Minutes for Cabinet meeting, Feb 28 2011, 6.00PM official page

Under section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, any Member who is in arrears of two months or more Council Tax must declare it at the meeting and abstain from voting on the report (agenda item )

To receive the minutes of the Cabinet Procurement Committee (CPC) held on 18 January 2011 for noting only.

This report updates the Medium Term Planning Forecast (MTPF) agreed by Cabinet in July 2010

This report presents an overview monitoring statement of the Council’s Revenue Budget.

This report updates Members on the current position of the Capital Programme and seeks spending and resource approval as required to enable officers to proceed with the delivery of those schemes.  It also seeks authorisations with required changes resulting from other variances from budget.

This report asks Cabinet to agree and recommend to Council for approval the 2011/12 General Fund budget estimates, Capital Programme and Council Tax level and make a series of recommendations to Council relating to the 2011/12 financial year and beyond

This report is seeking the approval to the disestablishment of the existing Joint Committee of the five Host Boroughs for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and the establishment of a new Joint Committee six Host Boroughs, to incorporate the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham with effect from 1 April 2011.

To meet the agreed joint timetable for preparation of the waste plan this report seeks approval for the publication of the North London Waste Plan in April 2011 and the subsequent submission of the document and supporting material, to the Secretary of State for public Examination. 

This report is seeking the approval and the recommendation to Council of the Learning Trust’s Annual Plan (Continuous Improvement Plan) for 2011/12.

This report requests authorisation to undertake an appropriation for planning purposes, for part of the Woodberry Down estate

To agree the School Governor appointments.

This schedule sets out the decisions taken by officers under delegated powers:

 

·  Authorisation To Enter Into A Section 278 Agreement At St  Joseph’s Hospice, Mare St, Hackney, London E8 4SA

• Business Case For Organisational Changes Within The  Community Safety Team

 

• Business Case For Deletion Of Fixed Term ASB Posts Within  Community Safety Team

 

• Business Case For The Deletion Of Grant Funded Posts Within Community Safety.

 

• Authority For The Disposal Of  Properties Under The Housing Act 1985 (As Amended) Right To Buy Provisions

 

• Community Safety Accreditation Scheme For Community Safety Wardens

 

• Proposal For The Reduction In Operating Hours For Parking Services Car Pound

 

• Warden Service Review

 

• Authorisation To Enter Into A Section 278 Agreement At 86 Mount Pleasant Lane And Authorisation To Raise A Traffic Management Order in Warwick Grove

 

The schedule lists appointments to outside bodies.

Members are asked to approve the content of the executive response to theLiving in Hackney Scrutiny Commission Resident Participation in Housing Review.

Members are asked to approve the content of the executive response to theHealth in Hackney Scrutiny Commission Public Health Promotion Tobacco Control Review

Proposed resolution:

 

THAT the press and public be excluded from the proceedings of the Cabinet on the 28^th February 2011 during consideration of item 21 on the agenda on the grounds that it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, that were members of the public to be present, there would be disclosure of exempt information as defined in Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 as amended.

The report sets out the history to a claim of adverse possession and recommends a settlement of the possession proceedings and counterclaim