Agenda and minutes

That the minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 4 September 2017be confirmed and signed as an accurate record of the proceedings, and that the outstanding actions be noted.

Apologies for Absence were received from Councillor Andrew Jones.

1.    To approve the allocation of resources to continue the work programme     opposing the proposed downgrade of Charing Cross Hospital, including the closure of the 24 hour Accident & Emergency unit.

2.    To note that, despite strategic differences with the NHS over the Shaping a Healthier Future (SaHF) proposals, the Council will continue to work closely with NHS agencies to provide high quality integrated health and social care services for residents and service users.

3.    To delegate authority to the Interim Chief Executive, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, to agree activities and expenditure of up to a maximum of £150,000in line with the work programme set out in this report.

1.    To approve the procurement strategy and business case set out in this report.

2.    To approve the set-up of a multi-supplier Framework for a period of four years to start in November 2017 for a notional value of £1.6 million and seek tenders for two lots with a maximum of five providers on each lot.  The two lots being:

                                          i.    Lot 1 - Lithographic four colour printing 

                                         ii.    Lot 2 - Lithographic two colour printing

3.    That the award criteria for admission to each of the framework agreements will be based on 50% quality and 50% price.  That a maximum number of 9 organisations will be eligible for admission to each lot of the framework agreement.

Councillor Ivimy noted the overspend for Regeneration, Planning and Housing Services, mainly due to temporary accommodation pressures, and asked whether provisions had been made for the potential increase in rent due to the licensing programme.

The Leader stated that other London boroughs had not experienced any increase in rent due to the licensing programme. Councillor Homan added that the Council carried out a very rigorous check before the temporary accommodation was allocated to people.

RESOLVED:

1.    To note the General Fund and Housing Revenue Account month 3 forecast revenue outturn variances.

2.    To note the action plans amounting to £2.815m, seeking to address the General Fund gross overspend forecast variance of £4.742m. All overspending departments will need to respond with further actions to reduce the net forecast overspend after mitigating actions of £2.364m.

3.    To approve the proposed virements requests in appendix 11.

To approve the proposed budget variations to the capital programme totalling £15.6m (summarised in Table 1 and detailed in Appendix 2).

1.    That delegated authority be granted to the Lead Director of Regeneration, Planning & Housing Services with the Director of Finance and Resources of Regeneration, Planning & Housing Services, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing and the Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Regeneration, to purchase individual properties in Hammersmith & Fulham and neighbouring boroughs for use as affordable housing to the value of £4.9m.

2.    To approve the creation of an £4.9m budget in the Decent Neighbourhood Programme Budget to use for these purchases, with £3.43m being funded by unrestricted capital receipts and £1.47m being funded by right to buy one for one receipts. 

That Cabinet call off from the framework agreement and enter into a contract for five years from 1st April 2018 until the 31st March 2023, with the option to extend for a further two years using 1+1 framework (subject to performance and financial constraints), with the recommended provider at a five year projected contract cost of £14,461,589.

To approve the procurement strategy to use LASER Energy Buying Group to procure the fuel through the new Crown Commercial Services (CCS) framework agreement.

That authority be delegated to the Director of Transport and Highways in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Environment, Transport and Residents Services to approve the implementation transport projects described in section 4 of this report, subject to favourable outcomes of public engagement and consultation.

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 meeting of the Cabinet held on 4 September 2017 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.