Merton Council Cabinet 14 January 2019

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Decision:

RESOLVED:

1. The Sustainable Communities Overview and Scrutiny Panel recommended that Cabinet take into account its reference set out in paragraph 2.8 of the report when making future decisions on the strategic approach to parking charges and on the associated public consultation.

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Decision:

RESOLVED:

1. That Cabinet considered the report and recommendations arising from the joint scrutiny exercise with the youth parliament on the issue of keeping young people safe in Merton – attached as Appendix 1;

2. That Cabinet considered the draft officer response set out in Appendix 2

3. That Cabinet agreed to delegate the action plan to the Director of Children Schools and Families.

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Additional documents:

• Enc. 1 for Local Business Rates Discretionary Rate Relief and Retail Discount Schemes 201920 , item 6. PDF 60 KB
• Enc. 2 for Local Business Rates Discretionary Rate Relief and Retail Discount Schemes 201920 , item 6. PDF 57 KB
• Enc. 3 for Local Business Rates Discretionary Rate Relief and Retail Discount Schemes 201920 , item 6. PDF 340 KB

Decision:

RESOLVED:

1. For Cabinet to review and agree the Local Discretionary Business Rate Relief Scheme for 2019/20

2. For Cabinet to agree the new Retail Discount Scheme for 2019/20

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Additional documents:

• Council Tax Reduction Scheme 1920 Dec 18 , item 7. PDF 61 KB

Decision:

RESOLVED:

1. Cabinet agreed that the Council Tax Reduction policy is amended to support care leavers up to the age of 25 that do not receive maximum help towards their council tax through council tax support or an exemption with effect from April 2019.

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Decision:

RESOLVED:

1. That Cabinet noted the financial information arising from the Provisional Settlement 2019/20 and that the financial implications will be incorporated into the draft MTFS 2019-23 and draft capital programme 2019-23.

2. That Cabinet noted the latest update of the draft MTFS for 2019 – 23

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Decision:

RESOLVED:

A. That Cabinet noted the financial reporting data relating to revenue budgetary control, showing a forecast net overspend at year end of £0.215 million, 0.04% of gross budget.

B. That Cabinet noted the adjustments to the Capital Programme contained in Appendix 5b and approved the items in the Table below:

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Additional documents:

• Holmes Place Area Plan , item 10. PDF 907 KB
• Costs to date _ estimated to yr end.xlsx , item 10. PDF 48 KB

Decision:

RESOLVED:

1. That the demolition of the former Virgin Active Health Club, Battle Close, SW19 1AQ is authorised subject to confirmation of prior approval under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development((England) Order 2015.

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Additional documents:

• Appendix II – Grants 19-20 , item 11. PDF 35 KB

Decision:

RESOLVED:

A. That Cabinet approved the council’s contribution to the London Councils Grants Scheme 2019/20 as per the subscription set by London Councils Leaders’ Committee on 4 December 2018.

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Additional documents:

• 2019-01-14 Cabinet Ward Allocation Appendix 1 , item 12. PDF 99 KB

Decision:

RESOLVED:

A. That Cabinet consider the outcome from the £5k per ward pilot project carried out in 2018

B. The Cabinet approve the ward allocation scheme including £15k per ward as set out at paragraph 2.17

C. That Cabinet note that the second bidding round for the Neighbourhood Fund will be carried out early in 2019 separately from the ward allocation scheme in accordance with the governance and allocation arrangements approved by Cabinet in 2017, as set out at paragraph 2.19.