Apologies were noted from Councillor Marlow.

In accordance with the Members’ Code of Conduct, Members are requested to declare any interests orally at the start of the meeting and again immediately before consideration of the matter. Members are reminded to specify the agenda item number to which it refers and whether the interest is of a personal or prejudicial nature.

Members are also reminded of the requirements of Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 that they should declare and not vote on specified matters if they are two months or more in arrears with their Council Tax payments.

There were no declarations of interest on this occasion.

To consider and approve the Minutes of the meeting held on 23 February 2012

Resolved: That the minutes of the meeting held on 23 February 2012 be signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

Representations from members of the public were dealt with as part of the relevant item on the agenda.

There were no matters raised by Executive Members.

There were no matters raised by non-Executive Members.

There were no matters referred to the Executive for reconsideration.

There were no reports from overview and scrutiny committees.

To seek Cabinet endorsement of the Corporate Plan 2012-13 to be submitted to Council for approval.

Cabinet received a report of the Leader of the Council regarding the Council’s Corporate Plan for 2012-13. The Plan identified the key organisational themes and service priorities which would guide the Council over the forthcoming financial year.

Resolved: That Cabinet:

1. Endorse the draft Corporate Plan for 2012-13 and recommend that it be submitted to Council for approval.
2. Delegate authority to the Leader of the Council, following consultation with    the Chief Executive to agree the final version of the Corporate Plan 2012-13 to be submitted to Council  

That Cabinet make a formal determination of the Authority’s admission arrangements

for 2013/2014, as per the recommendations of Richmond upon Thames Admissions

Forum.

Cabinet considered a report of the Cabinet Member for Schools which outlined the proposed admission arrangements for community schools and the co-ordinated schemes for admission to all primary and secondary schools within the borough for 2013/14.

Mrs Daphne Mather, Chairman of Governors at the Vineyard School addressed the Cabinet. She spoke in favour of abolishing the status of ‘linked schools’ and highlighted the impact of the existing scheme and perceived inequality for pupils attending Vineyard School.

Councillor Hodgins responded to the issues raised. He explained that the original aim of the ‘linked school’ status had not been operating as intended over recent years and that maintaining the status would not assist the Council’s intention to increase availability of places within the primary school sector.

Resolved: That Cabinet:

1. Approve the Authority’s admission arrangements for 2013/14 as per the recommendations of the Richmond Upon Thames Admissions Forum.

This report sets out the process and timescales for establishing new governance

arrangements between Richmond and Kingston, as an initial step, to provide a jointly

owned mechanism for the delivery of Children’s Services under the Achieving for

Children proposals.

Cabinet considered a report of the Leader of the Council which set out timescales and the process for establishing new governance arrangements between Richmond and Kingston as an initial step to provide a jointly owned mechanism for the delivery of Children’s Services as part of the Achieving for Children proposals.

Resolved: That Cabinet:

1. Approve the establishment of a Joint Executive Committee with the Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames to provide governance for the development of a jointly owned mechanism for the delivery of children’s services through ‘Achieving for Children.’
2. Agree the initial establishment of the Joint Executive Committee to operate on a shadow basis to oversee the development of the shared service and to determine, for recommendation to the constituent authorities, the Committee’s more detailed remit and delegations once the shared service is operational.
3. Approve the outline Terms of Reference for the shadow Joint Executive Committee set out in paragraph 3.7 of the report
4. Approve the Leader of the Council and Cabinet Members for Schools and Education, Youth and Children’s Services be appointed as the London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames members of the shadow Joint Executive Committee.
5. Approve that each member be entitled to appoint a substitute member to attend meetings of the Joint Executive Committee on their behalf, subject to that substitute member being an executive member.
6. Note that opposition members be entitled to attend meetings of the shadow Joint Executive Committee as observers.
7. The Director of Education, Children’s and Cultural Services and Joint Head of Legal Services be authorised to commence work to develop an Inter-Authority Agreement in relation to the operation of the Joint Executive Committee.

To consider a new Events Policy for the Council.

The Committee considered a report of the Strategic Cabinet Member for Environment and Planning, Parks and Highways seeking approval of a new Events Policy for the Borough.

Resolved: That Cabinet:

1. Approve the new Events Policy for the Council and delegate authority to review and make minor amendments prior to implementation to the Strategic Cabinet Member for Environment and Planning, Parks and Highways following consultation with the Assistant Director of Environment.
2. Approve the Fees and Charges associated with the implementation of the Events Policy, as detailed in paragraphs 3.3 – 3.6 of this report.

To seek Cabinet approval to provide a shared audit and investigations service with the Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames based on the proposal set out in the Outline Business Case.

Cabinet considered a report of the Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance and Performance which sought approval to provide a shared internal audit and investigations service with the Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames.

Resolved: That Cabinet:

1. Agree to provide a shared Internal Audit and Investigations Service with the Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames from 1 June 2012.
2. Approve the London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames as the host / lead authority of the shared service as specified in the business case.
3. Delegate responsibility for finalising the detailed terms of the shared service to the Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance and Resources, following consultation with the Director of Finance and Corporate Services.

