Agenda, decisions and minutes
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Apologies for absence Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Calouri and Shaikh. |
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Declarations of Interest Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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Minutes of Previous Meeting PDF 123 KB Decision: Noted. Minutes: That the Minutes of the meeting on 21 July 2016 be confirmed as a correct record and the Chair be authorised to sign them. |
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Financial Position as at 31 July 2016 PDF 222 KB Additional documents: Decision: AGREED RECOMMENDATIONS Reasons for decision – as specified in the report Other options considered – none Conflicts of interest / dispensations granted
– none. Minutes:
RESOLVED:
1.1.
That the overall forecast revenue
outturn for the General Fund (Table 1
and Appendix
1 of the report) of a gross
overspend of £3.7m, including corporate items, and a net
overspend of £0.7m after a £3.0m drawdown from the
contingency reserve (Section 3
of the report) be noted.
1.2.
That the actions needed to reduce
the underlying forecast net General Fund overspend (Paragraph
3.2 of the report) be
noted.
1.3.
That the HRA is forecast to
break-even (Section 5, Table 1
and Appendix
1 of the report) be
noted.
1.4.
That the latest capital position
with forecast capital expenditure of £115.9m in 2016-17
be noted, and the re-profiling between
financial years be agreed (Paragraphs 6.1 to
6.5, Table 2 and
Appendix 2 of the report).
1.5.
That the additional schemes in
(Paragraphs 6.6.1 to 6.6.4
of the report) are funded within the
2016-17 capital programme by way of a drawdown from the earmarked
capital reserve at the end of the financial year be
agreed.
1.6.
That the transfer of balances to
the Invest to Save reserve from other earmarked reserves
(Paragraph 6.7 and Table 3
of the report) and the drawdown of
£7.830m from the Invest to Save reserve to the Finance and
Resources revenue budget for forecast Digital Services
transformation (one-off) costs in 2016-17 (Paragraph 6.8 of the
report) be agreed. 1.7. That the transfer of £3.0m from the housing benefit reserve to the redundancy reserve (Paragraph 6.9 of the report) be agreed.
Conflicts of interest / dispensations granted
– none. |
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Alternative Provision Scrutiny - Recommendations from the Children's Scrutiny Committee PDF 178 KB Additional documents: Decision: AGREED RECOMMENDATIONS Reasons for decision – as specified in the report Other options considered – none Conflicts of interest / dispensations granted
– none. Minutes: The Chair noted the Executive’s thanks to the Scrutiny Committee.
1.2 That the Executive Member’s response be reported to a future meeting of the Executive, including having due regard to any relevant implications of the Children’s Services Scrutiny Committee’s recommendations.
Reasons for decision – to allow the Executive to respond to the Scrutiny Committees’ recommendations. Other options considered – none other than as specified in the report. Conflicts of interest / dispensations granted
– none. |
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Responsive Repairs Scrutiny - Recommendations from the Housing Scrutiny Committee PDF 178 KB Additional documents: Decision: AGREED RECOMMENDATIONS Reasons for decision – as specified in the report Other options considered – none Conflicts of interest / dispensations granted
– none. Minutes: The Chair noted the Executive’s thanks to the Scrutiny Committee.
1.1 That the report of the Housing Scrutiny Committee be received.
1.2 That the Executive
Member’s response be reported to a future meeting of the
Executive, including having due regard to any relevant implications
of the Housing Scrutiny Committee’s
recommendations. Reasons for decision – to allow the Executive to respond to the Scrutiny Committee’s recommendations. Other options considered – none other than as specified in the report. Conflicts of interest / dispensations granted
– none. |
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Community Energy Scrutiny Review Recommendations - Executive Member's Response PDF 198 KB Decision: AGREED RECOMMENDATIONS Reasons for decision – as specified in the report Other options considered – none Conflicts of interest / dispensations granted
– none. Minutes: RESOLVED:
AGREED RECOMMENDATIONS Reasons for decision – to respond to the recommendations of the Scrutiny Committee. Other options considered – none other than as specified in the report. Conflicts of interest / dispensations granted
– none. |
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Islington VCS Partnership Grants Programme 2016-2020 - Retained Funding Allocation PDF 299 KB Additional documents:
Decision: AGREED RECOMMENDATIONS Reasons for decision – as specified in the report Other options considered – none Conflicts of interest / dispensations granted
– none. Minutes: RESOLVED: 1.1 That the recommendations set out in section 8 of this report, which seek to address the identified gaps in the portfolio of VCS organisations awarded grant funding in June 2016, be agreed.
