The Part A minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 12 December 2016 were received. The Leader of the Council signed the minutes as a correct record.

There were no disclosures of interest.

There was no urgent business.

RESOLVED that the allocation of business in the agenda be confirmed, as published.

The Leader of the Council, Councillor Tony Newman, welcomed and introduced the new Borough Commander, Jeff Boothe.

Amended sections 4.4 and 4.5 to the agenda item were tabled at the meeting

NOTED: that the Leader of the Council had delegated to the Cabinet the power to make the decisions set out below:

RESOLVED to
 

1. Note the Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement and its impact on Croydon

2.  Note the response to the provisional settlement - at appendix 1 to the report.

A new street hoover was on display at the meeting
At the start of the agenda item Councillor Stuart Collins gave a presentation updating on the campaign. Then
Scott Edgell, General Manager, Veolia, then provided an update on the key recent and planned improvements to the service. Both presentations are available on the meeting webcast.
 

NOTED: that the Leader of the Council had delegated to the Cabinet the power to make the decisions set out below:

RESOLVED to

1. Note the progress to date for the Don't Mess With Croydon Take Pride campaign

2. Agree the approach to the next phase of the Don't Mess With Croydon Take Pride campaign.
 

3. Note the planned transitional improvements to the environmental service in advance of the new South London Waste Partnership contract March 2018
 

4. Delegate to the executive director of Place, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Clean Green Croydon the decision to implement the proposed service change improvements contained within the report and any further improvements following the behaviour Insight project.

NOTED: that the Leader of the Council had delegated to the Cabinet the power to make the decisions set out below:

RESOLVED to
 

1. Note the latest performance for the period April to September 2016 as detailed at Appendix 1 of the report
2. Note the achievements, progress and work to date, as detailed in this report, of delivery against the promises set out in the 2015-18 Corporate Plan.
3. Note the areas of challenge (where the Council is responsible for performance) and the work underway / proposed to address these areas as detailed in Appendix 1 of the report.

NOTED: that the Leader of the Council had delegated to the Cabinet the power to make the decisions set out below:

RESOLVED to
 

1. Note the report, commend the continued improvement in the percentage of schools judged good or better by OFSTED, and also notes that this paper will form a subject of Children and Young People's Scrutiny Committee on 7 February 2017.

2. Agree the framework for the revised School Improvement Plan as set out in Appendix 7 of the report.

NOTED: that the Leader of the Council had delegated to the Cabinet the power to make the decisions set out below:

RESOLVED

School Place Planning

1.1 to agree Croydon's School Place Supply Strategy (tables 1, 2 & 3) for the next 3 academic years - 2017/18 to 2019/20 and the funding (where applicable) to deliver these additional places.

1.2 to agree to the publication of the statutory notice and that statutory consultation can take place on the proposed permanent expansion of Beckmead and St Nicholas special schools. It is proposed that, if agreed, consultation will take place in March/April 2017. Following the outcome of the proposed consultation, a decision whether or not to expand should be made by Cabinet in May 2017.

1.3 to note the proposed additional places planned at Red Gates Primary School - 8 additional places in September 2017 and 8 additional places in 2018 and that to deliver these places statutory consultation is not required.

1.4 to note the amalgamation of four Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) - Coningsby, Phil Edwards, Moving On and Cotelands into one PRU - Saffron Valley Collegiate.- from 9 November 2016.

School Maintenance

1.5 to approve the proposed two year Schools' Maintenance Plan for 2017/18 and 2018/19, attached in Appendix 2 (printed separately).

1.6 to agree that this Plan will be reviewed annually.

School Admissions

1.7 to recommend that full Council agrees the proposed Admission Arrangements for Community Schools for the 2018/19 academic year as set out in Appendix 4 to this report (printed separately).

1.8 to agree the co-ordinated scheme for the 2018/19 academic year as set out in Appendix 5 to this report (printed separately) and note the Published Admission Numbers for Community Schools for the 2018/19 academic year.

1.9 to agree the secondary and primary Fair Access protocols and agree the protocols can come into effect from 20 February 2017 - Appendix 6 (printed separately).

Accessibility Strategy

1.10 to agree that consultation should take place on the draft accessibility strategy for disabled pupils (Appendix 7 printed separately) with stakeholders including parents/carers, pupils, school staff and governors and specialist organisations.

1.11 to agree that following consultation referred to in 1.10 above, to delegate to the Executive Director, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Learning, consideration of the consultation responses and to agree the final accessibility strategy.

NOTED: that the Leader of the Council had delegated to the Cabinet the power to make the decisions set out below:

RESOLVED to

1. Agree, in principle, to join a London Regional Adoption Agency, subject to detailed financial analysis and business case; and

2. Authorise the Executive Director People, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Learning, to progress arrangements relating to the development and Implementation of the London Regional Adoption Agency model.

NOTED: that the Leader of the Council had delegated to the Cabinet the power to make the decisions set out below

RESOLVED: :In order to meet the deadline of 1 February 2017 for setting the London Councils Grants Scheme budget by two-thirds of constituent Council's, to agree the recommendation of the London Councils Leaders Committee to:

(a) Approve the London Councils Grants Scheme budget for 2017/18 of £8.899m; and
(b) Agree Croydon Council's 2017/18 contribution to the London Councils Grants Scheme budget amounting to £335,088.
 

NOTED: that the Leader of the Council had delegated to the Cabinet the power to make the decisions set out below:

RESOLVED to

Receive the recommendations arising from the meetings of the Children and Young People Sub-Committee (6 December 2016), the Streets, Environment and Homes Sub-Committee (22 November 2016) and to provide a substantive response within two months (ie. at the next available Cabinet meeting on 20 March 2017)

NOTED: that the Leader of the Council had delegated to the Cabinet the power to make the decisions set out below:

RESOLVED to note:

1. The contracts over £500,000 in value anticipated to be awarded by the nominated Cabinet Member, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for
Finance and Treasury or, where the nominated Cabinet Member is the Cabinet Member for Finance and Treasury, in consultation with the Leader.

2. The list of delegated award decisions detailed in section 4.2 of this report made by the Director of Strategy Communities and Commissioning, between 10th November 2016 - 22nd January 2017.