Issue - meetings

Having considered an open officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet

 Member for Finance and Resources, Councillor Amanda De Ryk, the Mayor

and Cabinet agreed that:

(1) the current financial forecasts for the year ending 31 March 2022 be noted

and Executive Directors be requested to continue to work in bringing forward

action plans to manage down budget pressures within their directorates;

(2) officers submit a bid for up to £3m from the Government’s Social Housing

Decarbonisation Fund as set out; and

(3) authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Housing, Regeneration

and Public Realm to undertake the procurement and delivery of the works in

consultation with the Executive Director for Corporate Resources.

In presenting the report, Councillor De Ryk noted this was the last report

compiled by Director Selwyn Thompson and she recorded her thanks to him

for his contribution to Lewisham.

Having considered an open officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for Finance & Resources, Councillor Amanda De Ryk, the Mayor and

Cabinet for the reasons set out in the report and by a vote of 6-0:

RESOLVED that:

(1) the current financial forecasts for the year ending 31 March 2022 be noted

and Executive Directors be requested to continue to work in bringing forward

action plans to manage down budget pressures within their directorates;

(2) officers submit a bid for up to £3m from the Government’s Social Housing

Decarbonisation Fund as set out; and

(3) authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Housing, Regeneration

and Public Realm to undertake the procurement and delivery of the works in

consultation with the Executive Director for Corporate Resources.