The Part A minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 20 February 2017 were received. The Leader of the Council signed the minutes as a correct record.

There were no disclosures of interest.

Leader of the Council, Councillor Tony Newman, made three announcements under this item.

1. The Leader read part of a letter from Chris Grayling MP, Se retary of Sate for Transport, on the upgrade to the Brighton mainline and supporting Croydon's  development ambitions.

2. The Leader announced that the Council had won the Local Government Chronicle award for Digital Council of the year, presented by the Council staff to Councillor Watson, and passed on congratulations to all the staff who had worked so hard on this service.

3.The Leader congratulated Jacqueline Harris-Baker on her appointment as the Council's Director of Law and Monitoring Officer earlier that day.

RESOLVED that the allocation of business in the agenda be confirmed, as published.

NOTED: that the Leader of the Council had delegated to the Cabinet the power to make the decisions set out below:

RESOLVED  to note the report.

NOTED: that the Leader of the Council had delegated to the Cabinet the power to make the decisions set out below:

RESOLVED to

1.1 note that in order to effectively deliver the New Addington Leisure Centre, community centre and Housing redevelopment the Leader of the Council will be asked to agree the following delegations associated with the award of contracts to the Executive Director of Place in Consultation with the Cabinet Member of Homes, Regeneration and Planning, Cabinet Member for Finance and Treasury and, where the contract value is in excess of £5m, the Executive Director of Resources:

1.1.1 Contract award for professional services which will be appointed to include a Quantity Surveyor and an Employers Agent via a consultancy to manage delivery of the construction contract to build the leisure centre, community facilities and housing on behalf of the Council at a maximum value of £750k for a term of 2.5 years.

1.1.2 subject to detailed contractor's costs and further allocation from the capital programme as required, a contract award recommendation to a construction contractor an estimated maximum contract value of £25.563m for 2 years to further develop and build the New Addington Central Parade Leisure Centre, Community Centre and housing scheme.

1.2. Subject to the decision maker being satisfied that the Council has received satisfactory proposals from the appointed Contractor on Time, Cost and Quality, that the above delegations include any subsequent contract approvals and decisions relating to:
• variations to the Main Construction Build NEC3 Contract;
• demolition works
• associated Enabling Works Contracts;
• and any early orders which may be necessary to secure production slots
• any requirement for temporary accommodation that may be required during the Works.

1.3 That any awards made under these delegations will be reported within the Investing in Our Borough report at the Cabinet meeting following any award.

1.4 To note that contract awards anticipated under these delegations and associated with the New Addington Central Parade Leisure Centre, community centre and housing scheme are estimated to be a value of £26.313m, subject to contractor's final costs submissions.

 

NOTED: that the Leader of the Council had delegated to the Cabinet the power to make the decisions set out below:

RESOLVED to approve the commencement of consultation on a draft Air Quality Action Plan for 2017-2022.

NOTED: that the Leader of the Council had delegated to the Cabinet the power to make the decisions set out below:

RESOLVED to receive the recommendations arising from the meetings of the Scrutiny and Overview Committee (10 January 2017) and the Streets, Environment and Homes Scrutiny Sub-Committee (31 January 2017) and to provide a substantive response within two months (ie. at the Cabinet meeting on 19 June 2017).

NOTED: that the Leader of the Council had delegated to the Cabinet the power to make the decisions set out below:

RESOLVED to the Cabinet is recommended to approve the response reports and action plans attached to this report (at Appendix A to the report) and that these be reported to the Scrutiny and Overview Committee.
 

NOTED: that the Leader of the Council had delegated to the Cabinet the power to make the decisions set out below:

RESOLVED to note:

1. The list of delegated award decisions made by the Director of Strategy Communities and Commissioning, between 19/01/2017 - 15/02/2017.

2. The contract over £500,000 in value anticipated to be awarded by the Executive Director of Place in consultation with the Cabinet Member of Homes, Regeneration and Planning: which is the subject of a separate item on this agenda.