Agenda and minutes

That the minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 4 March 2019 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 Andrew Jones and Councillor Sue Macmillan.

1.         To approve that decision making in relation to production of final accounts to be delegated to the Strategic Director, Finance and Governance in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and Commercial Services.

2.         To note the forecast General Fund outturn.

3.         To note the HRA forecast underspend.

4.         To agree the virements detailed in appendix 10.

1.         To approve the expenditure of £721,600, being the cost for the s278 highway improvement works on Hammersmith Road, Shortlands and Chalk Hill Road.

2.         To note that the main construction works are to be carried out by the Council’s Principal Highways Contractor, F.M Conway Ltd, under the existing Term Contract.

3.         To approve entering into a legal agreement with the developer under section 38 of the Highways Act 1980 for the purpose of the Council adopting land and creating a new section of highway land.

This report has an appendix which contains information exempt within the meaning of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act1972 and is not for publication. The appendix has therefore been circulated to Cabinet Members only.

Any discussions on the contents of an exempt appendix will require Cabinet to pass the proposed resolution identified at the end of the agenda to exclude members of the public and the press from the proceedings for that discussion.

Councillor Ben Coleman stated that due to H&F CCG withdrawing their investment to one of the providers the Council had had to increase its funding of this service to maintain financial sustainability and ensure service viability as the service was at capacity. Further cuts in CCG funding were likely to happen and the Council would need to find alternative routes to ensure service continuity, as it could not continue to absorb all the costs.

RESOLVED:

1.         To approve a waiverunder ContractStanding Order 3.1 for therequirement forseeking competitivetenders forthe reasonsset outin section 3 in the report.

2.         To approve a direct award for 12 months from April 2019 to March 2020 for Nubian Life, Alzheimer’s Society and London Care, and six months for Notting Hill Genesis, from April 2019 to October 2019, whilst a review and procurement exercise is undertaken.

3.         To approve the establishment of a £35,000 grant fund from October 2019 to fund day service provision by local community groups.

This report has an appendix which contains information exempt within the meaning of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act1972 and is not for publication. The appendix has therefore been circulated to Cabinet Members only.

Any discussions on the contents of an exempt appendix will require Cabinet to pass the proposed resolution identified at the end of the agenda to exclude members of the public and the press from the proceedings for that discussion.

1.         That Cabinet approves the award of an extension of the contract for the Substance Misuse Treatment Service for a further two years from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2021 at the contract price set out in exempt appendix A.

2.         That Cabinet approves a contract variation to the Substance Misuse Treatment Service contract for a period of two (2) years from 1 April 2019 to 31 April 2021 at the contract price set out in the exempt appendix A.

3.         That Cabinet approves an extension of the contract for the Alcohol Specific Treatment Service for a further two years from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2021 at the contract price set out in the exempt appendix A. The current provider is Change, Grow, Live or CGL (previously named CRI at contract award).

The Key Decision List was noted.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972 - ACCESS TO INFORMATION

Proposed resolution:

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 3 of Schedule 12A of the said Act, and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption currently outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.       

None.