Issue - meetings

This report is to inform Members of the likely out-turn position of the 2007/08 Capital Programme based on the spend profile and information to the end of July 2007, to advise of changes to existing schemes to allow the more effective management and monitoring of the Capital Programme and to inform Members of any new schemes and seek approval for their addition to the Capital Programme.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Member be advised to:

• Note the updates to schemes as detailed above
• Agree the scheme reprofiling and slippage reported above and summarised in Annex 1
• Approve the revised capital programme as set out in Annex 1

Decision of the Executive Member

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

REASON:                  To enable the effective management and monitoring of the capital programme.

Members considered a report that informed them of the likely out-turn position of the 2007/08 Capital Programme based on the spend profile and information to the end of July 2007. It advised Members of changes to existing schemes to allow more effective management and monitoring of the Capital Programme and sought their approval for new schemes to be added to the Capital Programme.

Officers updated that additional costs had come to light regarding the Yearsley Pool project after the report had been written.  More asbestos had been found than was previously understood to be there and there was also some broken drainage that would need replacing. It was also noted that it would not be possible to reuse the existing lighting in the roof. The implications of this for the overall pools programme would be reported to the Executive as part of a pools strategy report in October.

Members asked if the work was still on track to finish within the timescales agreed and Officers said that it was although the five days contingency had already been used. Members also discussed possible celebrations for the pool’s birthday next year and Officers said that they had celebrations planned for this as well as for its reopening after refurbishment.

Members felt that the report did not reach out to ethnic minorities and Officers clarified that there were many cultural diversity projects happening within the City.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Member be advised to:

• Note the updates to schemes as detailed above
• Agree the scheme reprofiling and slippage reported above and summarised in Annex 1
• Approve the revised capital programme as set out in Annex 1

Decision of the Executive Member

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

REASON:                  To enable the effective management and monitoring of the capital programme.