To approve the outline transition plan for formal transfer of NHS Richmond public health functions to the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (LBRuT).

Cabinet considered a report of the Cabinet Member for Adult Services, Health and Housing which outlined the transition plan for formal transfer of NHS Richmond public health functions to the London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames.

Resolved: That Cabinet:

1. Note the new public health roles and responsibilities for local authorities, subject to the health and Social Care Bill and its implications for the London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames
2. Approve the outline transition plan for the formal transfer of NHS Richmond public health functions to the London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames by April 2013, with shadow working starting from October 2012.

Members to comment and agree the draft homelessness strategy 2012 – 2016.

Cabinet considered a report of the Cabinet Member for Adult Services, Health and Housing which sought approval of the Homelessness Strategy for 2012-2016.

Resolved: That Cabinet:

1. Agree the Homelessness Strategy 2012-2016 outlined at Appendix A and the Action Plan for 2012-2013 at Appendix B.

Cabinet to consider the level of grant settlement via Transport for London (TfL) for the 2012/13 financial year and details of other capital and revenue funded programmes for the Transport Planning Service.

Cabinet considered a report of the Cabinet Member for Highways and Street Scene which outlined the level of grant settlement via Transport for London for the 2012-2013 financial year and detailed the other capital and revenue funded programmes for the Transport Planning Service.

Councillor Harrison noted that at Section 8.1 of the report, reference had been made to the Unitary Development Plan of 2005. He apologised for the error and noted that this document had been superseded by the Local Development Framework of 2009 and the report should be amended to reflect CP5 of the Local Development Framework.

Resolved: That Cabinet:

1. Approve the capital and revenue work programme for transport schemes and studies as detailed in Appendix A.
2. Approve the proposed Community Parking Zone (CPZ) programme and funding requirement as detailed in Appendix B.
3. Note the amendment to Section 8.1 of the report to read CP5 of the Local Development Framework in place of the Unitary Development Plan of 2005.

Cabinet to agree the proposals and budgets for supporting business and town centres.

Cabinet considered a report of the Strategy Cabinet Member for Community, Business and Culture which outlined spending proposals for the Economic Support Fund.

Resolved: That Cabinet:

1. Agree the proposals and budgets for supporting business and town centres.

To provide an update to Cabinet on the Council’s performance in the third quarter of 2011/12 in relation to key performance indicators and programme/projects reported against Corporate Priorities.

Cabinet considered a report of the Cabinet Member for Performance which provided an update on the Council’s performance in the third quarter of 2011/12 in relation to key performance indicators and projects and programmes reported against Corporate Priorities.

Resolved: That Cabinet:

1. Notes the progress in the delivery of Corporate Priorities, through the monitoring of key performance indicators and projects / programmes, with the exceptions highlighted in Appendix II
2. Approves the actions being taken to address underperformance as detailed in Appendix II as adequate with regard to the areas highlighted, which will remain under constant review by the Cabinet Member for Performance

This report seeks approval to appoint Adecco to provide Temporary Agency Staff to the Council following a competitive procurement process for a period of three (3) years with the provision to extend for a further one (1) year.

Cabinet considered a report of the Cabinet Member for Performance which sought approval to appoint Adecco to provide temporary agenda staff to the Council following a competitive procurement process for a period of 3 years, with provision to extend for a further year.

Resolved: That Cabinet:

1. Approve the award of a call-off contract for the provision of temporary agenda worker services under the MSTAR Framework.
2. Approve the commencement date of the contract as 1 July 2012 for a period of 3 years, with an option to extend for a further year.
3. Instruct officers to arrange contract mobilisation meetings with Adecco to ensure a smooth implementation and transition of service.

To consider approval to the extension of the licensing and maintenance arrangements for the Cyborg HR / Payroll system.

Cabinet considered a report of the Cabinet Member for Performance which sought approval to the extension of the licensing and maintenance arrangements for the Cyborg HR / Payroll system,

Resolved: That Cabinet:

1. Approves the renewal of the licence as set out in paragraph 3.5 of the report.

To decide, having regard to the particular nature of the business to be transacted, whether or not to exclude the Press and Public during consideration of the following items on the grounds that they are likely to disclose exempt information by virtue of category 3, as defined in Access to Information Procedure Rule 10.4.

Resolved: That having regard to the particular nature of business to be transacted during the consideration of Item 22 that it was likely to disclose exempt information by virtue of paragraph 3, as defined in the Access to Information Procedure Rule 10.4 and of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded.

To advise Cabinet of exempt information to the extension of the licensing and maintenance arrangements for the Cyborg HR / Payroll system.

Cabinet considered a further report of the Cabinet Member for Performance regarding the extension to the licensing and maintenance arrangements for the Cyborg HR / Payroll system.

The exempt report set out information regarding the financial and / or business affairs of the Local Authority.

Resolved: That Cabinet:

1. Note the exempt information contained within the report.