1.2 That the allocation of funding of £131,428 per annum from the VCS budget, and a total of £460,000 between 1st October 2016 and 31st March 2020 which levers and additional £170,000 from other partners, as set in in section 8 of this report, be agreed.
AGREED RECOMMENDATIONS Reasons for decision – to support the priorities and services outlined in “Towards a Fairer Islington: Voluntary & Community Sector Strategy 2016 - 2020”. Other options considered – none other than specified in the report. Conflicts of interest / dispensations granted
– none. |
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Additional documents:
Decision: AGREED RECOMMENDATIONS Reasons for decision – as specified in the report Other options considered – none Conflicts of interest / dispensations granted
– none. Minutes: RESOLVED:
1.1
That the proposed CIL allocation process as outlined
in Appendix One of this report be agreed.
1.2
That the proposed
re-distribution mechanism for ensuring that each ward has a minimum
level of CIL funds to allocate each year, as illustrated in
Appendix Two of this report, be agreed.
1.3
That strategic CIL funding
will be integrated with the capital medium term financial strategy
and budget setting process and formally allocated by Executive at
the end of each financial year (as part of the Financial Outturn
report) to projects on the CIL Regulation 123 Infrastructure List
(Appendix Three) be agreed.
1.4
That adoption of the revised
CIL Regulation 123 Infrastructure List following the public
consultation that was carried out between 26 May and 23 June 2016
(the final revised List is set out in Appendix Three of this
report) be agreed. 1.5 That the proposed method for the allocation of carbon offsetting contributions set out in Sections 3.26 to 3.29 of the report, and the proposed allocations set out in Appendix Four of this report, be agreed.
Other options considered – none other than as specified in the report. Conflicts of interest / dispensations granted
– none. |
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Waste Minimisation and Recycling Action Plan 2016/17 PDF 183 KB Decision: AGREED RECOMMENDATIONS Reasons for decision – as specified in the report Other options considered – none Conflicts of interest / dispensations granted
– none. Minutes: RESOLVED:
1.2 That the outcome of the recycling pilot carried out in Tollington (and 1.3 That the proposed changes
to food and garden waste recycling collections
1.4 That implementation of the
previously proposed changes to food and garden
1.5 That implementation of optimised refuse and recycling collection rounds for properties with door to door collections based on a village principle (area based teams) be agreed.
1.6 That changes to the
estate door to door recycling service have been
Reasons for decision – to enable the service to become more efficient and to deliver its MTFS savings targets Other options considered – none other than as specified in the report. Conflicts of interest / dispensations granted
– none. |
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Procurement Strategy for Tufnell Park Primary School Redevelopment PDF 230 KB Decision: AGREED RECOMMENDATIONS Reasons for decision – as specified in the report Other options considered – none Conflicts of interest / dispensations granted
– none. Minutes: RESOLVED:
1.1 That the procurement
strategy for redevelopment of Tufnell Park Primary 1.2 That the procurement of a
design and build contractor to undertake pre-
(SCF), Lot 3 London Construction Projects £5m plus, be
agreed, and to
1.3 That
authority be delegated to the Corporate
Director of Children’s Services in 1.4 That the contract
award of the Design and Build Contract for the works will be
1.5
That the proposed school development will provide
capacity for three forms of
Other options considered – none other than as specified in the report. Conflicts of interest / dispensations granted
– none. |
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Procurement Strategy - Block Contracts for Domiciliary Care Services PDF 241 KB Decision: AGREED RECOMMENDATIONS Reasons for decision – as specified in the report Other options considered – none Conflicts of interest / dispensations granted
– none. Minutes: RESOLVED:
Other options considered – none other than as specified in the report Conflicts of interest / dispensations granted
– none. |
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Decision: AGREED RECOMMENDATIONS Reasons for decision – as specified in the report Other options considered – none Conflicts of interest / dispensations granted
– none. Minutes: RESOLVED:
1.1 That the procurement
strategy for the Council to join the Learning Disabilities 1.2 That authority to
award any subsequent contract award for call-off from the
Reasons for decision – to meet the increasing need in the borough for supported living accommodation for people with a learning disability Other options considered – none other than as specified in the report. Conflicts of interest / dispensations granted
– none. |
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Procurement Strategy for Tufnell Park Primary School Redevelopment - exempt appendices Decision: Noted. Minutes: That the information in the exempt appendix to Agenda item E11 be noted (see Minute 312 for decision). |