Agenda and minutes

1.1       RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 7 December 2009 be confirmed and signed as an accurate record of the proceedings, and that the outstanding actions be noted.

2.1       There were no apologies for absence.

If a Councillor has any prejudicial or personal interest in a particular report he/she should declare the existence and nature of the interest at the commencement of the consideration of the 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 prejudicial 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, unless a dispensation has been obtained from the Standards Committee.

Where members of the public are not allowed to be in attendance, then the Councillor with a prejudicial interest should withdraw from the meeting whilst the matter is under consideration, unless the disability has been removed by the Standards Committee.

3.1       There were no declarations of interest.

RESOLVED:

That approval be given to:

1.   The changes to the capital programme as set out in Appendix 1 of this report.

2.    The revenue virements totalling £165,000 as set out in Appendix 2 of this report.

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet makes the following recommendations to Council for the 2010-2011 financial year:

(i)                 That the estimated numbers of properties for each Valuation Band as set out in this report be approved.

(ii)               That an estimated Collection rate of 97.5% be approved.

(iii)             That the Council Tax Base of 79,052 Band “D” equivalent properties be approved.

RESOLVED:

That the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham formally approves the overall London Boroughs Grant Scheme standstill budget of £28,400,000 and this Authority’s contribution of £595,032.

RESOLVED:

That approval be given to enter into a service contract with Medequip Assistive Technology Ltd (Medequip) for a period of 5 years (with the option to extend for a further 2 years) as the appointed framework provider for the provision of community equipment across 9 London boroughs, under a framework agreement procured by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea as lead authority, at a notional annual value estimated at £755,000.

RESOLVED:

1.  To award the five year Term Contract for Resurfacing and Road Marking 2010 to 2015, commencing 1 April 2010, on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender received, as detailed in the report on the exempt part of the Cabinet agenda.

2.  To note that the contract has a clause that will allow three further one year extensions, but this is dependent upon the contractor's performance, and to agree that any decision needed to extend the contract in line with this provision may be delegated to the appropriate Cabinet Member at the proper time.

RESOLVED:

1.  To note and approve the 2010/11 highway maintenance (carriageway and footway) schemes, as set out in Appendix A to this report.

2.   To note continued approval of delegated responsibility to senior officers to make amendments to the programme, as agreed for operational and cost effective reasons by the Director of Environment and Director of Finance and Corporate Services in order to make the optimum use of resources, allowing virements, as outlined in the report, to contain expenditure within the approved resources and not subject to the normal virement rules.

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet recommends the approval and adoption by the Council of the special Licensing Policy and area for the Fulham Town Centre as set out in Appendixes 1 and 2 to this report, and that it be incorporated into the Council’s current Licensing Policy.

RESOLVED:

1.  That authority be delegated to the Director of Children’s Services and the Managing Director of NHS Hammersmith & Fulham to put arrangements in place to implement the proposals set out in this report

2.  That authority be delegated to the Director of Finance and Corporate Services to agree the financial arrangements for the team and its activity with the Director of Finance at the PCT.

RESOLVED:

1.         That the scope of the project be approved   with one off project funding of £639,169.

2.         That ongoing funding is approved for the Frameworki Development and Support Team at £335,340 per annum.

RESOLVED:

1.  That approval be given to  the implementation of a Children’s Centre (subject to any necessary statutory consents and comprehensive resident consultation).  

2.  To approve a programme of consultation with residents to evaluate the possibility of physical estate improvement.

3.  To agree to earmark £4.057m of funding from the HRA Disposal Receipts over the years 2009/2013 to enable the works programme to proceed, subject to detailed resident consultation and further approval, and to agree the provisional annual budgets across the 2009/2013 years as shown in the body of the report (subject to confirmation at tender approval stage) and that £0.450m of grant funding be applied regarding the provision of a Children’s Centre.

4.  To approve the delegation to H&F Homes of the responsibility for the development and delivery of the physical improvement programme, subject to detailed approval being sought to the final scheme from Cabinet.

The Forward Plan was noted.

The summary 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.

RESOLVED:

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 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.]

RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 7 December 2009 be confirmed and signed as an accurate record of the proceedings, and that the outstanding actions be noted.

RESOLVED:

That the recommendation be agreed.

The summary was noted.