Agenda and minutes

1.1       RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 8 March 2010 be confirmed and signed as an accurate record of the proceedings, and that the outstanding actions be noted.

2.1       Apologies for Absence were received from Councillors  Stephen Greenhalgh, Lucy Ivimy and Greg Smith.

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:

1.        That the Local Government Ombudsman’s report, findings and recommendations and endorses the actions already taken by officers as a result, in particular the Council’s written apology, personal visit, compensation payment to the complainant and the changes in work practices be noted.

2.         That, on the basis of these actions, no further action in relation to the matter for the reasons set out in the report be taken.

3.         That the report be adopted as the Cabinet's formal response as required under s.5A of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 and distributed to all members of the authority and the Monitoring Officer.

4.         That the report be adopted as the Council's formal response under s.31 of the Local Government Act 1974 and the Ombudsman be notified of the action the Council has taken.

RESOLVED:

a) That the changes to the capital programme as set out in Appendix 1 to the  report be agreed;

b) That a revenue virement totalling £2,672,000 as set out in Appendix 2 to the report be agreed;

c)  That the Director of Finance and Corporate Services be authorised to action other virements and to make appropriate adjustments to departmental revenue estimates in order to assist in closing the 2009/10 accounts.

RESOLVED:

That approval be given to participate in the LCSG framework agreements  for the supply and delivery of Office Stationery for a period of up to four years, commencing 1 April 2010 at an estimated cost of  £380,000 per annum.

RESOLVED:

1.                  That the allocation of existing resources and anticipated savings to fund a reduced regeneration function for the Council to March 2011 be approved.

2.                  That, subject to individual approvals for expenditure, the ringfencing of regeneration and affordable housing section 106 funds, up to a maximum of £1.6m, to fund pump priming/feasibility activity related to technical and professional studies over the period to March 2013 be approved.

RESOLVED:

1.  That authority be delegated to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Children’s Services and the Director of Finance and Corporate Services, to take the necessary steps to progress the following recommendations contained within this report:

a)     Delivery of the co-location of Cambridge School with Adult Education and Youth Services on the Bryony site;

b)     Approval of the Long List (up to 3 bidders) following the evaluation of responses to the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) and approval to issue the Invitation to Participate in Dialogue documentation;

c)      To take decisions to progress the BSF procurement programme to the next stage of the procurement process, Invitation to Participate in Dialogue Phase 1 (IPD1), including the approval of the Short List of no more than 2 bidders to take forward into the following  stage of procurement, Invitation to Participate In Dialogue Phase 2 (IPD2), following the evaluation of the submitted initial solutions;

d)     Approval to continue dialogue into Phase 2 (IPD2) of Competitive Dialogue with the short list of bidders, to further develop the submitted initial solutions with bidders through to the Close of Dialogue and the submission of Final Bids (the appointment of a Selected Bidder through to Financial Close will be subject to a Cabinet decision);

e)     Procurement of additional Technical, Financial, Legal and Client Design Advisor support services to support the BSF programme, where required, within existing resources.

2.    That authority be delegated to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Children’s Services and the Director of Finance and Corporate Services, to take the necessary steps to progress the following recommendations contained within this report:-

a)   to amend the scope and priority of schemes within the Primary Capital Programme and identify substitute schemes as necessary, to address any operational circumstances during 2010/11 to deliver the Council’s objective of providing a quality primary phase education;

b)   to approve financial sums to develop PCP schemes through procurement within the financial parameters set out in this report.

c)   for the Programme Director and the Cabinet Member for Children’s Services to develop and take the necessary steps to implement the Children’s Services Revenue Maintenance Programme for 2010/11.

RESOLVED:

That authority be delegated to the Director of Environment and Direct of Finance and Corporate Services to award the Term Contracts for Street Lighting Support 2010 to 2013 and Supply of Street Lighting and Signage Materials 2010 to 2011, in consultation with the Deputy Leader (+ Environment).

RESOLVED:

That contracts be entered into for the provision of catering services at Fulham Palace with the following catering companies:

• Create Ltd
• At Home
• Foodshow
• Bovingdons
• Mosimanns

RESOLVED:

1.  That the budget expenditure for delivery of the tennis improvement scheme at Bishops Park of £340,000 be approved.

2.  That authority be delegated to officers (Director of Residents Services) to award contract(s) to deliver the project.

RESOLVED:

That the adoption of the updated Enforcement Policy, attached as Appendix 1 to the report, be approved.

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 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.]

RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 8 March 2010 be confirmed and signed as an accurate record of the proceedings, and that the outstanding actions be noted.

RESOLVED:

That the report be noted.

RESOLVED:

That the report be noted.

The summary was noted.