Councillor Kaya Comer-Schwartz
Council: Islington
Committees:
Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
1 meeting
Executive - Thursday, 24th October, 2024 7.00 pm
The Executive of Islington Council met on 24th October 2024 to agree a range of proposals. The Executive agreed funding to deliver Phase 3 of the Resident Experience Programme; agreed the distribution of Islington’s allocation of the Household Support Fund; approved the adoption of a new policy for the future use of vacant school houses and other vacant caretakers’ houses; and agreed to adopt an innovative participatory grant-making approach to a new £500,000 Sanctuary Grant Programme using government asylum dispersal and refugee resettlement grant funding for local projects to support refugees, migrants and residents seeking asylum in the borough.
Decisions from Meetings
17 decisions · Page 1 of 4
Corporate performance update: Q1 2024/25 (April - June 2024)
From: Executive - Thursday, 24th October, 2024 7.00 pm - October 24, 2024
...to review the Q1 2024/25 corporate performance report and a letter from the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman on complaints, noting performance issues and discussing further actions.
Recommendations Approved
Report of the Housing Scrutiny Committee: New Build Homes Scrutiny Review
From: Executive - Thursday, 24th October, 2024 7.00 pm - October 24, 2024
...to note the Housing Scrutiny Committee's report and recommendations regarding the New Build Homes Scrutiny Review, with the Executive's response to follow at a later date.
Recommendations Approved
Resident Experience Transformation : Phase 3 Business Case
From: Executive - Thursday, 24th October, 2024 7.00 pm - October 24, 2024
...to approve the allocation of £4.411m to fund Phase 3 of the Resident Experience Programme, to be drawn down over 3 years commencing Quarter 3 of 2024/25, noting the business case, resourcing approach, and projected £2.775m net savings over four years.
Recommendations Approved
Household Support Fund 6 Distribution Strategy
From: Executive - Thursday, 24th October, 2024 7.00 pm - October 24, 2024
...to approve the distribution strategy for the Household Support Fund 6 as outlined in the report, and to note the previously agreed funding for holiday free school meals from October half term through to Easter 2025.
Recommendations Approved
Procurement strategy and contract award for external legal advice from barristers and solicitors
From: Executive - Thursday, 24th October, 2024 7.00 pm - October 24, 2024
...to approve a procurement strategy utilizing the LBLA Barristers and Solicitors Framework Agreements for external legal advice contracts from January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2026, with a possible one-year extension.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 1
Average per Month: 1.0
Decisions Recorded: 17