Agenda and decisions

Leader Decisions - Tuesday, 7 May 2019 11.00 am

Venue: Members' Conference Room, County Hall, Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, KT1 2DN

Contact: Ben Cullimore  020 8213 2782

Items
No. Item

1.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

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    All Members present are required to declare, at this point in the meeting or as soon as possible thereafter:

     

    i.       Any disclosable pecuniary interests and / or

    ii.      Other interests arising under the Code of Conduct in respect of any item(s) of business being considered at this meeting

     

    NOTES:

     

    ·        Members are reminded that they must not participate in any item where they have a disclosable pecuniary interest.

    ·        As well as an interest of the Member, this includes any interest, of which the Member is aware, that relates to the Member’s spouse or civil partner (or any person with whom the Member is living as a spouse or civil partner).

    ·        Members with a significant personal interest may participate in the discussion and vote on that matter unless that interest could be reasonably regarded as prejudicial.

2.

PROCEDURAL MATTERS

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2a

Members' Questions

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    The deadline for Members’ questions is 12pm four working days before the meeting (30 April 2019).

2b

Public Questions

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    The deadline for public questions is seven days before the meeting (30 April 2019).

2c

Petitions

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    The deadline for petitions was 14 days before the meeting, and no petitions have been received.

3.

GOVERNANCE REVIEW OF THE COUNCIL'S ASSETS, SHAREHOLDER AND INVESTMENT BOARDS pdf icon PDF 134 KB

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    The Cabinet is required to ensure that robust governance arrangements are in place for the authority’s trading activity and, accordingly, this report invites the Leader to establish a new governance structure that will ensure legality, transparency and clarity of decision making on assets and investments.

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    Decision:

    The following recommendations were agreed:

     

    1.    That the Investment Board and the Shareholder Board be dissolved and their functions amalgamated into a new Cabinet committee, the Strategic Investment Board, which will replace the current Asset Strategy Board, and will have the terms of reference as set out at Annex 1 (including the Leader’s proposed addition to allow substitutes).

    2.    That the Strategic Investment Board be supported by two advisory officer panels, the Shareholder and Investment Panel and the Capital Programme Panel.

    3.    That Council be asked to approve the terms of reference as set out at Annex 1 (including the Leader’s recommended addition) for inclusion in the Constitution.

5.

CONSIDERING THE IMPACT OF REACHING THE ECO PARK GASIFICATION FACILITY LONG-STOP DATE