Fenella Merry

Housing Committee

Agenda and decisions

The Housing Overview and Scrutiny Committee were scheduled to discuss the Regulator of Social Housing's inspection report, the council's approach to damp and mould, and housing management complaints. Also on the agenda was the Housing Overview and Scrutiny Committee's outturn report for 2024/25, the Wandsworth Corporate Plan actions, and the committee's work programme.

Cabinet

Agenda

The Wandsworth Council cabinet met to discuss housing renewal, temporary accommodation, social housing standards, leisure services, tree planting, CCTV monitoring, procurement, and budget variations. The cabinet agreed to continue the CCTV monitoring pilot, award a leisure management contract to Bidder B, and progress with tendering new contracts for tree supply, planting, and aftercare services. They also approved a budget variation to fund the CCTV monitoring and temporary accommodation initiatives.

Joint Pensions Committee

Agenda

The Wandsworth Council Joint Pensions Committee met to discuss the pension fund's audit plan, the roadmap to the 2025 valuation, general matters, and the quarterly investment performance report. The committee noted the proposed timelines for the triennial valuation and the updates on pooling, funding strategy statements, and pension dashboards. They also reviewed the investment performance and considered a potential review of active equity managers.

Council

Agenda

The annual meeting of Wandsworth Council saw Councillor Jeremy Ambache elected as Mayor for the second time, and Councillor Rosemary Birchall appointed as Deputy Mayor. Councillors also approved the appointment of cabinet members, committee members, and representatives to outside bodies. A proposal to create five Deputy Cabinet member positions was approved, despite opposition concerns about the cost.

General Purposes Committee

Agenda

The Wandsworth General Purposes Committee met to discuss proposed revisions to Article 7 of the council's constitution and make related changes to the members' allowance scheme. The revisions allow for the appointment of deputy cabinet members to assist cabinet members, and the consequential changes to the allowance scheme include removing the provision for policy champions and remunerating the new deputy cabinet members. After debate, the committee voted to recommend the changes to the full council, with Councillor Rex Osborn, Chair of the General Purposes Committee using his casting vote to pass the motion.