Issue - meetings

To consider potential projects to be funded from the 2022/23 Achieve & Aspire Capital Maintenance section of the Capital Plan.

Wards Affected: All

Contact: Emma Griff, Strategic Manager Facilities – Property

RESOLVED –

1)    That approval be given for the business case detailed at Appendix A of the report which outlined the (i) rationale for the schools’ condition works programme, (ii) the availability of funding, (iii) the selection process, and (iv) the main categories of work, thereby enabling the projects concerned to be designed, procured and implemented.

2)    That approval be given for the detailed list of proposed works in schools for 2022/23, as detailed in Appendix B.

3)    That authority be delegated in accordance with the Council’s Financial Procedure Rules to the Service Director – Learning and Early Support to manage the implementation of the identified works within the respective agreed total programme budget.

4)    That, pursuant to (3) above, the delegated powers include authority to (i) add new urgent projects to the programme without prior Cabinet approval providing that the total cost of the programme remains within the approved capital allocation set by Council & transfer resources to or from any unallocated resources within a programme area without restriction (ii) slip or delete projects in response to operational need and reallocate budget between projects during the course of the financial year 2022/23 providing that the total cost of the programme remains within the approved capital allocation to enable the effective management of the programme, and (iii) transfer resources between any project or programme area up to a maximum of £2,000,000 in any financial year.