Agenda and minutes
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Apologies
To receive any apologies for absence. Minutes: There were none. |
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Notification of any items of Business which the Chair Deems Urgent
In special circumstances, an item of business may be added to an agenda within five clear working days of the meeting. Minutes: No late items were identified. |
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Notice of Intention to conduct business in a closed meeting, and any representations received
To note the items specified which will be considered in a closed meeting. Supporting documents: Minutes: No representations were received in respect of the item listed as closed business for the meeting. |
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Disclosure of Interests and Dispensations
Members to declare any interests and dispensation in respect of any item of business to be considered at this meeting. Minutes: Councillor Michael Situ advised that he was a member of the scrutiny sub-committee which originally made the recommendations in items 8 and 9. This was considered to not be a disclosable pecuniary interest. |
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Public Question Time (15 Minutes)
To receive any questions from members of the public which have been submitted in advance of the meeting in accordance with the cabinet procedure rules. Minutes: There were no public questions. |
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Minutes
To approve as a correct record the minutes of the open section of the meeting held on 22 July 2014. Supporting documents: Minutes: RESOLVED:
That the minutes of the meeting held on 22 July 2014 be approved as a correct record and signed by the chair. |
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Deputation Requests
To consider any deputation requests. Minutes: There were no deputation requests. |
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Response to Recommendations from the Review of Prevalence of Psychosis and Access to Mental Health Services for the BAME Community in Southwark
To agree the proposed response to the health, adult social care, communities and citizenship scrutiny sub-committee review of prevalence of psychosis and access to mental health services for the BAME community in Southwark. Supporting documents: Minutes: RESOLVED:
That the proposed response of the health, adult social care, communities and citizenship review of prevalence of psychosis and access to mental health services for the BAME community in Southwark be agreed. |
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Response to Recommendations in Access to Health Services in Southwark (Health Adult Social Care, Communities & Citizenship Scrutiny Sub-Committee)
To agree the proposed response to the health, adult social care, communities and citizenship scrutiny sub-committee’s report into access to health services in Southwark. Supporting documents: Minutes: RESOLVED:
That the proposed response to the health, adult social care, communities and citizenship scrutiny sub-committee’s report into access to health services in Southwark be agreed. |
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Care Act 2014 - Overview
To note the requirements of the Care Act 2014 and the key new duties that it will place on local authorities including Southwark and areas identified as potentially as having the greatest impact on resources locally. Supporting documents: Minutes: RESOLVED:
1. That the requirements of the Care Act 2014 and the key new duties that it will place on local authorities including Southwark from April 2015 be noted.
2. That the key areas identified as potentially having greatest impact on resources locally and the further work that has been identified by officers to review and update this understanding be noted.
3. That the duties around cooperation for the wider council and health partners, and the particular importance of this in delivering duties around prevention and early action, providing information and advice, and promoting and maintaining wellbeing be noted.
4. That the interim strategic director for children's and adults' services works with the strategic director for finance and corporate services to consider the implications of the Care Act 2014 on current services, and to ensure that this is taken into account within the forthcoming policy and resources strategy. |
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Approval of the Council's Local Implementation Delivery Plan, Annual Spending Submission for 2015/16
To agree the content of the council’s proposed submission to Transport for London, identifying transport projects to be delivered with Transport for London (TfL) Lip funding in 2015/16 and indicative programme of work for 2016/17 and 2017/18. Supporting documents: Minutes: RESOLVED:
Decisions of the cabinet
1. That the content of the council’s proposed submission to Transport for London (TfL) identifying transport projects to be delivered with TfL Lip funding in 2015/16 and an indicative programme of work for 2016/17 and 2017/18, as contained in Appendix A of the report, be agreed.
2. That the identified programme be submitted to TfL by 3 October 2014 be agreed.
3. That the implementation of the agreed programmes as set out in Appendix A of the report be agreed.
Decisions of the Leader
4. That authority be delegated to the cabinet member for regeneration, planning and transport to amend the programme for 2015/16 should any variations to the proposed programme be required. The cabinet member shall consult community council chairs regarding scheme changes in their area.
