Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received by Deputy Tom Sleigh.

There was one declaration:-

·         Deputy Jamie Ingham Clark expressed an interest in item 4 by virtue of his role as Church Warden at St Lawrence Jewry.

To agree the public minutes of the joint meeting of this Sub-Committee with the Efficiency & Performance Sub Committee meeting held on 21 January 2021.

The minutes of the joint meeting of this Sub Committee and the Efficiency and Performance Sub Committee held on 21 January 2021 were approved as a correct record.

Report of the Chamberlain.

The Sub-Committee considered a report of the Chamberlain concerning an update on Capital Funding.

Members heard how the request to draw down £196k of funding for the Interim Assessment Centre for Rough Sleepers would need to be deferred as the proposed site for the assessment centre was no longer available. The Department for Community and Children’s Services were now looking for an alternative site and would be coming back through the gateways with a revised proposal in due course.

RESOLVED, that:-

·         The following schemes be confirmed as continuing as essential priority for release of funding at this time:-

o   West Smithfield Area Public Realm and Transportation

o   London Metropolitan Archive (LMA) Replacement of Fire Alarm, Chillers and Landlord Lighting and Power

o   Walbrook Wharf Depot Replacement of Mechanical and Electrical Services

o   Computer Equipment Rooms Uninterrupted Power Supply

o   Critical IT Security Improvements

o   Golden Lane Estate Lighting and Accessibility Improvements

o   Baynard House Car Park Ventilation and Smoke Clearance System

o   Central Criminal Court East Wing Ground Mezzanine Cooling and Heating Replacement

o   St Lawrence Jewry Church

·         The release of up to £6.887m from the relevant reserves of City Fund, City’s Cash and Bridge House Estates as appropriate be agreed, subject to the required gateway and 2021/22 funding approvals.

·         It be noted that in order to maintain sound financial discipline, a review of unallocated central project funding provisions will be brought to Members in the Spring.

Report of the Chief Grants Officer and Director of City Bridge Trust.

The Sub-Committee considered a report of the Chief Grants Officer and Director of City Bridge Trust concerning the applications for approval in the Community Infrastructure Levy Neighbourhood Fund.

A Member requested further detail on the reasoning behind the rejection of the Fleet Street Sundial project, and heard how the City Bridge Trust would be able to link the project up with other relevant authorities.

Members felt that the process had been slow for microgrants and suggested there should be delegation to ward grants. The Sub-Committee asked for another report on the matter to be submitted to this Sub-Committee in three months’ time.

RESOLVED, that:-

·         The approved and rejected grants under delegated authority at a meeting of the CILNF Officer Panel in December 2020 be noted.

·         The grant recommended to the Maggie Keswick Jencks Cancer Caring Centres Trust at a meeting of the CILNF Officer Panel in December 2020 be approved.

There were no questions.

There were no items of urgent business.

MOTION – That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of the Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act.

Part 2 – Non-Public Agenda

RESOLVED, that under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of the Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act.

To agree the non-public minutes of the joint meeting of this Sub-Committee and the Efficiency & Performance Sub Committee meeting held on 21 January 2021.

The non-public minutes of the joint meeting of the Sub-Committee and the Efficiency and Performance Sub-Committee were approved as a correct record.

Report of the Chamberlain.

The Sub-Committee considered a report of the Chamberlain concerning the Cyclical Works Programme (CWP) and Additional Resources for City Fund Properties (ARCFP).

There were no questions.

There was no other urgent business.