Agenda for Housing Cabinet Member Meeting on Tuesday, 22nd July, 2008, 4.00pm

Procedural Business

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(a)  Declarations of Interest by all Members present of any personal interests in matters on the agenda, the nature of any interest and whether the Members regard the interest as prejudicial under the terms of the Code of Conduct.

 

(b)  Exclusion of Press and Public - To consider whether, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, or the nature of the proceedings, the press and public should be excluded from the meeting when any of the following items are under consideration.

 

NOTE:  Any item appearing in Part 2 of the Agenda states in its heading the category under which the information disclosed in the report is exempt from disclosure and therefore not available to the public.

 

A list and description of the exempt categories is available for public inspection at Brighton and Hove Town Halls.

Minutes:

15a	Declarations of Interests
15a.1	There were none.
15b	Exclusion of Press and Public
15b.1	The Committee considered whether the press and public should be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of any items contained in the agenda, having regard to the nature of the business to be transacted and the nature of the proceedings and the likelihood as to whether, if members of the press and public were present, there would be disclosure to them of confidential or exempt information as defined in Schedule 12A, Part 5A, Section 100A(4) or 100 1 of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).
15b.2	RESOLVED - That the press and public be not excluded from the meeting.

 

Minutes of the previous meeting PDF 93 KB

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To note the minutes of the Housing Cabinet Member Meeting held on 4 June 2008 (copy attached).

Minutes:

16.1	RESOLVED - That the minutes of the meeting held on 4 June 2008 be approved and signed by the Cabinet Member.

 

Cabinet Member's Communications

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Minutes:

17.1	Cabinet Member welcomed everyone to the meeting. It was noted that the meeting had followed on directly from the Housing Management Consultative meeting and the Chairman welcomed those Members and Tenant Representatives that had chosen to observe proceedings.

 

Items reserved for discussion

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(a)  Items reserved by the Cabinet Member

 

(b)  Items reserved by the Opposition Spokesperson

 

(c)   Items reserved by Members, with the agreement of the Cabinet Member.

 

NOTE: Public Questions, Written Questions form Councillors, Petitions, Deputations, Letters from Councillors and Notices of Motion will be reserved automatically.

Minutes:

18.1	RESOLVED – That with the exception of the items reserved (and marked with an asterisk), the recommendations and resolutions contained therein be approved and adopted without debate.

 

Public Questions

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(the closing date for receipt of public questions is Tuesday 15 July).

Minutes:

19.1	There were none.

 

Written Questions from Councillors

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(the closing date for receipt of written questions from councillors is 10.00am on Thursday 10July).

 

No questions had been received by the date of publication.

Minutes:

20.1	There were none.

 

Deputations

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(the closing date for receipt of deputations is noon on Tuesday 15 July.)

Minutes:

21.1	There were none.

 

Petitions

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Minutes:

22.1	There were none.

 

Letters from Councillors

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(the closing date for receipt of letters from councillors is 10.00am on Thursday 10 July).

 

No letters had been received by the date of publication.

Minutes:

23.1	There were none.

 

Notices of Motions referred from Council

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No Notices of Motion have been received.

Minutes:

24.1	There were none.

 

Matters referred for reconsideration

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No matters have been referred.

Minutes:

25.1	There were none.

 

Reports from Overview & Scrutiny Committees

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No reports have been received.

Minutes:

26.1	There were none.

 

Housing Green Paper Options Stage 1 Report PDF 103 KB

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• View the background to item 27.
• View the decision for item 27.

Report of the Director of Adult Social Care & Housing (copy attached).

Additional documents:

• Item 27 Green Paper CMM apdx , item 27. PDF 93 KB
• Appendix A to Housing CMM Minutes 22 July , item 27. PDF 76 KB

Decision:

1.     To approve to proceed to the proposed development and finalisation phases of Stage 2 of the review and authorise the Director of Adult Social Care and Housing to take all steps necessary to progress the work.

 

2.     To note that any decision to implement the finalised proposals will be made by Cabinet and to note the provisional outline timetable to set up any asset-backed LDV, as outlined in section 3.17 of the report.

 

3.     To approve consultation arrangements with tenant and leaseholder representatives before the Cabinet takes any final decision to establish a Local Development Vehicle, as outlined in section 4 of the report.

