Council decisions

This report seeks authority for the direct purchase of properties for use as part of the Housing Acquisition programme:

1.    To authorise the private treaty acquisition at a purchase price of £240,000 for 23 Morris Court, Enfield, London, EN3 6GX with associated costs as mentioned in this report, and Heads of Terms to

be agreed in respect of this property.

2.    To authorise the private treaty acquisition at a purchase price of £230,000 for 99B Elsinge Road, Enfield, EN1 4PE in accordance with associated costs as mentioned in this report, and Heads of Terms to be agreed in respect of this property.

This report seeks Chief Officer approval of fees and charges for 2018/19 that are to change broadly in line with the rate of inflation (3%) or less or not at all.

This report seeks Chief Officer approval of fees and charges for 2018/19 that are to change broadly in line with the rate of inflation (3%) or less or not at all.

To approve the Street Scene fees and charges for 2018/19 as detailed in Appendix A.

Approval in Principal documents cover the selection of bridge type, the materials for its construction and methods of analysis and design to be adopted.

River bridges Nos. 1 to 8 will provide new crossings of the diverted River Brent.

The Spalding Road Retaining Wall will support the re-aligned Spalding Road.

The designs based on these Approval in Principal documents will be reviewed as part of the S278/S38 Agreement process to be signed with developer Hammerson Standard Life.

1.     That the attached Approval in Principle documents be signed by a Chartered Engineer on behalf of the London Borough of Barnet as Technical Approval Authority.

Following authorisation by the Policy and Resources Committee to carry out a procurement process for Film Liaison Services This report seeks authorisation to award a contract to FilmFixer to provide the Council’s film liaison services concession contract for a three-year period from 1 April 2018 to 29 March 2021, with the option to extend for a further two years. This follows authorisation from the Policy and Resources Committee on 5 December 2017 for the procurement process to proceed as per the procurement forward plan considered by the committee.

To award the contract for the supply of 26 tonne Refuse Collection Vehicles x 4 as per the specification issued through the Lot 1 of the North East Purchasing Organisation (NEPO) framework for purchase of HGV, with total contract value up to £841,000.  The specification was released by NEPO Contract Management team to the supplier to confirm that London Borough of Barnet’s requirement could be facilitated under the framework provision.  NEPO HGV Purchase Framework is OJEU compliant.

1.   Authorise the Transport Services to award the contract to S&B Commercials Plc for the purchase of 26t Refuse Collection Vehicles  x 4 as per the specification issued through the NEPO HGV Purchase framework, with total contract value up to  £841,000.

2.   Authorise the Transport Service to award the contract for spare parts and maintenance of vehicles to the following suppliers for a period of 7 years through NEPO HGV Purchase framework:

A)    S & B Commercials Plc with total spend of up to £90,000  

B)    Dennis Eagle Ltd with spend of up to £80,000

To authorise entry into a Development Services Agreement (DSA) between the Council and Network Rail for the next stage of design development (GRIP4) for the new Thameslink Station, commencing mid February 2017 and completing April 2018. Authorisation will allow continuation of the design programme associated with the delivery of the Thameslink Station to be undertaken along with Network Rail Project Management & Sponsor time, including for Project Management, Early Contractor involvement, Commercial, Engineering and Planning resource.

To authorise entry into a Development Services Agreement to enable the engagement of a GRIP4 rail systems designer, early contractor involvement, Network Rail Project Management and Sponsorship of the rail scheme. The value of the DSA (which relates to Phase A) is £4.7m. 

The report seeks approval for named charges to be increased by inflation plus 2% (4.9%) or below.  The report includes such fees and charges for: Highways; Trading Standards; Licensing; Environmental Health; Planning; Land Charges; Cemetery and Crematorium Street Naming and Numbering and Building Control. 

That the fees and charges listed in Appendix A be approved for increase by less than inflation plus 2% (4.9), for implementation from 1^st April 2018

This report seeks approval to award two contracts for the supply of digital magazines and online newspapers for use by Barnet Libraries and customers to W.F.Howes.

Summary DPR for January 2018.