  award of a Framework Agreement for Print Services to the contractors set out in paragraph 4 of the report for a period of four years to commence on 21 December 2012.

2.         That, following formal award of the Framework, officers hold mobilisation meetings with successful contractors to ensure smooth implementation.

That the changes to the General Fund revenue budgets as set out in Appendix 1 of the report be approved.

That the budget variation as at quarter 2 for 2012/13, set out in Appendix 1 of the report,. be approved

That the Council’s debt, borrowing and investment activity up to 30 September 2012 be noted.

That approval be given to implement the Fulham Palace Road Corridor Scheme using £750,000 Section 106 funds as set out in paragraph 9.1 of the report.

That option 2 in the report be approved to implement a tri-borough network which will set the three Councils on a strategically aligned path and make them ready for the longer term, while simultaneously adopting option 4 to deploy wireless and wired access at key sites which would not otherwise allow staff to work anywhere within them.

1. That the Tri-borough ICT strategy set out in Appendix 4 be approved;

2. The establishment of a single Tri-borough ICT service under a single Tri-borough Director of ICT by 1 July 2013 be approved;

3. the establishment, over time, of a ‘retained ICT function’ within the new, single Tri-borough ICT service be approved;

4. the approach for the ICT provision procurement set out in section 7 of the report be endorsed; and

5. funding of £278,400 from H&F be approved alongside £278,400 from WCC and  £139,200 from RBKC to support the procurement process.

That the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham continues with the Trade Waste collection service, due to the predicted positive contribution to corporate overheads, and pending Member consideration of alternative service delivery models identified in the Bi Borough Service Review and programmed for 2014/15.

c) Offering existing H&F providers the opportunity to continue operating routes up to 31^st March 2014 where this proves to be the most sensible short-term solution for current vulnerable service users, with re-negotiated prices if possible.

3. That recommendations 2c and 2b take precedence whilst negotiations continue with the WLA

1. That approval is given to establish a framework for innovative housing built using Modern Methods of Construction and associated development management services with City House Projects Limited as the single provider;

2. approval is given for expenditure of £50,000 with City House Projects Limited, to be funded from previously approved s106 budget, for professional services to undertake consultation, site investigation surveys, and design of the pilot site to RIBA stage C as set out in section 6 of the report;

3. a further Cabinet report be presented, following resident consultation and detailed development viability appraisal, setting out detailed development proposals for the pilot site and approval for further funding to proceed;

4. approval is given to use the SCAPE framework to appoint contractor for innovative housing built through the framework; and

5. it be noted that officers will review potential for additional development sites and report back to Cabinet with a detailed development and funding programme for future sites.

The Forward Plan was noted.

The Cabinet is invited to resolve, under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, that the public and press be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the following items of business, on the grounds that they contain the likely disclosure of exempt information, as defined in paragraph 3of Schedule 12A of the said Act, and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption currently outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

That under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and press be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the remaining items of business on the grounds that they contain information relating to the financial or business affairs of a person (including the authority) and information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege could be maintained in legal proceedings, as defined in paragraphs 3 and 5 of Schedule 12A of the Act respectively, and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption currently outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

[The following is a public summary of the exempt information under S.100C (2) of the Local Government Act 1972.  Exempt minutes exist as a separate document.]

That the minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 12^th November 2012 be confirmed and signed as an accurate record of the proceedings, and that the outstanding actions be noted.

That the report be noted.

That the report be noted.

That the report be noted.

That the report be noted.

The summary was noted.