Agenda and decisions

Councillor Paul Bell, Cabinet Member for Housing and Planning declared a pecuniary interest in relation to Item 5, “Early Help and Prevention Strategy and Commissioning Intentions”.

Approved.

Having considered comments of the Public Accounts Select Committee of 3 December 2020, which incorporates views of the respective select committees, the Mayor and Cabinet unanimously agreed:

(1)       That comments and views of the Council’s select committees be noted.

(2)       That an officer report responding to each of the points made by the Council’s select committees and circulated to the respective chairs prior to the meeting, be sent to Members of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

Having considered an officer report, a presentation by Councillor Amanda De Ryk, the Cabinet Member for Finance and Resources, proposals by Councillor Paul Bell, the Cabinet Member for Housing and Planning, and comments by Councillor Patrick Codd, the Chair of Public Accounts Select Committee, the Mayor and Cabinet unanimously agreed:

(1)             That the proposals submitted by Councillor Paul Bell be agreed.

(2)          That progress with identifying budget cuts, the £18.9m shortfall against the target for 2021/22 be noted, and that these be brought back in February 2021 for consideration.

(3)             That it be agreed:

(i)           To review the cuts proposals presented in Section 7 and Appendices 2 to 7, totalling £15.051m.

(ii)          To consider the comments of the Public Accounts Select Committee of the 3 December 2020, which incorporates the views of the respective select committees.

(iii)         To authorise officers to carry out consultations where staff consultation is necessary and delegate the decision to the relevant Executive Director for the service concerned for the following proposals: C-1 and F-11.

(iv)         To authorise officers to carry out consultations where public consultation is necessary ask officers to report back to the Mayor and Cabinet with the outcome, for a decision to be made for the following proposals: A-2, B-6, B-10, C-2, D-1, D-7, F-9, F-15, F-16, F-17, and F-18.

(4)          That where no consultation is required, the following proposals be agreed: A-1, A-3, A-4, A-5, A-6, A-7, A-8, B-2, B-4, B-5, B-7, B-8, B-9, C-3, C-5, C-7, C-8, D-2, D-3, D-4, D-5, D-6, D-8, E-1, E-2, E-3, E-4, E-5, E-6, E-7, E-8, E-9, E-10, F-1, F-2, F-3, F-4, F-5, F-6, F-10 and F-12. Request officers to complete further work to clarify the proposals F-7 and F-8 and that officers then re-submit the proposals at the earliest opportunity for a decision. 

(5)          That it be agreed to defer the decision on cuts references F-7 and F-8 and ask that further work is undertaken on these and that they are re-considered as part of the additional round 2 cuts for Adult Social Care expected to come forward in January.

Having considered an officer report, a presentation by Councillor Chris Barnham, the Cabinet Member for Children’s Services and School Performance, and comments by Councillor Luke Sorba in his capacity as a Telegraph Hill ward councillor, the Mayor and Cabinet unanimously agreed:

That the strategy attached as Appendix 1 be approved:

(1)       For the provision of Children’s Centres services:

(i)             to extend and vary the current contract with Pre School Learning Alliance (known as Early Years Alliance) from 01/04/21 to 31/03/22 at a maximum cost of £1.25m;

(ii)            to extend and vary the current contract with Downderry School from 01/04/21 to 31/03/22 at a maximum cost of £190,000;

(iii)          to extend and vary the current contract with Eliot Bank and Kelvin Grove from 01/04/21 to 31/03/22 at a cost of £170,000.

(2)       For the provision of Youth Services in Lewisham:

(i)             that the Council uses available resources more flexibly to develop a borough wide targeted youth work offer, which will be delivered by a wider range of youth organisations across the borough, including the Council itself through Family Thrive; and accordingly:

(a)            award a contract for youth services to Youth First for four years, from 01/04/21 to 31/04/25 with an option to extend by up to two years at a cost of £1.3m per annum, and £7.8m for the full six year term

(b)           extend the current liability arrangements relating to pensions, as set out in paragraph 6.33 of this report, for the life of the contract

(c)           offer the contract with renewed lease arrangements, providing Youth First with 10 year leases at a peppercorn rent for at least two Youth sites in the borough, with the final decision on these sites and lease arrangements being delegated to the Executive Director for Children and Young People in consultation with the Director for Regeneration and Place and the Director of Law, Governance & Human Resources.

(3)       For the provision of Health services:

(i)             to extend and vary the current contract with Compass to deliver the Young People’s Health and Wellbeing Service for 12 months from 1^st April 2021 until 31^st March 2022, at a value of £746,000. The LBL contribution is £552,000.

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet Member for Housing & Planning, Councillor Paul Bell, the Mayor and Cabinet unanimously agreed that the LDS (December 2020) be approved for formal adoption and publication, taking effect 21st December 2020.

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet Member for Housing & Planning, Councillor Paul Bell, the Mayor and Cabinet unanimously agreed that the Addendum to the SCI which will permanently supersede sections 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 and appendices 1, 2 and 3 of the current SCI (2006), be adopted.

Having considered both an open and a confidential officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet Member for Environment & Transport, Councillor Sophie McGeevor, the Mayor and Cabinet unanimously agreed:

(1)           That the Refuse Recycling Agreement with South East London Combined Heat & Power Ltd (SELCHP) be extended for 5 years from 2nd January 2024, the detailed terms to be set out in a Deed of Variation to the Refuse Recycling Agreement and associated agreements and documents.

(2)           That authority be delegated to the Director for the Public Realm to take the decision about the final terms of the Deed of Variation to the Refuse Recycling Agreement and associated agreements and documents, in consultation with the Director of Law, Governance and Human Resources, and the Director of Corporate Resources.

Having considered both an open and a confidential officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet Member for Housing & Planning, Councillor Paul Bell, the Mayor and Cabinet unaimously agreed:

(1)                   That allocation of stated funding from the Housing Revenue Account for Lewisham Homes to appoint a contractor to deliver construction works for 23 new homes at Wellington Close, Somerville Estate be approved.

(2)                   That authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Housing, Regeneration and Public Realm to approve final accounts and cost variations following practical completion and the defects liability period.

Approved.

Considered in conjunction with the Part 1 item.

Considered in conjunction with the Part 1 item.