Issue - meetings
Children's, Education and Communities - Schools Maintenance Capital Programme 2016/17 - 2020/21
Meeting: 28/03/2017 - Decision Session - Executive Member for Children Young People and Education (Item 17)
PDF 150 KBThe purpose of this report is to:
· inform the Executive Member of new school maintenance schemes being developed for 2017/18
· seek approval for this proposed programme subject to final confirmation of resources available.
Additional documents:
Decision:
Resolved: (i) That the proposed programme of maintenance
schemes, as detailed in the report, be agreed subject to final affordability once overall funding and detailed cost estimates are available.
(ii) That, should the resources available exceed the
schemes that have been approved, further schemes be included based on the priority ranking.
Reason: To facilitate the delivery of the capital programme.
Minutes:
The Executive Member considered a report which provided details of the new school maintenance schemes being developed for 2017/18 and which sought approval for this proposed programme, subject to final confirmation of the resources available.
Officers gave details of how the schemes had been scored and ranked. The Executive Member was informed that as the Capital Maintenance funding from the Department for Education (DfE) had not yet been announced, a prudent approach had been taken. Details were also given of the other funding on which the programme had been based, including that within the council’s overall Capital Strategy for 2017/18 and resources from Section 106 receipts.
The Executive Member sought clarification as to the position if the DfE funding was less than had been anticipated. Officers stated that a prudent approach had been taken and that a small contingency had also been included. There was also the option to vire from the basic need funding if necessary. As the costs were based on pre-tender prices, approval for the schemes was subject to the overall resources being available.
The Executive Member stated that he was pleased to support the schemes suggested and, if funding was available to enable additional schemes to be carried out, these should be included based on the priority ranking.
Resolved: (i) That the proposed programme of maintenance
schemes, as detailed in the report, be agreed subject to final affordability once overall funding and detailed cost estimates are available.
(ii) That, should the resources available exceed the
schemes that have been approved, further schemes be included based on the priority ranking.
Reason: To facilitate the delivery of the capital programme.