5. That authority be delegated to the cabinet member for regeneration, planning and transport to determine the most appropriate use of the £100,000 discretionary funding allocated by TfL for 2015/16. |
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Gateway 1: Procurement Strategy Approval - Southwark Works Employment Commissioning Framework
To approve the procurement strategy for Southwark works employment commissioning framework for four years. Supporting documents: Minutes: RESOLVED:
That the procurement strategy outlined in the report for the Southwark works employment commissioning framework for four years at an estimated maximum contract value of £5.275m be approved. |
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Quarter 1 Capital Monitoring for 2014/15 and Capital Programme Refresh for 2014/15 - 2023/24
To note the general fund capital and housing investment programme for the identified periods.
To approve the virements and funded variations to the general fund and housing investment programme and the re-profiling of the project expenditure for 2014/15 and future years for both the general fund and housing investment programmes. Supporting documents: Minutes: RESOLVED:
1. That the general fund capital programme for the period 2014/15 to 2023/24 as at Quarter 1 2014/15, as detailed in Appendices A and D of the report be noted.
2. That the housing investment programme for the period 2014/15 to 2021/22 as at Quarter 1 2014/15, as detailed in Appendix B of the report be noted.
3. That the virements and funded variations to the general fund and housing investment capital programme as detailed in Appendix C of the report be approved.
4. That the re-profiling of the projected expenditure for 2014/15 and future years for both the general fund and housing investment programmes as detailed in Appendices A, B and D of the report be approved and that the resources available for the capital programme based on latest information available at Quarter 1 2014/15 be noted. |
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Revenue Monitoring Report for Quarter 1, 2014/15, including Treasury Management
To note the general fund outturn forecast for 2014/15 and forecast net movement in reserves by department, the housing revenue account’s forecast outturn for 2014/15 and resulting movement in reserves and the treasury management activity for the first three months for 2014/15.
To also note the forecast performance for the collection of council and business rates.
To approve the general fund movements that exceed £250,000. Supporting documents: Minutes: RESOLVED:
1. That the following be noted:
· the general fund outturn forecast for 2014/15 and forecast net movement in reserves by department · the housing revenue account’s (HRA) forecast outturn for 2014/15 and resulting forecast movement in reserves · the treasury management activity for the first three months of 2014/15.
2. That the forecast performance for the collection of council tax be noted.
3. That forecast performance for the collection of business rates and the risks associated with the business rate retention scheme be noted.
4. That the general fund budget movements that exceed £250,000, as shown in Appendix A of the report, be approved. |
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Kipling Garages, Weston Street, Bermondsey, Southwark SE1 - Grant of Long Lease
To authorise the grant of a long leasehold interest in two parcels of land on the Kipling Estate, Weston Street, London SE1 to the Leathermarket Community Benefit Society. Supporting documents: Minutes: RESOLVED:
That the cabinet member for finance, strategy and performance be authorised to agree the heads of terms and the head of property be authorised to both enter into an agreement for a lease and grant a long leasehold interest in two parcels of land on the Kipling estate, Weston Street, London SE1 (“the Property”), as shown edged black on the plan attached at Appendix A of the report, to the Leathermarket Community Benefit Society (CBS) on the terms outlined in paragraph 2 of the report but subject to the grant of the lease being subject to the additional condition that the planning permission is satisfactory to the Council as well as the developer. Any minor variations to be delegated to the head of property to agree. |
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To re-approve the making of an application to the Secretary of State for a Compulsory Purchase Order to acquire the remaining leasehold properties within the Elmington Estate Phase 3 (known as sites C, D, E and G) SE5.
