Decision

That

1. Noting the 2024/25 Budget Report considered elsewhere on the agenda, the following expenditure for operational building maintenance for 2024/25 be approved – Repairs and Maintenance - £2.6m.
2. Authority be delegated to the Director of Housing, Planning, Property and Regeneration to vary the planned programme and budget allocations within the repairs and maintenance budget to take actions necessary to either protect the council’s assets or make the most effective use of resources.
3. Approval be given for the transfer of £500,000 from revenue Building Infrastructure Fund to the OPR Fund in respect of works of roofing works that have been unable to be implemented within the 2023/24 financial year.

  Roofing works - £500,000  (Blenheim Centre and Hawes Down Centre)

1. Approval be given for drawdown of £504,000 from the revenue Building Infrastructure Fund for works completed or committed within the financial year 2023/24. Delegation to spend the below was approved by Executive in March 23 (report No. HPR2023/021).

  Boundary Wall -    £  57,000 (High Elms Estate)

  Resurface car park -   £296,000 (Norman Park)

  Repair brickwork -    £  16,000 (Priory Gardens)

  Infrastructure works -  £  65,000 (Central Depot)

  Asset survey -  £  70,000 (Various)