The Scrutiny Committee will meet on 3 September 2024, the Finance and Performance Panel will meet on 4 September 2024, and the Climate and Environment Panel will meet on 10 September 2024.  The following reports are expected, together with any other recommendations from those meetings:

·        Council Strategy 2024-28 Key Performance Indicators

·        Treasury Management Annual Report 2023-24

·        Integrated Performance Report Quarter 1 2024-25.

The Executive Director (Communities and People) has submitted a report to seek Cabinet approval and delegated authority to award contracts to enable replacement of entrance doors to flats with compliant certificated fire doors for relevant properties in the portfolio as identified in fire risk assessments.

Cabinet is recommended to:

1.      Grant project approvalfor the replacement of front entrance doors to flats in higher risk buildings with compliant certificated fire doorsas described in the report; and

2.      Delegate authority to the Executive Director (Communities and People) in consultation with the Head of Financial Services, the Head of Law and Governance and the Cabinet Member for Housing and Communities to enter into a contract with ODS (subject to agreeing an appropriate price in line with previous similar works) or an alternative contractor in order to deliver the installation of certified fire doors across the housing portfolio.

The Executive Director (Communities and People) has submitted a report to seek Cabinet approval to procure a new asbestos surveying and air monitoring contract across both Housing Revenue Account (HRA) and General Fund budgets for 2024/29, and to seek delegated authority for officers to enter into contracts.

Cabinet is recommended to:

1.      Grant project approvalfor theprocurement of a new asbestos surveying and air monitoring contract across both HRA and General Fund budgets for 2024/29 as described in the report; and

2.      Delegate authority to the Head of Housing in consultation with the Head of Financial Services; the Head of Law and Governance; and the Cabinet Member for Housing and Communities to enter into all contracts required in order to deliver the asbestos surveying obligations under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012.

The Executive Director (Development) has submitted a report to seek approval for the land sale described in the confidential appendix.

Cabinet is recommended to:

1.      Delegate authority to the Executive Director (Development) in consultation with Head of Financial Services (Section 151 Officer), the Head of Law and Governance, and the Deputy Leader (Statutory) - Finance and Asset Management to agree the final terms and enter into the Option Agreement, Transfer and any associated documents required to complete the transaction.

The Head of Corporate Strategy has submitted a report to seek approval of the strategic key performance indicators for the Council Strategy 2024-28.

Cabinet is recommended to:

1.       Agree the draft Oxford City Council key performance indicators (KPI) at Appendix 1 as measures for the Council Strategy 2024-28;

2.       Note the benchmarking and annual targets for each 2024-28 KPI; and

3.       Delegate authority to the Head of Corporate Strategy in consultation with the Council Leader to make any further minor amendments to the draft KPIs 2024-28 before implementation and publication, provided that such amendments do not materially affect the substance of the KPIs.

The Head of Financial Strategy has submitted a report to update the Cabinet on Finance, Risk and Corporate Performance matters as at 30 June 2024.

Cabinet is recommended to:

1.        Notethe projected financial outturn as well as the current position on risk and performance as at 30 June 2024.

The Head of Financial Services has submitted a report to set out the Council’s Treasury Management activity and performance for the financial year 2023/24.

Cabinet is recommended to:

1.      Note the report.

Recommendation: That Cabinet resolves to approve the minutes of the meeting held on 10 July 2024as a true and accurate record.

Meetings are scheduled for the following dates:

16 October 2024

13 November 2024

11 December 2024

22 January 2025

5 February 2025

12 March 2025

All meetings start at 6.00pm.

If Cabinet wishes to exclude the press and the public from the meeting during consideration of any of the items on the exempt from publication part of the agenda, it will be necessary for Cabinet to pass a resolution in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 4(2)(b) of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012 on the grounds that their presence could involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as described in specific paragraphs of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

Cabinet may maintain the exemption if and so long as, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

Part Two – matters exempt from publication