Agenda

Cabinet - Monday 19 October 2020 6.00 pm

Venue: All Council meetings until further notice will be held remotely. Please see the attached link to view the live stream for this meeting https://youtu.be/Ca1rCQf1TgA

Contact: Clifford Hart 020 8356 3597 Email: Governance@hackney.gov.uk 

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

2.

Urgent Business

The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of Urgent Business. (Late items of Urgent Business will be considered under the agenda item where they appear. New items of Urgent Business will be dealt with under Item 15 below. New items of exempt business will be dealt with at Item 18 below).

 

3.

Declarations of interest - Members to declare as appropriate

A Member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:

 

(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and

(ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.

 

A Member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.

 

Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 8.1-15.2 of Section Two of Part 5 of the Constitution  and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct.

 

4.

Notice of intention to conduct business in private, any representations received and the response to any such representations

On occasions part of the Cabinet meeting will be held in private and will not be open to the public if an item is being considered that is likely to lead to the disclosure of exempt or confidential information. In accordance with the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012 (the “Regulations”), members of the public can make representations about why that part of the meeting should be open to the public.

 

This agenda contains exempt items as set out at Item [16] : Exclusion of the Press and Public.  No representations with regard to these have been received.

 

This is the formal 5 clear day notice under the Regulations to confirm that this Cabinet meeting will be partly held in private for the reasons set out in this Agenda.

 

5.

Questions/Deputations

6.

Unrestricted minutes of the previous meeting of Cabinet held on 29 September 2020 pdf icon PDF 2 MB

 To agree the minutes of the previous meeting of Cabinet held on 29 September 2020

7.

2020/21 Overall financial position, property disposals and acquisitions report which takes account of the estimated financial impact of COVID 19 and the on-going emergenc - Key Decision No. FCR R. 4 pdf icon PDF 314 KB

This report  will advise Cabinet of the August 2020 OFP latest position on the Council’s budgetary position in 2020/21. 

 

Additional documents:

8.

Capital Update Report - Key Decision No. FCR R.5 pdf icon PDF 110 KB

This report on the capital programme for 2020/21 updates members on the capital programme agreed in the 2020/21 budget.

9.

Child-Friendly Places Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) - Key Decision No. NH Q55 pdf icon PDF 126 KB

The Child Friendly SPD will sit alongside and complement policies in the

borough wide Local Plan 2033. Once adopted, the SPD will form part of the

Council’s Statutory Development Plan and will be used to determine planning

applications borough wide, as well as a blueprint for other Council service

areas and external stakeholders. Approval of this report is sought to consult Hackney’s residents, businesses, stakeholders and statutory bodies on the draft Child Friendly SPD.

Additional documents:

10.

City and Hackney Safeguarding Adults Board Annual Report 2021/20 and Strategy 2020/25 - Non Key Decision pdf icon PDF 88 KB

This report outlines the Board’s new strategy for 2020/25 and the annual

report for 2019/20. It focuses on the new principles underpinning the strategy,

its strategic priorities and how these will be delivered for 2020/21, key

achievements and data for 2019/20. The report also highlights the actions that

the Board has taken in response to the Covid-19 outbreak.

Additional documents:

11.

Cabinet Response to the Skills, Economy and Growth review Scrutiny Commission Investigation, ‘Making the Local Economy Work for Hackney’ - Non Key Decision pdf icon PDF 120 KB

The Cabinet is asked to approve the content of this response to the Skills, Economy and Growth review Scrutiny Commission Investigation, ‘Making the Local Economy Work for Hackney’.

12.

Section 85 Local Government Act 1972 – Resolution To Extend Six Month Rule And Changes To Cabinet Membership/Portfolios - Non Key Decision pdf icon PDF 72 KB

The purpose of this report is to enable the Cabinet to note a

dispensation of the 6 month rule for Councillor Rickard, and Councillor

Selman on the grounds of their respective maternity leave.

13.

Schedule of Local Authority School Governor appointments

To agree the School Governor appointments.

14.

Appointments to Outside Bodies

The schedule lists appointments to outside bodies.

15.

New items of unrestricted urgent business

To consider any items admitted at Item 2 above.

 

16.

Exclusion of the press and public

Note from the Governance Services Manager

 

Item 17 allows for the consideration of exempt information.

 

Item 18 allows for the consideration of exempt information in relation to item 6 respectively.

 

 

RESOLVED:

 

That the press and public be excluded from the remainder of the meeting as the items below contain exempt information, as defined under paragraph, 3 & 5 of Part 1, schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

 

17.

2020/21 Overall financial position, property disposals and acquisitions report which takes account of the estimated financial impact of COVID 19 and the on-going emergenc - Key Decision No. FCR R. 4

Appendix 1 is exempt from publication under para 3 of Part 1, Schedule 12a of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

18.

Exempt minutes of the previous meeting of Cabinet held on 29 September 2020

To confirm and sign the exempt minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 29 September as a correct record

19.

New items of exempt urgent business

To consider any EXEMPT items admitted at Item 2 above.