Decisions

RESOLVED: To

1.    Endorse and agree to the mechanisms and implementation of the mandatory Tier 4 December Lockdown business grants, 3rd National Lockdown business grants, the extension of the Local Restrictions Support Grant (Closed) Addendum January grants, and the Additional National Lockdown grants distribution, for Croydon as detailed in the draft delegated decision report.

2.    Delegate authority to the Interim Director of Finance Investment & Risk and S151 Officer, to oversee the process and implementation of these mandatory business grants.

The Leader of the Council delegated authority to the Cabinet to make the following decisions:

RESOLVED: To approve

1.   The Care UK – Provision of Care Home Services Variation Extension of Contract which will result in an award for a maximum term of 21 months as set out at agenda item 9a, and section 4.1.1 of the report.

RESOLVED: To note

1.    The contracts between £500,000 and £5,000,000 anticipated to be awarded under delegated authority from the Leader by the nominated Cabinet Member, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Resources and Financial Governance and with the Leader in certain circumstances, before the next meeting of Cabinet, as set out in section 4.2.1 of the report; and

2.    The list of delegated award decisions made by theDirector of Commissioning and Procurement, between 26/02/2021 – 16/03/2021, as set out in section 4.2.2.

The Leader of the Council delegated authority to the Cabinet to make the following decisions:

RESOLVED: To

1.    Note and agree the progress the Council has made in regard to achieving the recommendations set out by external auditor in the Report in the Public Interest (at appendix 1 of the report) with 35 out of 99 actions complete;

2.    Note that the recommendations as suggested by General Purposes and Audit Committee and the Scrutiny & Overview Committee that were agreed at Cabinet on January 18th have been added to the action plan (at appendix 2 and 3 of the report);

3.    Agree the refreshed action plan for the recommendations including actions marked complete, new actions and amended deadlines;

4.    Note the current proposed reporting structure, including dates, as set out in this paper that quarterly reports go to Cabinet, General Purposes and Audit Committee, Scrutiny & Overview Committee and Full Council; and

5.    Agree to recommend to Full Council the approval of the refreshed action plan.

The Leader of the Council delegated authority to the Cabinet to make the following decisions:

RESOLVED: To

1.    Note the work that has taken place to date in order to address areas of performance reporting where weaknesses have been highlighted within the Croydon Renewal and Improvement Plan.

2.    Review the set of performance measures in Appendix A of the report which will be used to measure performance against the delivery of actions within the Croydon Renewal Improvement Plan. A finalised set with targets will be presented to Cabinet on 7 June 2021

3.    Note the roadmap Appendix B which details future work and delivery of additional reports in order to have a complete suite of reports in place by September 2021.

4.    Note that the report be reviewed at Overview and Scrutiny for input and comment on the proposals contained within this report. Any recommndations received, will then be contained in the report update to Cabinet on 7 June 2021.

The Leader of the Council delegated authority to the Cabinet to make the following decisions:

RESOLVED: To

1.    Note the net projected general fund financial overspend of £69.1m for the full year as at the end of Month 10, January 2021 which includes all projected COVID-19 related expenditure and income of £40.9m, a net increase of £4.4m from  Period 9, see section 5 of the report. 

2.    Note that a number of risks may materialise which would see the variance increase. These include dividends and interest receivable from Brick By Brick (both historic accrued and in-year expectations) of £20.5m, and pending external audit verification of assumptions around 2019/20 accounting treatment of MRP and Transformation funding that could impact by £6.0m. Should all these risks which total £26.6m materialise, which is unlikely, the impact on the current forecast overspend of £69.1m is an increased overspend to £95.7m, with draft general fund reserves of just £7.4m.

3.    Note, the above figures are predicated on forecasts from Month 10 to the year end and therefore could be subject to change. Forecasts are made based on the best available information at the time.

4.    Note that the Spending Control Panel which was set up at the beginning of November 2020 continues to meet on a daily basis.  Further details on the outputs of the SCP is provided within section 5 of the report.

5.    Note that ELT are to continue to take further immediate action to mitigate spend during the reminder of the financial year, and work with their departments to ensure forecast figures are thoroughly reviewed.

The Leader of the Council delegated authority to the Cabinet to make the following decisions:

RESOLVED: To

1.   Approve the extension and variation of the contract for the provision of care services with Care UK in accordance with Regulation 30 of the Tenders and Contracts Regulations for an additional period of 21 months until 31 March 2023 for an additional value of £10,700,000.

2.    Note that the Contracts and Commissioning Board has endorsed the above recommendation.

3.    Note that the total value of the extension (£10,700,000) will take the overall value of the contract to approx. £72m. This figure is £3m below the original estimated award value of £75m.

The Leader of the Council delegated authority to the Cabinet to make the following decisions:

RESOLVED: To

1.    Agree to a one year extension of the Council’s participation in the Real Lettings Property Fund 1 from February 2022 to February 2023 with a planned sale date of December 2022 for the reasons set out in this report and delegate to the Chief Executive acting in consultation with the section 151 officer and the Council’s Monitoring Officer the authority to agree all necessary documentation to secure that extension; and

2.    Agree to the variation of the Limited Partnership Agreement to provide for a winding up period of the fund after the end of its legal term of one year, rather than the current three years, with the effect that the latest possible date for return of capital to Croydon is therefore brought forward from the current position of February 2025 to February 2024. 

As set out in the Part A report.

This report was deferred to a Cabinet meeting following the elections on 6 May 2021.

RESOLVED: The Cabinet Member for Families, Health and Social Care is recommended to note the approval of the contract variation decision in accordance with the Councils Tenders and Contract Regulation 19 to extend the contract with GPS for the Lateral Flow Testing Programme for an additional 4 months at a cost of £556,553.85 to give an overall contract value of £833,436.75.

RESOLVED: To approve the contract award to Northgate Public Services (UK) Limited for a term of 7 years (5 years +1+1) to supply and support a hosted IT solution for Revenue and Benefits with a maximum contract value of £1.35M.