Issue - decisions

[See also under Part B]

Resolved:  (i)      That Option 3, which is within the existing revenue budget, be approved.

(ii)      That authority be delegated to the Corporate Director, Children, Education & Communities (CEC) to purchase the individual properties required for service delivery within the agreed capital budget.

(iii)     That authority be delegated to the Corporate Director CEC to grant, and agree the terms of, a lease of any purchased properties to the council’s appointed service providers.

Reason:     In order to develop the city’s residential provision for children in care and ensure that the council meets its statutory sufficiency duty.