Minutes:

27.1	The Cabinet Member considered a report of the Director of Adult Social Care & Housing concerning the council’s review of options in the Government’s Housing Green Paper. With the support of external financial and legal expertise from Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) and Trowers & Hamlins (Trowers), the detailed assessment of options for meeting the council’s strategic objectives and development of a proposal for the council to set up a viable Local Delivery Vehicle (LDV) that meets these objectives had been completed (for copy see minute book).
27.1	Councillor Simpson noted that the Labour Group would have preferred more time to consider some of the issues raised by the report, noting that she had a series of questions to ask. For ease of reference the questions and answers are appended at ‘A’.

 

Tender for a Contract for the Provision of a Security Wheel Clamping Service within Brighton & Hove PDF 104 KB

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• View the background to item 28.
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Report of the Director of Adult Social Care & Housing (copy attached).

Decision:

1.     That the Housing Cabinet Member approve the tendering for a Security Wheel Clamping Service within Brighton & Hove. This will enable these services to commence on 31 January 2009.

 

2.     That the comments as made by the Housing Management Consultative Committee be noted.

Minutes:

28.1	The Cabinet Member considered a report of Director of Adult Social Care & Housing that requested approval of a request to tender for a contract to provide a secure clamping service for Housing Revenue Account (HRA) managed car parking and garage areas let to licence holders. Permission was also sought that other directorates who would benefit from clamping on their land, for example office car parks, could use the service (for copy see minute book).
28.2	RESOLVED – (1) That the Housing Cabinet Member approve the tendering for a Security Wheel Clamping Service within Brighton & Hove. This will enable these services to commence on 31 January 2009.
	(2) That the comments as made by the Housing Management Consultative Committee be noted.

 

Housing Strategy 2008-2013: Healthy Homes, Healthy Lives, Healthy City PDF 104 KB

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• View the background to item 29.
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Report of the Director of Adult Social Care & Housing (copy attached).

Decision:

1.     That the progress on the development of the city-wide Housing Strategy 2008–2013 and the consultation undertaken to date, be noted.

 

2.     That the engagement of the Housing Management Consultative Committee and tenant representatives in detailed consultation / review of the draft Housing Strategy, Older People’s Housing Strategy, BME Housing Strategy and LGBT Housing Strategy, be noted.

 

Minutes:

The Cabinet Member considered a report of the Director of Adult Social Care & Housing concerning the development of a draft Housing Strategy and draft specialist housing strategies relating to Older People, the city’s BME (Black and Minority Ethnic) communities and the city’s LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans) communities. Development of these strategies began in 2007 to replace the previous Strategy that was developed in 2001 and updated in 2004 (for copy see minute book).

29.1

RESOLVED - (1) That the progress on the development of the city-wide Housing Strategy 2008–2013 and the consultation undertaken to date, be noted.   (2) That the engagement of the Housing Management Consultative Committee and tenant representatives in detailed consultation / review of the draft Housing Strategy, Older People’s Housing Strategy, BME Housing Strategy and LGBT Housing Strategy, be noted.

 

Housing Management Performance Report PDF 194 KB

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• View the background to item 30.
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Report of the Director of Adult Social Care & Housing (copy attached).

Additional documents:

• Item 30 Performance Report , item 30. PDF 103 KB

Decision:

1.     That the report be noted.

Minutes:

30.1	The Cabinet Member considered a report of Director of Adult Social Care & Housing concerning the attainment of performance targets set by members and/or Cabinet and reporting on general policy initiatives underway to improve performance within Housing Management responsibilities (for copy see minute book).
30.2	RESOLVED – That the report be noted.

 

External Envelope Repairs to Somerset & Wiltshire House 2008 PDF 74 KB

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• View the background to item 31.
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Report of the Director of Adult Social Care & Housing (copy attached).

Decision:

1.     That the Cabinet Member for Housing authorise that the Director of Adult Social Care & Housing be given delegated powers to approve the award of the contract for external envelope repairs to Somerset & Wiltshire House, following financial due diligence and cost comparisons of the tenders offered under mini competition from contractors on the LHC external envelope repairs framework, following consultation with the Cabinet member for housing.

Minutes:

31.1

The Cabinet Member considered a report of Director of Adult Social Care & Housing requesting delegated authority to award a contract for repairs to the external envelope of Somerset & Wiltshire House (for copy see minute book).

31.2

RESOLVED - That the Cabinet Member for Housing authorise that the Director of Adult Social Care & Housing be given delegated powers to approve the award of the contract for external envelope repairs to Somerset & Wiltshire House, following financial due diligence and cost comparisons of the tenders offered under mini competition from contractors on the LHC external envelope repairs framework, following consultation with the Cabinet member for housing.