Agenda and minutes

That the minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet held on6 October 2014 be confirmed and signed as an accurate record of the proceedings, and that the outstanding actions be noted.

There were no apologies for absence.

The Leader welcomed Nigel Pallace to the meeting in his new role as Acting Interim Chief Executive.

1.    To note the General Fund and HRA month 5 revenue outturn forecast.

2.    To approve the virement requests totalling £0.487m for the General Fund as detailed in Appendix 11.

3.    To approve that £0.047m of uncollectable debt relating to commercial tenants at the Sullivan and Townmead business incubator units be written off.

That approval be given to the funding of £290,000 required to implement the action plan outlined in the report.

That further funding be allocated to Lot 1 of the Managed Services programme from reserves, as set out in the exempt report.

1.    To agree the Better Care Fund Plan Revised Submission and to proceed with the implementation of the plan, including the development of the Community Independence Service (CIS).

2.    To note that Cabinet will be asked to make further Key Decisions during the implementation of the Better Care Fund programme and plans.

1.    That approval be given to a Joint Working Agreement for the exercise of RIPA powers, including sharing officers under section 113 of the Local Government Act 1972.

2.    That approval be given to a joint policy on the use of surveillance powers including the use of surveillance not regulated by RIPA.

1.    That the Council agrees to dispose of the Fatima Centre to the Diocese for the provision of school places.

2.    That, if necessary, the Council as freeholder permits the demolition of the Fatima Centre, in advance of disposal, to enable the construction of an extension to Pope John RC Primary School.

That:

·                The principle of a Bi-Borough Hub School be adopted;

·                The recommended site option is the Bridge Academy site in Hammersmith and Fulham (Option 2 in section 6.2).

·                The site currently occupied by Action on Disability (formerly HAFAD) adjacent to the Bridge Academy is included within the Bi-Borough Hub School site.

·                3BM, through its existing contract with LBHF, be commissioned to produce a more detailed, costed programme for the works, developing  the design for the new Bi-Borough Hub School sufficiently to give sufficient cost certainty, establishing the decant implications and checking existing proposals against the planning brief prepared for the site under BSF, to be undertaken at risk by LBHF subject to a limit of £20,000.

·                A further report be produced at the conclusion of RIBA Stage 3;

·                Consultation begins at the appropriate time with key stakeholders;

subject to:

·         Agreement by Cabinet in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to make a capital contribution of £6.2m to fund the additional facilities required for its resident pupils.

·         Any additional capital costs for the scheme being met by the Education Funding Agency, following a bid from the TBAP Trust for AP Academies Capital.

1.    That up to £0.33m be allocated from the Invest to Save fund as H&F’s match funding to the Innovation Fund Grant.

2.    That agreement be given to the proposals outlined in the table in paragraph 5.2 of the report as to how this grant should be used.

The Key Decision List was noted.

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)] as defined in paragraph 3] of Schedule 12A of the Act, 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 exempt meeting of the Cabinet held on 6 October 2014 be confirmed and signed as an accurate record of the proceedings, and that the outstanding actions be noted.

That the recommendations in the exempt report be approved.

That the recommendations in the exempt report be approved.