There were no apologies for absence.

No declarations were made.

RESOLVED: That the Minutes of the meeting held on 9 December 2013 are agreed as a correct record.

RESOLVED: That the Minutes of the meeting held on 9 December 2013 are agreed as a correct record.

With the consent of the meeting the Chair varied the order of the agenda to take items 9 and 10 as the last items of business.

The Chair welcomed Chris Pedlow, who had recently taken up the post of Senior Democratic Services Officer.

RESOLVED: That Cabinet -

(1) note the financial reporting data relating to revenue budgetary control, showing a forecast underspend at year end of £1,583k (which is 0.9% of the gross Council Budget) after allowing for a £510k transfer to the Capital Programme, £1,500k transfer to balancing the budget reserve, £1,255k carry forward of Public Health funds;

(2)  approve adjustments and capital virements detailed in Appendix 5b and the Current Capital Programme as detailed in Appendix 5a to the report;

(3) note current progress to date on savings; and

(4) approve the virement of £457,560 from the revenueisation and miscellaneous corporate budget to fund the PFI required increase for 2013-14.

RESOLVED: That Cabinet -

(1) note the financial reporting data relating to revenue budgetary control, showing a forecast underspend at year end of £1,583k (which is 0.9% of the gross Council Budget) after allowing for a £510k transfer to the Capital Programme, £1,500k transfer to balancing the budget reserve, £1,255k carry forward of Public Health funds;

(2)  approve adjustments and capital virements detailed in Appendix 5b and the Current Capital Programme as detailed in Appendix 5a to the report;

(3) note current progress to date on savings; and

(4) approve the virement of £457,560 from the revenueisation and miscellaneous corporate budget to fund the PFI required increase for 2013-14.

            RESOLVED: That Cabinet –

(1) approves the council’s contribution to the London Councils Grants Scheme 2014/15 as per the subscription set by London Councils Leaders’ Committee on 12 November 2013; and

(2) agrees to allocate the balance in the 2014/15 subscriptions budget to the Merton Partnership Voluntary Sector Grant Scheme.

            RESOLVED: That Cabinet –

(1) approves the council’s contribution to the London Councils Grants Scheme 2014/15 as per the subscription set by London Councils Leaders’ Committee on 12 November 2013; and

(2) agrees to allocate the balance in the 2014/15 subscriptions budget to the Merton Partnership Voluntary Sector Grant Scheme.

RESOLVED: That Cabinet note the results of the Annual Residents’ Survey 2013

Cabinet were pleased to note continuing improvements over previous year’s results and affirmed its commitment to further improvements to address areas of concern and meet residents’ aspirations. 

RESOLVED: That Cabinet note the results of the Annual Residents’ Survey 2013

RESOLVED: That Cabinet recommends that Council should agree to continue webcasting committee meetings held in the council chamber

RESOLVED: That Cabinet recommends that Council should agree to continue webcasting committee meetings held in the council chamber

RESOLVED: That Cabinet -

(1) receives the feedback from the Health and Wellbeing Peer Challenge; and

(2) agrees to publish the feedback report on the Health and Wellbeing Challenge on the Council’s website

RESOLVED: That Cabinet -

(1) receives the feedback from the Health and Wellbeing Peer Challenge; and

(2) agrees to publish the feedback report on the Health and Wellbeing Challenge on the Council’s website

RESOLVED: That Cabinet notes the content of the report and delegates to the Director of Environment & Regeneration, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Environmental Sustainability and Regeneration, the authority to extend the contract by two years, this to be subject to satisfactory finalisation of the negotiations referred to in the report.

Reason for urgency: The Chair had approved the submission of the report as a matter of urgency for the reason stated in the report.

Chris Lee drew attention to the comments of the Sustainable Communities Overview and Scrutiny Panel set out in paragraph 14 of the report which officers were taking on board.

RESOLVED: That Cabinet notes the content of the report and delegates to the Director of Environment & Regeneration, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Environmental Sustainability and Regeneration, the authority to extend the contract by two year, this to be subject to satisfactory finalisation of the negotiations referred to in the report.

RESOLVED: That Cabinet notes the financial information arising from the Provisional Settlement 2014-18 and that the financial implications will be incorporated into the draft MTFS 2014-18 and draft capital programme 2014-18.

Reason for urgency: The Chair had approved the submission of the report as a matter of urgency for the reason stated in the report.

Caroline Holland advised that Appendix 4 to the report, the draft Treasury Management Strategy, was still to follow and would be available for consideration by the Overview and Scrutiny Commission on 31 January 2014. Updates on the business rates and pensions fund positions would also be available for that meeting.

RESOLVED: That Cabinet notes the financial information arising from the Provisional Settlement 2014-18 and that the financial implications will be incorporated into the draft MTFS 2014-18 and draft capital programme 2014-18.

To RESOLVE that the public are excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following report(s) on the grounds that it is (they are) exempt from disclosure for the reasons stated in the report(s).

RESOLVED; That the public are excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item on the grounds that it is exempt from disclosure by virtue of Part 4B, Paragraph 10.4 and Category 3 of the constitution.

RESOLVED: That Cabinet award a contract for provision of the school cleaning service for schools and other education buildings in Merton for a period of three years, with an option to extend for two further periods of up to one year’s duration each at the discretion of the council, to the contractor named in the recommendation in the report.

RESOVED: That Cabinet award a contract for provision of the school cleaning service for schools and other education buildings in Merton for a period of three years, with an option to extend for two further periods of up to one year’s duration each at the discretion of the council to the contractor named in the recommendation in the report.