Minutes

Minutes of the special meeting of the Finance and Resources Committee held on 5 March 2009 at 10 Dean Farrar Street, London, SW1H 0NY.

Present

Members

• Steve O’Connell (Chairman)
• Reshard Auladin
• Deborah Regal
• Richard Tracey

Also attended: Chris Boothman, Valerie Brasse, Joanne McCartney and Caroline Pigeon.

MPA officers

• Catherine Crawford (Chief Executive)
• Ken Hunt (Treasurer)
• John Crompton (Committee Services)

MPS officers

• Ailsa Beaton (Director of Information)
• Jane Bond (Deputy Director, Property Services)
• Alan Croney (Director, Property Services)
• Simon Hart (Acting Director of Finance Services)
• Anne McMeel (Director of Resources)
• Diana Marchant (Director of Business Development, Territorial Policing)
• Peter Ross (Directorate of Information)

114. Apologies for absence

(Agenda item 1)

Apologies for absence were received from Faith Boardman, Cindy Butts, Dee Doocey, Kit Malthouse and Graham Speed.

115. Declaration of interests

(Agenda item 2)

No declarations of interest were received.

116. Provision of additional officers on boroughs 2nd initiative

(Agenda item 3)

The MPA previously agreed an initiative in February 2008 to put up to 320 additional officers onto boroughs on a cost sharing basis. This report proposes that a second initiative to put additional officers (up to 200) onto boroughs through a cost sharing approach with local authorities subject to approval by the MPA.

In reply to a question the Director of Business Development, Territorial Policing
advised that of the 320 officers provided under the initiative in the current financial year 148 had been allocated to Operation Tyrol. 

Resolved – That

1. members give formal agreement to this initiative and agree that discussions can continue with local authorities within the proposed financial framework set out in Section D and subject to final budget decisions;
2. agree that the provision of the officers is on a cost sharing basis rather than full cost recovery for this initiative only;
3. agree that, subject to recommendations 1 and 2 being supported, delegated authority is given to the Commissioner to exercise the MPA’s powers under section 92 of the Police Act 1996 (power to receive grants from local authorities) to take forward this initiative with local authorities, subject to the Chief Executive approving terms and conditions in relation to grants to be received from local authorities, and for the Chief Executive to enter into appropriate agreements recording the terms agreed for each grant.

117. Exclusion of press and public

(Agenda item 4)

Resolved - That under section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involved disclosure of exempt information as detailed in paragraphs 3 and 7 of Schedule 12A to the above Act.

Summary of decisions made on exempt items

118. Strategy and implications of re-phasing Safer Neighbourhood bases stage 2

(Agenda item 5)

The exempt appendices were received.

119. Request for authority to underlet accommodation in Lambeth

(Agenda item 6)

Agreed to the under letting of accommodation by way of a new five year lease.

120. Request for approval to dispose of property in central London

(Agenda item 7)

Agreed to dispose of the premises in accordance with the policy of considering the disposal of non-public facing facilities.

121. Additional expenditure request to support the development of a new facility for CO6 Diplomatic Protection Group

(Agenda item 8)

Recommendations relating to the build costs for the scheme and the entering into of a construction contract were agreed.

122. Data centres project

(Agenda item 9)

The Committee considered recommendations relating the case for investment in the new Data Centre capacity, in line with the MPS Data Centre Strategy.

123. Investments in Icelandic banks

(Supplementary agenda item 10)

The recommendations relating to a report which had been commissioned from KPMG were adopted.

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