Agenda and minutes

Venue: Hendon Town Hall, The Burroughs, London NW4 4BQ

Contact: Faith Mwende; 02083594917 Email: faith.mwende@barnet.gov.uk 

Items
No. Item

1.

Minutes of last meeting pdf icon PDF 84 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED – That the minutes of the meeting held on 16 December 2015 be approved as a correct record, subject to a correction on item 3: Councillor Ross Huston should read Councillor Ross Houston.

2.

Absence of Members

Minutes:

There were none.

3.

Declaration of Members' Disclosable Pecuniary interests and Non Pecuniary interests (If any)

Minutes:

Councillor

Agenda Item

Interest Declared

Councillor Ross Houston

Item 9

Disclosable pecuniary interest as he is a Council appointed representative on the Board of The Barnet Group Ltd and thus did not take part in the discussion or the vote.

Councillor Richard Cornelius

Item 9

Non-disclosable pecuniary interest as he is a director of Barnet Holding.

Councillor Richard Cornelius

Item 13

Non-disclosable pecuniary interest as he has had his vehicle repaired at the garage on the site.

 

 

4.

Report of the Monitoring Officer (if any)

Minutes:

There was none.

5.

Public Questions and Comments (if any)

Minutes:

There were none.

6.

Members' Items (if any)

Minutes:

There were none.

7.

Business Planning 2016-20 pdf icon PDF 588 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee considered the report and the supplementary addendum.

 

Councillor Rawlings moved a motion that was duly seconded, to amend recommendation 1.4 as follows:

 

“Recommend to Council applying the social care precept at 2% in 2016/17 – to help fund care for the elderly – subject to the results of the current consultation”

 

Having been put to the vote the Committee voted:

 

For: 5

Against: 7

Abstain: 0

 

The motion was therefore lost.

 

The Chairman moved to the vote. Votes were recorded as follows

 

For: 7

Against: 0

Abstain: 5

 

The committee

 

RESOLVED –

 

1.    To note the issues that have, so far, emerged from the consultation when making their decisions. Consultation closed on 12 February, however due to the timings of compiling and publishing this report, the consultation report in Appendix G is presented as an interim report, reflecting responses received as of 3 February 2016. A final consultation report will be reported to Council on 1 March, to inform final decisions on the council’s budget. The committee made the decisions below also being mindful of the equalities impact assessments including the cumulative equalities impact assessments;

 

2.    To recommend to Council for approval the MTFS attached as Appendix A and the detailed revenue budgets in Appendices B1 and B2. The MTFS sets out all of the budget changes over the period 2016-20, including assumptions around inflation, changes to levies, pressures, savings and grant funding. It is the model around which the council’s financial strategy is based.

 

3.    To recommend to Council that the budget for 2016/17 is prepared on the basis of no increase to council tax in 2016/17, other than for the increase set out below in 1.4 – subject to the results of the current consultation;

 

4.    To recommend to Council applying the social care precept at 1.7% in 2016/17 – to help fund care for the elderly – subject to the results of the current consultation;

 

5.    To note that the Chief Finance Officer under his delegated powers in accordance with para 4.3.2 of the Financial Regulations has calculated the amount of 135,324 (band D equivalents) as the Council Tax base for the year 2016/17 [item T in the formula in Section 31B (1) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended (the “Act”)];

 

6.    To recommend to Council for approval, the following amounts calculated for the year 2016/17 in accordance with Sections 31(A) and (B), 34, 35 and 36 of the Act:

a)    £956,469,590 being the aggregate of the amounts which the council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(2) (a) to (f) of the Act;

b)    £804,761,913 being the aggregate of the amounts which the council estimated for the items set out in Section 31A(3) (a) to (d) of the Act;

c)    £151,707,677 being the amount by which the aggregate at 1.6(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 1.6(b) above, calculated by the council in accordance with Section 31A(4) of the Act as its Council Tax requirement for the year (Item R  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.

8.

Establishment of a new wholly owned council housing company (WOC) pdf icon PDF 303 KB

Minutes:

The Committee considered the report.

 

The Committee;

 

RESOLVED – To endorse the business case for a new wholly owned council housing company to develop and own homes and recommend that Full Council approve the creation of the above, subject to Committee further agreeing the business plan in due course, prior to the WOC commencing trading.

9.

Loan to Barnet Homes' Registered Provider (Opendoor Homes) for the development of new affordable homes pdf icon PDF 448 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Having declared an interest Councillor Houston left the room and did not take part in the discussion or the vote.

