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meeting of mayor and cabinet. I'm mayor Brenda Dakers and I'm chairing tonight's meeting. I would like to welcome the cabinet officers and members of the public watching in person and on the internet at home. The meeting is being recorded and webcast live on the council website. There are a few housekeeping matters to bring to the attention of members and officers involved to ensure the smooth running of the meeting. Please ensure your microphone is set to mute unless you are speaking. If cabinet members wish to speak at any point during the meeting please indicate by raising your hand. We are not expecting a planned evacuation tonight. If the fire alarm sounds please leave your belongings and exit the building quickly via the nearest safety fire exit and assemble opposite cost on the Catford Broadway. Some members may be participating online but I don't think that's the case this evening but just for completeness virtual attendance does not count towards the purpose under the purposes of section 85 of the local government act 1972. May I take this opportunity to remind members that we are currently in a period of heightened sensitivity relating to the parliamentary election and the Blackheath by-election. Any member speaking must ensure they comply with the guidance previously circulated by the monitoring officer. I've received apologies for absence from Councillor Cooper. I believe other than that we are a full complement here this evening. Right item one the minutes and I move that the minutes of the last mayor and cabinet meeting be agreed as a correct record. Are the minutes seconded? Thank you. Are the minutes agreed? Thank you. Item two is declaration of interest. Does anyone have any interest to declare in respect to any of the items on the agenda this evening? Thank you. Item three matters raised by scrutiny and other constitutional bodies. There are no scrutiny matters on tonight's agenda. Item four seeks approval to procure for cycle parking and electric vehicle charging. I invite Councillor Kroposki to move the reports. I formally move the report mad thank you. Thank you. Are the recommendations seconded? Seconded. Thank you. Does any other member wish to speak on this item? Are these recommendations agreed? Thank you. I can confirm that the recommendations have been agreed. Item five seeks permission to award the community integrated equipment service contracts. I invite Councillor Bell to move the report. Thank you Mayor. I'm formally moving the report. Thank you. Thank you Councillor Bell. Are the recommendations seconded? Thank you. Does any other member wish to speak? No. In which case are these recommendations agreed? Thank you. I can confirm that the recommendations have been agreed. Item six is adventure playgrounds grants of leases and contracts awards. I invite Councillor Barnum to move the report. Thanks Mayor. I'm gonna go slightly out on a limb. I'm not making a speech but I just want to position this item so that we're all clear where it fits in with what we've done previously. You you will recall we agreed 18 months ago now a place strategy and part of that was about refreshing and renewing the five adventure playgrounds in the borough. It's taken quite a while to do that tender exercise. There's been some complications with some of the sites but we are now at the point and this report sets that out really clearly where we can engage a partner to work with us and make those playgrounds more sustainable and bring in income which is one of our long-term aims. So the recommendations are a five-year contract for youth first to run the playgrounds and a five-year contract with a separate organization London play designed to maintain and and renew this the the plant and equipment also for five years. So I recommend that we agree to this. I see that Harsha Ganacha who wrote the report is online. I don't know whether there are any questions but she's there if we have some. Thank you. Thank you Councillor Barnum. Are the recommendations seconded? Thank you. Does any member wish to speak on this item? Just to say I should have probably declared an interest sorry I am on the board of you first so just to declare that on. Thanks. Thank you Councillor Hoon. That has been noted. There is a part two closed report associated with this item. Does any member wish to discuss the information in the considered report at item 11? Okay no. Are these recommendations therefore agreed? Thank you. I can confirm that these recommendations have been agreed. Item seven is housing delivery test action plan. I move this report in the absence of Councillor Cooper and I do that so formally. Oh sorry it should be Councillor sorry apologies I therefore I fight Councillor sorry I fight Councillor Walsh to move the report. Well that was dramatic for me to say formally. Thank you no but it's only right and proper that you move the reports. Are these recommendations seconded? Does any member wish to speak on this report? No in which case are these recommendations agreed? Thank you. I can confirm that the recommendations have been agreed. Item eight is the 2023 24 financial outrun out term report and fight Councillor to write to move this report. I'd like to formally move the report but also to thank the officers who worked all year on the figures that it contains. Thank you. Thank You Councillor to write all these recommendations seconded. Does any member wish to speak on this report? No are the recommendations agreed? Thank you I can confirm that the recommendations have been agreed. Item nine is I move to exclude the press and public from the remainder of this meeting to actually we don't need to note we do need to allow consideration of item ten discussions which are likely to disclose exempt information as defined in paragraph three and four of the part one of the schedule 12a of the local government Act 1972 and the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information is that seconded and is it agreed? Thank you any members of the press or public should now leave the public area and we will close this part of the webcast thank you.