(Public Pack)Agenda Document for Cabinet, 21/09/2020 18:30
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Public Document Pack CABINET AGENDA for the meeting on 21 September 2020 at 6.30 pm To: Croydon Cabinet Members: Councillor Tony Newman, Leader of the Council - Budget and Strategic Policy Councillor Alison Butler, Deputy Leader (Statutory) and Cabinet Member for Homes & Gateway Services Councillor Stuart Collins, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Clean Green Croydon Councillor Hamida Ali, Cabinet Member for Safer Croydon & Communities Councillor Janet Campbell, Cabinet Member for Families, Health & Social Care Councillor Alisa Flemming, Cabinet Member for Children. Young People & Learning Councillor Simon Hall, Cabinet Member for Finance & Resources Councillor Stuart King, Cabinet Member for Environment, Transport & Regeneration (Voting - Job Share) Councillor Oliver Lewis, Cabinet Member for Culture, Leisure & Sport Councillor Paul Scott, Cabinet Member for Environment, Transport & Regeneration (Non-Voting - Job Share) Councillor Manju Shahul-Hameed, Cabinet Member for Economy and Jobs Invited participants: Councillor Louisa Woodley, Chair of the Health & Wellbeing Board All other Members of the Council A meeting of the CABINET which you are hereby summoned to attend, will be held on Monday, 21 September 2020 at 6.30 pm. This meeting is being held remotely. Members will be sent a link to remotely attend the meeting in due course. JACQUELINE HARRIS BAKER Victoria Lower Council Solicitor and Monitoring Officer 020 8726 6000 x14773 London Borough of Croydon [email protected] Bernard Weatherill House www.croydon.gov.uk/meetings 8 Mint Walk, Croydon CR0 1EA 11 September 2020 PLEASE NOTE: Members of the public are welcome to remotely attend this meeting via the following web link: http://webcasting.croydon.gov.uk/meetings/10620 The agenda papers for all Council meetings are available on the Council website www.croydon.gov.uk/meetings If you require any assistance, please contact Victoria Lower 020 8726 6000 x14773 as detailed above. AGENDA – PART A 1. Apologies for Absence 2. Minutes of the previous meeting (Pages 7 - 18) To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 20 July 2020 as an accurate record. 3. Disclosure of Interests In accordance with the Council’s Code of Conduct and the statutory provisions of the Localism Act, Members and co-opted Members of the Council are reminded that it is a requirement to register disclosable pecuniary interests (DPIs) and gifts and hospitality to the value of which exceeds £50 or multiple gifts and/or instances of hospitality with a cumulative value of £50 or more when received from a single donor within a rolling twelve month period. In addition, Members and co-opted Members are reminded that unless their disclosable pecuniary interest is registered on the register of interests or is the subject of a pending notification to the Monitoring Officer, they are required to disclose those disclosable pecuniary interests at the meeting. This should be done by completing the Disclosure of Interest form and handing it to the Democratic Services representative at the start of the meeting. The Chair will then invite Members to make their disclosure orally at the commencement of Agenda item 3. Completed disclosure forms will be provided to the Monitoring Officer for inclusion on the Register of Members’ Interests. 4. Urgent Business (If any) To receive notice of any business not on the agenda which in the opinion of the Chair, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency. Cabinet Member: Leader of the Council 5. Sustainable Croydon - A Year On Update (Pages 19 - 100) Officer: Shifa Mustafa Key decision: no Cabinet Member: Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Finance & Resources 6. Financial Performance Report - Quarter 1 (Pages 101 - 126) Officer: Lisa Taylor Key decision: no Cabinet Member: Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Finance & Resources 7. Emergency Budget (To Follow) Officer: Lisa Taylor Key decision: yes Cabinet Member: Cabinet Member for Finance & Resources 8. Working Towards a Medium Term Financial Strategy (To Follow) Officer: Lisa Taylor Key decision: no Cabinet Member: Leader of the Council 9. Croydon Together: Update on our ongoing response to COVID-19 (Pages 127 - 148) Officer: Rachel Flowers Key decision: no Cabinet Member: Cabinet Member for Economy & Jobs and Cabinet Member for Finance & Resources 10. COVID 19 - Local Authority Discretionary Grant Fund (Pages 149 - 162) Officer: Shifa Mustafa Key decision: yes Lead Member: Chair of the Scrutiny & Overview Committee 11. Stage 1: Recommendations arising from Scrutiny (Pages 163 - 170) Officer: Jacqueline Harris Baker Key decision: no Cabinet Member: All Cabinet Members 12. Scrutiny Stage 2: Responses to Recommendations arising from Joint Meeting of the Scrutiny & Overview Committee and the Health & Social Care Sub-Committee on 26 May 2020 (Pages 171 - 182) Officer: Jacqueline Harris Baker Key decision: no Cabinet Member: Cabinet Member for Finance & Resources 13. Investing