Agenda and minutes

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Note: Public questions and comments must be received by the third working day before this meeting. The deadline for this meeting is 10am on Thursday 11 May 2017 

Items
No. Item

1.

Minutes of last meeting pdf icon PDF 58 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED  that the minutes of the meeting of 21 March 2017 be agreed as a correct record.

2.

Absence of Members

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Joan Scannell and Councillor Alon Or-bach.

3.

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

Minutes:

None necessary, as determined by the Monitoring Officer.

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.

Out-of-Borough Acquisitions pdf icon PDF 247 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee considered the report.

 

On the recommendations in the report being put to the vote the votes were declared as follows:

 

For

10

Against

0

Abstain

0

Absent

2

 

 

RESOLVED - That the Committee approve an addition to the Housing General Fund Capital Budget of £8m for the acquisition of Out of Borough property.

 

8.

Insurance Strategy pdf icon PDF 244 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee considered the report.

 

On the recommendations in the report being put to the vote the votes were declared as follows:

 

For

10

Against

0

Abstain

0

Absent

2

 

RESOLVED - That the Committee

 

1.    Adopt the refreshed Insurance Strategy (Appendix A)

 

2.    Note the Summary of Cover which sets out the basis of cover arranged (Appendix B)

 

3.    Note the Risk Analysis 2016/17 which sets out the rationale behind the levels of cover arranged (Appendix C)

 

4.    Note the Action Plan 2017/18 setting out actions to be completed in advance of the next full insurance retender in 2018 (Appendix D)

 

9.

Customer Transformation Programme: Phases 2-4 pdf icon PDF 1 MB

Minutes:

The Committee considered the report.

 

On the recommendations in the report being put to the vote the votes were declared as follows:

 

For

10

Against

0

Abstain

0

Absent

2

 

RESOLVED  - That the Committee

 

1.    Notes the progress updates provided in this report on the delivery of the Customer Transformation Programme, as part of the Council’s Customer Access Strategy

 

2.    Notes the assurance achieved for the technical elements of the programme to date, and endorses the continuation of the technical assurance approach.

 

3.    Notes the additional capital requirement of £3.9m required to complete the Customer Transformation Programme.  This will be considered as part of the Business Planning report and brought back to this Committee for approval in June 2017.

 

4.    Subject to approval of the additional capital requirement, delegates authority to the Interim Chief Operating Officer, in consultation with the Chairman of the Policy & Resources Committee, to enter into contracts on a phase by phase basis to deliver the programme, with payment contingent on successful delivery against milestones.

 

10.

Corporate Grants Programme, 2016/17 - Approval of Grants under Delegated Powers pdf icon PDF 260 KB

Minutes:

The Committee considered the report.

 

On the recommendations in the report being put to the vote the votes were declared as follows:

 

For

10

Against

0

Abstain

0

Absent

2

 

RESOLVED  that the Committee note the decisions to award grants of less than £5,000 under delegated powers from the corporate grants programme in 2016/17.

11.

Committee Forward Work Programme pdf icon PDF 221 KB

Minutes:

The Committee requested that an update report on the North London Waste Plan be added to the work programme for Autumn 2017.

12.

Any other item(s) the Chairman decides are urgent

Minutes:

There were none.