The Part A minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 19 June 2017 were received. The Leader of the Council signed the minutes as a correct record.

There were no disclosures of interest.

Councillor Tony Newman, Leader of the Council, announced one item of urgent business, the Local Government Challenge award, which would be taken after agenda item 6.

Local Government Association National Innovation Awards
The Leader of the Council congratulated Denise Blair, a public health principal at Croydon Council, for winning this national award which included her work on reducing teenage pregnancy in England using Croydon as an example. Denise Blair gave a short presentation at the meeting showing the work that she carried out on the five challenges towards achieving the award.

The full presentation is available on the meeting webcast.
 

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

The Leader of the Council has delegated to the Cabinet the power to make the executive decisions set out below:

RESOLVED to
1. note the actions taken to date in relation to the Council's own housing stock and other corporate buildings in response to the Grenfell Tower fire.
2. note the other fire safety measures and processes in place relating to non-residential buildings.
 

The Leader of the Council has delegated to the Cabinet the power to make the executive decisions set out below:

RESOLVED to approve

1.1 The revised capital programme as detailed in section 11 and appendix 2 of the report.
1.2 The Business Rates Discretionary Funding scheme as detailed in section 4 and appendix 3 of the report.
1.3 The approach to ensuring the financial challenge of the period 2017/20 continues to be managed efficiently and effectively and continues to be reported to this cabinet on a quarterly basis as part of the financial monitoring report.

RESOLVED To note:

1.4 Details from the Queen's speech held on the 21st June 2017 as detailed in paragraph 2.8 of the report.
1.5 Progress being made to deliver the 2017/18 budget.
1.6 Final outturn of the 2016/17 budget as detailed in section 9.a.
 

The Leader of the Council has delegated to the Cabinet the power to make the executive decisions set out below:

RESOLVED to

1.1 Review the performance for the year 2016/2017 as detailed at Appendix 1 of the report.
1.2 Note the achievements, progress, and work to date, as detailed in this report, of delivery against the promises set out in the 2015-18 Corporate Plan.
1.3 Note the areas of challenge (where the Council is responsible for performance) and the work underway / proposed to address these areas as detailed in the report and Appendix 1 of the report.
1.4 Agree the performance targets proposed for the period 2017/18, and where, due to national external changes, agree the deletion / replacement of indicators that can or will no longer be able to be reported, as detailed in Appendix 2 of the report.

The Leader of the Council has delegated to the Cabinet the power to make the executive decisions set out below:

RESOLVED to
1.1 note the annual report of the Croydon Safeguarding Children Board and that this report will be scrutinised by the Children and Families Scrutiny Panel.
1.2 note the annual report of the Croydon Safeguarding Adult Board and that this report will be considered by the Adult Social Care Review Panel.
 

The Leader of the Council has delegated to the Cabinet the power to make the executive decisions set out below:

RESOLVED to 
 
1. Approve a revolving borrowing facility of £25m to enable the investment in the acquisition of up to 250 properties at market rates. 

2. Agree to the leasing of tranches of purchased units to a limited liability partnership.

3. Agree to the granting of retained right to buy receipts to the limited liability partnership to use to increase designated affordable housing for borough residents.

4. Agree the proposed rent levels for the affordable rent properties acquired by the limited liability partnerships to be a maximum of 65% of market rent

5. Delegate authority to the Executive Director Resources, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and Treasury, to agree and enter into arm's length loans with respective limited liability partnership at appropriate market normative rates for the purposes outlined in the report.

6. Delegate authority to the Executive Director Resources, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and Treasury, to take such steps as are necessary to appropriate land from the Housing Revenue Account to the General Fund to the extent that this is required to successfully implement the above recommendations and proposals set out in the report.

The Leader of the Council has delegated to the Cabinet the power to make the executive decisions set out below:

RESOLVED to receive the recommendations arising from the meetings of the Scrutiny and Overview Committee (24 May 2017) and to provide a substantive response within two months (ie. at the next available Cabinet meeting on 18 September 2017).

The Leader of the Council has delegated to the Cabinet the power to make the executive decisions set out below:

RESOLVED to approve the response reports and action plans attached to the report (at Appendix A) and that these be reported to the Scrutiny and Overview Committee or relevant Sub-Committees.

The Leader of the Council has delegated to the Cabinet the power to make the executive decisions set out below:

RESOLVED to

1.1 Note
1.1.1 The contracts over £500,000 in value anticipated to be awarded by the
nominated Cabinet Member, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for
Finance and Treasury or, where the nominated Cabinet Member is the
Cabinet Member for Finance and Treasury, in consultation with the Leader.
1.1.2 The list of delegated award decisions made by the Director of Commissioning and Improvement, between 18/05/2017 - 14/06/2017
1.1.3 Property acquisitions and disposals to be agreed by the Cabinet Member for Finance and Treasury before the next meeting of Cabinet.

1.2.1 Approve the procurement strategies which will result in contract awards for the provision of services in respect to Primary care-delivered public health services for a term of 5 years as set out in Appendix 1 of the report; and

1.2.2 Recommend to the Leader of the Council that in respect of procurement strategy reports and contract award reports which require approval prior to the next meeting of Cabinet in September 2017 and:

i. Require a decision by Cabinet; or
ii. Require a decision by the nominated Cabinet Member but are not in the list of proposed contract awards at para.4.1.1;
authority to agree these be delegated to the nominated Cabinet Member in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and Treasury and either the Leader or the Deputy Leader (Statutory) or, where the nominated Cabinet Member is the Cabinet Member for Finance and Treasury, in consultation with the Leader or the Deputy Leader (Statutory); and

1.2.3 Note that details of any decisions taken under the delegation in 1.2.2, and those contract award decisions delegated to the nominated Cabinet Member under the Leaders Scheme of Authorisations and taken prior to the next meeting of Cabinet, will be presented to Cabinet for subsequent noting at the Cabinet meeting in September 2017.