Agenda item

To consider the recommendations made by Cabinet since the last ordinary Council meeting relating to the following matters:

1.    Corporate Plan 2018/22

2.    Medium Term Financial Strategy 2018/22

3.    Governance Review

The meeting had reached the time specified in the constitution for it to conclude. The guillotine procedure was therefore used to close the meeting.

The recommendations as set out in the report were put to the vote and carried. Council RESOLVED:

Corporate Plan

1.    To approve the Corporate Plan for Croydon, 2018 – 2022.

Medium Term Financial Strategy

2.    To approve the Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) 2018/22 including the establishment of a £100m asset acquisition fund as referenced in the MTFS which is set out in the report; and

3.    To agree that the Cabinet Member for Finance and Resources, acting in consultation with the Leader, be given authority to approve asset acquisitions made pursuant to the Asset Investment Strategy referenced in the Medium Term Financial Strategy 2018/22.

Governance Review

4.    To approve the establishment of a cross party governance review panel to assess and review the Council’s governance arrangements as set out in the draft scoping document and terms of reference for the governance panel;

5.    To appoint a maximum of 7 councillors (4 Labour 3 Conservative) and 1 independent member to the governance review panel (together with independent external chair and such other expert independent members external to the Council as the panel may wish to co-opt in a non-voting capacity); and

6.    To require the governance review panel to report its findings and make recommendations within the 2018/2019 municipal year on options and improvements to the Council’s governance arrangements, and in any event to report on progress to the Cabinet and Council, as advised.