Decisions

Councillor Melvin Wallace substituted for Councillor Michael White. Councillor Gerry O’ Sullivan substituted for Councillor Stephanie Nunn.

The Committee considered the report and NOTED its contents.

The Committee was addressed by Councillor Michael Deon Burton.

The Committee considered the report and following a motion to defer the consideration of the item RESOLVED TO DEFER consideration of the item to allow officers to engage in discussions with the applicant.

In accordance with the public speaking arrangements the Committee was addressed by an objector with a response by the applicant.

The Committee was also addressed by Councillor Judith Holt.

The Committee considered the report and RESOLVED on a vote  of 5 to 2 with 1 abstention to agree the recommendation to REFUSE PLANNING PERMISSION as per the reasons set out in the report.

Councillors Crowder and Wallace voted against the resolution.

Councillor O’ Sullivan abstained from voting.

In accordance with the public speaking arrangements the Committee was addressed by an objector with a response by the applicant.

The Committee was also addressed by Councillor Ron Ower.

The Committee considered the report and RESOLVED on a vote of 5 to 2 with 1 abstention to GRANT PLANNING PERMISSION subject to the conditions as set out in the report.

Councillors O’ Sullivan and Durant voted against the resolution.

Councillor Tyler abstained from voting.

The minutes of the meeting held on 5 July 2018 were agreed as a correct record, subject to the amendment detailed below, and were signed by the Chairman.

Amendment to items 14 and 15 to show, Subject to the Council establishing ownership of the land.

There were no disclosures of interests.

Cabinet will be asked to award the contract for the provision of the Integrated Sexual Health Service.  The contract value will be in excess of £10 million.

Cabinet:

·       Delegated the power to the Director of Public Health acting in consultation with the Director of Legal and Governance and the Director of Finance to make the decision to award a contract for the provision of the Barking & Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge (BHR) Integrated Sexual Health Service (ISHS) to Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT) for a period of 5 years from 1^st October 2018 to 30^th September 2023 with the option to extend for a further three-year period on an annual basis at the sole discretion of the Councils.

Cabinet will be asked to approve the Commissioning Plan for Education Provision 2019-2023

Cabinet:

1.     Approved the draft Commissioning Plan for Education Provision (CPEP) in Havering 2019-2023;

2.     Approved the circulation of the draft CPEP for consultation to all stake holders in early years and school place planning;

3.     Delegated the determination of the final CPEP, to the Cabinet Member for  Children &Learning in consultation with the Director of Children’s services;

4.     Approved for the LA to work with Havering sponsors to submit an application in Wave 13 for a new 3 FE mainstream primary free school in Romford.

5.     Approved for the LA to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) for a new special free school and an  AP free school

6.     Noted that a further report will be going to Cabinet, setting out the details of each expansion scheme, the consultation process and indicative costs and funding for each scheme.

Cabinet will be asked to consider the updated MTFS position and agree the plan for the budget setting process for 2019/20.

It was noted that an application had been made to the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Board to exempt the MTFS and Budget Update matter from the requisition procedure in accordance with the rules of the Constitution, Paragraph 18, of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee Procedure Rules. 

This application was granted and therefore this decision is exempt from the Call-in process.

Cabinet:

1.               Noted the financial context.

2.               Agreed the proposed consultation process and associated timetable as set out in section 7.

3.               Considered the proposal to revise the Council Tax Support Scheme and agree that the statutory consultation be undertaken on the basis set out in Section 5, Section 7, Appendix D and Appendix E.

4.               Gave approval to commence consultation on the proposal to increase the Council Tax empty homes premium to 100% for properties that have been empty for more than two years. 

Cabinet will be given an update further to the Cabinet report considered in May, 2017.

Cabinet:

·       Agreed that the Council prepare and submit funding applications to the Veolia Havering Riverside Maintenance Trust (the “Trust”) that meet the objectives of the Trust and the Council.

·       Delegated authority to the Director of Neighbourhoods, after consultation with the Leader, to identify projects which meet the required objectives and authorise submission of applications. 

Cabinet will be asked to approve this development proposal.

Cabinet:

Reviewed and approved the commencement of tendering processes for:

1)       The works to refurbish two council properties;

2)       The funding to carry out the works, which is estimated to be £350k

3)       A care provider to deliver and manage a semi-independent 6 bedded unit in the borough.

4)       A care provider to deliver and manage a residential or semi-independent 6 bedded unit in the borough.

5)       The delegated authority for the Director of Children’s Services to make the decision in relation to decide on whether the provision will be semi-independent or residential.

The report was considered as an urgent item following agreement by the Chairman under Section 100b of the Local Government Act 1972 as the information contained within the report wasn’t available at the time the agenda was produced.

The report before the committee set out the outturn position for oneSource shared services for the financial year 2017/2018. Detailing the cost share of the final position between the three partner councils.

The overall position for oneSource shared is an underspend of (£1.335m), the split of the underspend between the three partner councils is as follows Havering (£0.630m), Newham (£0.645m) and Bexley (£0.060m).

It was reported that Havering and Bexley had transferred their share of the oneSource underspend to the oneSource earmarked reserve and Newham had allocated its split of the underspend into a corporate reserve, therefore the position shown on Oracle will be nil variance in each authority.

The Joint Committee noted the provisional outturn for oneSource services for 2017/2018.

The oneSource interim Chief Executive gave a presentation to the committee on the strategic priorities for oneSource going forward.

The Joint Committee noted the report and thanked the interim CE for his insightful presentation.

The report updated committee members on a number of oneSource developments.

In respect of the oneSource Integrated Plan, workstreams emerging from the Transition to Trading Programme plus those from the previous oneSource Transformation Plan had been incorporated and were set out in an appendix to the report. It was noted that a report would be presented to a future meeting of the Joint Committee to allow full consideration of oneSource's overall strategic direction of travel. The pilot reports on Passenger Transport and Health & Safety would also be presented as part of that report.

Concerning senior officer appointments, Sean Harriss had been appointed as the new oneSource Interim Chief Executive. Sarah Chaudhry would also be joining oneSource as Director of Asset Management from mid April.

It was reported that Caroline Nugent would be leaving oneSource in mid-May. A campaign to recruit a new HR Director would commence imminently.

Finally, in respect of commercial developments, oneSource continues to be awarded work by partner authorities (most notably Newham small businesses) and externally by other local authorities.

OneSource was shortlisted for the second year running for the Best Service Delivery Model award at the Local Government Chronical Awards in March 2018 and for the HR Distinction Awards for the “Supplier Led HR Innovation & Collaboration” award for the Day One Sickness project with Medigold.

The Joint Committee noted the report.

The minutes of the meetings held on 19 and 26 January 2018 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

The report before the committee set out the base budget for oneSource services for both shared and non-shared for the financial year 2018/2019 including the apportionment between the three partner Councils.

It was reported that the base budget for oneSource shared is £34.410m. The net expenditure is funded by the three partner Councils based on set percentages agreed on a service by service basis. The £34.410m is budgeted to be funded overall as follows, however the actual percentage splits are individual to each service.

•           7.53% by the London Borough of Bexley

•           44.41% by the London Borough of Havering

•           48.32% by the London Borough of Newham

The 2018/19 base budget for oneSource non-shared is £7.345m, this takes into consideration non recurring funding from 2017/2018 and agreed growth and savings for 2018/2019.

Members were assured that advances in technology and the increasing digitisation of services, resulting in the reduction of manual-based processes would deliver the savings forecast in the report.

The Joint Committee noted the based budget for oneSource services for 2018/2019.