To re-approve the making of compulsory purchase orders. Supporting documents: Minutes: RESOLVED:
1. That it be re-approved that the council makes four or fewer Compulsory Purchase Orders (“Order[s]”) under section 226 (1) of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 and section 13 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 or in the alternative under section 17 of the Housing Act 1985 for the acquisition of the land and new rights within the areas edged on the Ordnance Survey plans at Appendix 1 of the report for the purpose of securing the regeneration of the Elmington Estate in accordance with decisions to implement a new regeneration strategy taken by cabinet on the 22 March 2011 and 23 October 2012.
2. That the director of regeneration be re-authorised to:
a) determine the powers and implement the optimum number of Order[s] to deliver the overall regeneration aspiration; b) take all necessary steps to secure the making, confirmation and implementation of the Order[s] including the publication and service of all notices and the presentation of the council’s case at Public Inquiry should one be called; c) acquire all interests in land within the Order[s] areas either by agreement or compulsorily; d) approve agreements with land owners setting out the terms for the withdrawal of objections to the Order[s], including where appropriate seeking exclusion of from the Order[s]; e) amend the boundaries of the areas edged on the ordinance survey plans at Appendix 1 of the report; or f) amend the number of properties and leasehold acquisitions within the Order (s) area listed in the schedule in Appendix 2 of the report, should it be required. |
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Motions Referred from Council Assembly
To consider motions referred from council assembly on16 July 2014:
Supporting documents: Minutes: RESOLVED:
Children and Young People
That the motion referred from council assembly as a recommendation to cabinet, set out below, be noted.
Schools
1. Council assembly recognises that there are real challenges ahead for local authorities to meet demand for school places, with more than one in four councils forecasting a shortage of primary school places this coming September, and nearly half of local authorities facing a places shortage in September 2015.
2. Council assembly welcomes the work of the current administration over the last four years to expand school places to meet demand, by expanding popular local schools and working with partners to open new ones, ensuring that last year every on time applicant in Southwark was offered a reception place.
3. Council assembly acknowledges that there continues to be a shortage of school places in certain areas and that some parents in Southwark feel they have little choice especially when they are unable to secure places at the community schools nearest to where they live.
4. Council assembly recognises that the work being done by the current Labour administration to ensure that there are sufficient school places to meet demand in the borough is being done against the backdrop of the Liberal Democrats working with the Conservatives in government making it harder and harder for councils to build new schools in the places they are most needed.
5. Council assembly notes with concern that the coalition government’s flagship free schools policy is failing to address the national shortage of school places, with an estimated two thirds of primary school places not in areas of need. Council assembly calls on the government to stop putting politics before the needs of children by diverting money away from areas with a real shortage of places.
6. Council assembly recognises that the current situation in Southwark, where despite increasing demand some schools are struggling to fill places, with 335 vacancies in secondary schools and 201 vacancies in primary schools currently across the borough, is unsustainable.
7. Council assembly calls on cabinet to continue to drive up standards in Southwark schools and to bring forward a programme to work with schools to ensure that over 70% of students in every secondary school in the borough get at least five good GCSEs. Council assembly also calls for this programme of work to look beyond schools and to what additional support can be given to our looked after children and children from troubled families who all too often achieve well below their potential.
8. Council assembly also recognises the challenge where there are secondary schools in the borough which are rated as ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted, but where parents do not want to send their children.
9. Council assembly therefore calls on the cabinet to work with local parents and the Department for Education to ensure that decisions about new schools are based on the needs of the community.
10. Council assembly calls on the cabinet to ensure that free schools work as part ... view the full minutes text for item 17. |
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Exclusion of Press and Public That the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in category 3 of paragraph 10.4 of the Access to Information Procedure Rules of the Southwark Constitution.
The following is a summary of the closed part of the meeting. |
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Minutes
Supporting documents: Minutes: The closed minutes of the meeting held on 22 July 2014 were approved as a correct record and signed by the chair. |
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To re-approve the making of an application to the Secretary of State for a Compulsory Purchase Order to acquire the remaining leasehold properties within the Elmington Estate Phase 3 (known as sites C, D, E and G) SE5. Minutes: The cabinet considered the closed information relating to this item. See item 16 for decision. |