Issue - items at meetings - Planned Maintenance Budget Allocation 2015-16 and Programme of Works for the Council’s Operational Buildings

Report of the Interim Executive Director for Finance & Resources (copy attached).

That the Committee–

1)            Approve the annual programme of planned maintenance works as detailed in Appendices 2 and 3, at a total estimated cost of £3,566,158; and,

2)            Grant delegated authority to the Assistant Director of Property & Design to procure the planned maintenance works and enter into contracts within this budget, as required, in accordance with Contract Standing Orders.

156.1    The Committee considered a report of the Interim Executive Director for Finance & Resources in relation to Planned Maintenance Budget Allocation 2015-16 and Programme of Works for the Council’s Operational Buildings. The report sought approval for the proposed 2015-16 allocations of improvement and essential repair works to civic offices, historic, operational and commercial buildings within the corporate planned maintenance budget and the social care planned work budget.

156.2    Councillor Sykes stated it was vital that works progress to avoid the liabilities becoming too great, much of this would need judgements from Officers, but there were elements of the budget that could be offset by future funding. The Chair noted that the Workstyles programme would reduce the number of operational buildings for the Council.

156.3    Councillor Peltzer Dunn welcomed the report, and it was clarified that the costs in the report took into account increased costs in the construction market generally.

156.4    The Chair then put the recommendations to the vote.

156.5    RESOLVED: That the Committee–

1)        Approve the annual programme of planned maintenance works as detailed in Appendices 2 and 3, at a total estimated cost of £3,566,158; and,

2)        Grant delegated authority to the Assistant Director of Property & Design to procure the planned maintenance works and enter into contracts within this budget, as required, in accordance with Contract Standing Orders.