Issue - meetings

To receive a report from the Director of Finance, Resources and Customer Services presenting the Housing Gateway Limited First Annual Report.

(Report No.10)

(Non-Key)

Please note Item 4 (Report No.15) on the Part 2 agenda also refers.

Members are asked to note that Cabinet are due to consider the report on 17^th June 2015.  As part of this process it has been recommended that the report also be referred on to Council for information.  The decision made by Cabinet on 17^th June 2015 will be reported to Council as part of the amendment sheet tabled at the meeting.

RECEIVED the report for the Director of Finance, Housing and Customer Services (No.10) presenting the Housing Gateway Limited First Annual Report.

NOTED

1.      Cabinet (17^th June 2015) had considered and approved the report and recommended that if be referred on to Council for information.

2.      The report was accompanied by a Part 2 agenda item (Report No.15) which had also been referred to Council for information (Min.59 refers).

AGREED to note, subject to consideration of the accompanying Part 2 report, the contents of the first Housing Gateway Limited Annual report.

Councillor Joanne Laban declared a Disclosable Pecuniary Interests in this item.  As the matter was dealt with under the guillotine she did not withdraw from the meeting but took no part in the process for dealing with the report.

Councillors Achilleas Georgiou, Oykener and Stafford declared non-pecuniary interests in this item.

A report from the Director of Finance, Resources and Customer Services is attached. This presents the Housing Gateway Limited First Annual Report. (Report No.15, agenda part two also refers). (Non key)

(Report No.10)

(8.45 – 8.50 pm)

Councillor Ahmet Oykener (Cabinet Member for Housing and Housing Regeneration) introduced the report of the Director of Finance, Housing and Customer Services (No.10) presenting the Housing Gateway Limited First Annual Report.

NOTED

1.               Report No.15 also referred as detailed in Minute No.23 below.

2.               The success of Housing Gateway Limited which represented a model of good practice and innovative working practices for the Council. The company had bought 72 properties over the last year.

3.               The savings that the Council had and would continue to achieve in the provision of temporary accommodation. Congratulations were extended to the Board of Directors for the success to date.

4.               Members expressed their continued concerns regarding the Government’s housing policies. The Council would continue to lobby the Government as appropriate.

Alternative Options Considered: NOTED that the alternative options had been considered by Cabinet as part of a previous report (key decision number 3782). Cabinet was now being asked to note the contents of the first Annual Report, as the sole shareholder of Housing Gateway Limited.

DECISION: The Cabinet agreed to

1.               Note the contents of the Housing Gateway Limited First Annual report;

2.               Refer this report to Council for information.

RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL, that the report be considered for information.

Reason: The Council was the sole shareholder of Housing Gateway Limited and it had been agreed by Cabinet that an annual report would be prepared to update the Council on the progress made by the company.

(Non key)