in our Borough (Pages 183 - 192) Officer: Jacqueline Harris Baker Key decision: no Cabinet Member: Cabinet Member for Economy & Jobs a) DWP Work & Health Programme Job Entry: Targeted Support (Pages 193 - 216) Officer: Shifa Mustafa Key decision: yes 14. Exclusion of the Press and Public The following motion is to be moved and seconded where it is proposed to exclude the press and public from the remainder of a meeting: “That, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information falling within those paragraphs indicated in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended.” This page is intentionally left blank Agenda Item 2 Cabinet Meeting held on Monday, 20 July 2020 at 6.30 pm. The meeting was held remotely MINUTES Present: Councillor Tony Newman (Chair); Councillor Alison Butler, Stuart Collins, Hamida Ali, Janet Campbell, Alisa Flemming, Simon Hall, Stuart King (voting – Job Share), Oliver Lewis, Paul Scott (non-voting – Job Share) and Manju Shahul- Hameed Also Present: Councillor Tim Pollard, Jason Cummings, Jason Perry, Mario Creatura, Maria Gatland, Lynne Hale, Simon Hoar, Yvette Hopley, Vidhi Mohan, Helen Pollard, Sean Fitzsimons, Robert Ward, Pat Clouder, Clive Fraser, Helen Redfern, Muhammad Ali, Jane Avis, Leila Ben- Hassel, Sue Bennett, Margaret Bird, Simon Brew, Patsy Cummings, Nina Degrads, Felicity Flynn, Patricia Hay-Justice, Bernadette Khan, Shafi Khan, Toni Letts, David Wood and Louisa Woodley PART A 50/20 Minutes of the previous meeting The minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 8 June 2020 were agreed. The Leader of the Council signed the minutes as an accurate record. 51/20 Disclosure of Interests There were none or the following disclosures of interest were made: 52/20 Urgent Business (If any) There were no items of urgent business. 53/20 Croydon Together: Update on our ongoing response to Covid-19 The Chief Executive gave a presentation and stated that the council was still responding to the pandemic, maintaining the Gold and Silver command arrangements, and focusing on supporting the shielded community. The council continued to support the care homes, in particular with infection control, which had been a key focus throughout the whole pandemic response. It was also noted that the town and district centre had been safely reopened. Page 7 The Chief Executive explained that 90% of business as usual had been delivered throughout the pandemic, including March 2020, and the services that were closed were beginning to reopen. Bernard Weatherill House was opening from 1 July 2020, along with the libraries select and collect scheme and leisure centres. The first services to reopen were household waste and recycling centres and the registry office, all of which were compliant with the COVID-19 health and safety guidance. The three key priorities were: shielded residents, and insuring the correct support was being given to the 14,814 identified residents; test and trace; and outbreak management. New Local Government powers had been given from 18 July 2020 to minimise the virus’s risk to the public and prevent its spread. It was highlighted to Cabinet that the Council may now: restrict access to, or close, individual premises (except where the premises form part of essential infrastructure); prohibit certain events (or types of event) from taking place; and restrict access to, or close, public outdoor places (or types of outdoor public places). The Chief Executive further highlighted to Cabinet the financial issues the council was facing; financial issues had been identified before COVID-19 and 2020-21 was predicted to be a challenging time in terms of funding, and the council had large savings ambitions. It was noted that the Government was now backtracking on the COVID-19 funding commitments made. The Finance Review Panel has been established, and the staff reduction of 15% had begun. The majority of London councils were looking at emergency budgeting, and Croydon was in a similar situation, but had low reserves. The Chief Executive concluded by noting the positive work which had come from the pandemic, including: the strong partnerships, particularly the joint work with the NHS and support given to shielded residents; the digital solutions, which ensured all vulnerable residents were connected within eight days; and the huge commitment from the voluntary community sector. The Director of Public Health added that there had been relatively low reported cases in Croydon and the recent outbreaks across the UK were informing Croydon of how to shape their outbreak control plan to prevent an outbreak in Croydon. Public Health had been scenario testing too, in particular with high risk places: care homes, schools, places of worship and the NHS. The Cabinet Member for Economy & Jobs explained to the Cabinet that the council had been supporting the reopening of local businesses by distributing grants from the Discretionary Grant Fund, supporting the changes to street trading licences in regards to on street furniture, and establishing an Economic Sustainability Group to support the recovery process.