Decision details

Having considered an officer report and additional tabled legal implications,

and presentations by the Cabinet Member for Resources, Councillor Kevin

Bonavia, the Chair of Overview & Scrutiny and by the UNITE rep at Lewisham

CAMHS, the Mayor agreed that:

(i) the areas of anticipated savings for the period 2017/18 to 2019/20 as set

out be noted;

(ii) the comments of the Public Accounts Select Committee on the 22

September 2016, which incorporates the views of the respective Select

Committees be received and responded to as shown below;

(iii) the actions listed below for each saving totalling £5.99m in 2017-18 be

agreed for the detailed proposals in Appendices i to vi

A18a               Consultation and Monitoring required and report to Healthier

                        Communities SC prior to returning to Mayor & Cabinet.

A18b               Consultation not required.

A19;                Delegated to Officers but Monitoring required.

A20;                Consultation not required.

A21 a & b       Consultation not required.

B3                   Consultation not required.

E6;                  Consultation not required.

E7                   Consultation not required.

I11 a & b        Consultation not required.

L8;                   Comments from Select Committee accepted with new contracts

                        to reflect Council values and the London Living wage.

L9;                   Saving not taken and Officers asked to review outputs and what

value has been produced by each Assembly.

L10                 Consultation not required.

M3                   Consultation not required.

M4;                  Consultation not required.

M5;                  Consultation not required.

M6;                  Housing Select Committee to see full report prior to Mayor &

                        Cabinet consideration

M7 a & b        Consultation not required.

Q6 a to f;        CYP Select Committee to receive monitoring information after

                        implementation

Q7 a & b;        Monitoring by Select Committee to take place and no further

                        savings to be required from this area in the next two

Q8;                  Consultation not required.

Q9;                  Consultation not required.

Q10;                CYP Select Committee to receive monitoring information after

                        implementation

Q11 a             CYP Select Committee to see full report prior to Mayor &

                        Cabinet consideration

Q11 b             CYP Select Committee to see full report prior to Mayor &

                        Cabinet consideration

(iv) officers be authorised to carry out consultation where public/stakeholder

consultation is necessary in relation to the proposal and that officers bring a

full report to Mayor & Cabinet at the earliest opportunity;

(v) officers be authorised to carry out consultation where staff consultation is

necessary in relation to the proposal and delegate the decision to the

relevant Executive Director for the service concerned;

(vi) where no consultation is required, the saving proposal be approved, or the

decision be delegated to the relevant Executive Director for the service

concerned;

(vii) officers be requested to complete further work to clarify the proposal and re submit the saving proposal at the earliest opportunity;

(viii) the work in hand for savings B3 (see 9.13) and M3 (see 9.44) totalling

£0.6m be noted and the work of officers to deliver these savings be endorsed;

(ix) the decisions at Mayor and Cabinet meetings on the 12 November 2014

and 30 September 2015 be noted and the previously agreed savings of

£17.4m for 2017/18 be approved;

(x) the update on progress in relation to Public Health savings be noted;

(xi) the draft efficiency plan be approved to enable the Council to accept the

four year settlement offer in respect of Revenue Support Grant for the

years 2016/17 to 2019/20; and

(xii) the following additional responses be made to the Sustainable

Development Select Committee;

(a) Officers asked to review IT used by Planning and report back to the Select

Committee;

(b) Officers be asked to continue work seeking to generate income from

Council assets;

(c) Officers be asked to report back immediately if examples of cumulative

negative impact resulting from savings proposals are discovered.