 

The Committee considered the report.

 

The Committee;

 

RESOLVED – to recommend to Council

1.    The approval of a loan of £57.5m to Opendoor Homes by the Council, subject to approval of the establishment of Opendoor Homes as a Registered Provider by the Homes and Communities Agency on such terms as the Section 151 Officer considers, on advice, to be appropriate and in the best interests of the Council.

 

2.    That authority is delegated to the Council’s Section 151 Officer to increase the loan amount as specified in recommendation 1 up to £65m during the draw down period, if needed to provide contingency for unanticipated increases in costs over the life of the development programme.

 

3.    That authority is delegated to the Council’s Section 151 Officer; in consultation with HB Public Law and other professional advisors as appropriate, to agree the legal documentation to support the loan, including the Loan Agreement and Development Agreement.

 

4.    That authority is delegated to the Council’s Section 151 Officer, in consultation with HB Public Law, to authorise entering into the Agreements on behalf of the Council and to do such acts as are reasonably required to give effect to the Agreements

10.

Child and Adolescent Mental Health - Contract Extension pdf icon PDF 601 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee considered the report.

 

The Committee;

 

RESOLVED –

1.    To approve a waiver of the CPRs and permit a one year extension of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) contract from Barnet Enfield & Haringey Mental Health Trust from 1st April 2016 to 31st March 2017.

 

2.    To note the reduced contract value of £770,000 for which will be in place from 1st April 2016 to 31st March 2017 following approval highlighted above in line with the Council's MTFS.

 

3.    To delegate to the Commissioning Director- Children & Young People, authority to undertake the tendering process for future contract provision

11.

Extension of Mental Health Prevention and Supported Living Services pdf icon PDF 306 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee considered the report with a correction to recommendation 2 (a) which read ‘to extend the contract with Richmond Fellowship until 07.03.2015’ and it should read ‘to extend the contract with Richmond Fellowship until 07.03.2016’. This was agreed by the committee.

 

The Committee;

RESOLVED

1.    To approves the following waivers of the Council’s Contract Procedure Rules:

a)    A waiver to bring the prevention services listed in the table at paragraph 5.2.3 into contract, to last until 31.03.2017.

b)    A waiver to extend the contract with One Support for Bevatone House and Barnet Complex Needs service retrospectively for the period from 01.04.2015 to 31.03.2016 and to extend the contract until 31.03.2017.

c)    A waiver to extend the contract with Sanctuary Housing for Sarnes Court core housing support service retrospectively for the period from 01.02.2014 to 31.03.2016 and to extend the contract to 31.03.2017.

 

2.    To note the decision of the Adults and Health Commissioning Director as detailed below:

a)    That the Officer in consultation with the Chairman of the Policy agreed a waiver of the Contract Procedure Rules to extend the contract with Richmond Fellowship until 07.03.2016.

12.

Barnet Carers and Young Carers Strategy 2015-20: "Carers are supported and valued by our communities" pdf icon PDF 306 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee considered the report.

 

The Committee;

 

RESOLVED

1.    To note the contents of the Barnet Carers and Young Carers Strategy 2015-20 which the Barnet Carers Strategy Partnership Board approved on 7th December 2015.

 

2.    To authorise the procurement of a carers and young carers support services tender to commence from April 2016.

 

3.    To agree a waiver of the Contract Procedure Rules to further extend the contract with Barnet Carers Centre for the provision of adult carer support services from 1st April 2016 for a period of up to one year, delegating authority to the Director of Adults and Communities to enact a variation to the current contract whilst procurement activities are being undertaken. The total contract value for the extension period will be £280,000 per annum.

 

4.    To agree a waiver of the Contract Procedure Rules to extend the contract with Barnet Young Carers and Sibling Services from 1st April 2016 for a period of up to one year, delegating authority to Director of Family Services to enact a variation to the current contract if required whilst procurement activities are being undertaken. The total contract value for the extension period will be £115,020 per annum.

13.

Brake Shear House - Draft Planning Brief pdf icon PDF 283 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee considered the report.

 

The Committee;

 

RESOLVED - to approve the Brake Shear House draft Planning Brief for public consultation

14.

Committee Forward Work Programme pdf icon PDF 234 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee noted the work programme.

15.

Any other item(s) the Chairman decides are urgent

Minutes:

There were none.