Issue - meetings

This report presents the second quarter review of the 2007/08 Housing and Social Services Capital Programmes and seeks approval for budget variations.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Members be advised to:

i)                    Note progress on the various schemes;

ii)                  Approve the variations listed in tables 1,2,3, and 4 of the report;

iii)                Note the minor variations made under officers delegated authority;

iv)                Agree to the Buy-Back and disposal of 2 Barmby Close as recommended in paragraphs 13 to 15 of the report;

v)                  Recommend the variation in table 1 (Repairs to Local Authority Properties) to the Executive.

Decision of the Executive Members

RESOLVED:             That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

REASON:                  So that Executive Members are briefed on progress on schemes and variations required in the Housing and Adult Social Services Capital Programme for 2007/08.

Consideration was given to a report, which presented the second quarter review of the 2007/08 Housing and Social Services Capital Programmes and the resources available to support them.

It was stated that there were no variations in the Social Services Capital Programme for 2007/08, which stood at £646k of which £311k was funded from, grant income giving a net programme of £335k. The Housing Capital Programme for 2007/08 stood at £9,453k but the minor variations outlined in the report resulted in a nil affect in the programme.

In answer to Members questions Officers confirmed that the department did have a programme for the checking and replacement of heating systems and that alternative heating was always provided if, for safety reasons, a system had to be taken out of use.  Certain Members stated that the type of alternative heating provided in these cases was not always suitable.

It was also reported that there was a requirement for a new commitment at Barmby Close, Clifton Without to be included in the 2007/08 Capital Programme. This street had come into the Council’s ownership under Local Government reorganisation and a number of residents owned their own homes, however legally the Housing Revenue Account had a buy-back scheme in place for these properties.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Members be advised to:

i)                    Note progress on the various schemes;

ⁱⁱ⁾                    Approve the variations listed in tables 1,2,3, and 4 of the report; ¹⁾

iii)                Note the minor variations made under officers delegated authority; ²⁾

iv)                Agree to the Buy-Back and disposal of 2 Barmby Close as recommended in paragraphs 13 to 15 of the report; ³⁾

v)                  Recommend the variation in table 1 (Repairs to Local Authority Properties) to the Executive. ⁴⁾

Decision of the Executive Members

RESOLVED:             That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

REASON:                  So that Executive Members are briefed on progress on schemes and variations required in the Housing and Adult Social Services Capital Programme for 2007/08.