Agenda and minutes

In accordance with the Council’s Constitution, Members are asked to declare any personal or prejudicial interest they may have in any matter which is to be considered at this meeting.

There were no declarations of interest.

Agreed.

Received a report providing an update on the success of a Stage 1 application to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).  The report also set out the preferred project management structure and procurement process for professional support services for the Barking Park Restoration and Improvement Project.

Agreed, in order to enable the Barking Park Restoration and Improvement Project to progress to the next stage of a Development Phase and Stage 2 submission, to:

1.  Match fund the Development Phase Grant of £245,000 from the Parks and Green Spaces Strategy Budget for 2006/07 and 2007/08, in order to secure the Stage 2 Grant award of £3,254,000;

2.  The approach, outlined in section 2 of the report, to meet the capital and revenue expenditure required to deliver this project;

3.  To add the £2m provisional capital scheme for the Barking Park project to the 5 year rolling capital programme; and

4.  The tendering of a framework agreement valued up to £3m over the next four years, for Parks and Leisure Development Professional Services, to meet the needs of Barking Park and other projects within the Parks and Green Spaces Strategy.

Received a report on the Council’s revenue and capital position from the beginning of April to the end of August 2006.

Noted, as a matter of good financial practice:

1.  The current position of the Council’s revenue and capital budget as at 31 August 2006 (sections 3, 5 and 6 of the report);

2.  The position and projected out-turn for the Housing Revenue Account (section 4 of the report); and

3.  The action plans produced to alleviate the budget pressures to ensure that the necessary balanced budget for the Council is achieved by year end (section 3 of the report).

Agreed the re-profiling and budget virements of individual capital schemes as identified in Appendix D to the report.

Received the draft final report of the Leasehold Management Scrutiny Panel and a presentation by Councillor Mrs Flint on behalf of the Panel.

Agreed to exclude the public and press for the remainder of the meeting, as the business was confidential.

It was noted that this was Simon Hart’s last meeting of the Executive as Interim Corporate Director of Adult and Community Services and have placed on record our appreciation for the work he has done.

It was also noted that Anne Bristow, the new Corporate Director of Adult and Community Services, will take up her post from 1 November 2006.

* Item considered as a matter of urgency with the consent of the Chair under Section 100B (4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972.