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10.1

The Executive Director Neighbourhood Services
submitted a report outlining proposals for Sheffield City Council
to carry out five yearly electrical testing and condition reports
for all domestic Council dwellings rented to customers.  The report outlines the budget requirement to
deliver this programme of work and requests the additional budget
allocation needed in order to deliver all necessary aspects of this
work. 

 

 

10.2

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That Strategy and
Resources Policy Committee:-

 

 

 

(a) approves the
additional revenue budget allocation required within the Housing
Revenue Account as set out in sections 2.14, 2.15 and 2.16 of the
report now submitted; and  

 

 

 

(b) endorses the
proposed approach for the Council to commission two external
contractors to deliver the carrying out of five yearly electrical
testing and condition reports for domestic council dwellings let to
customers. 

 

 

10.3

Reasons for Decision

 

 

10.3.1

The Council is
required by law to ensure that we carry out regular electrical
inspections of domestic dwellings that it lets to customers, and it
is current best practice that these inspections should be
undertaken at least every 5 years. 

 

 

10.4

Alternatives Considered and
Rejected

 

 

10.4.1

As described above, the Council is required by law to ensure
that we carry out regular electrical inspections of domestic
dwellings that it lets to customers. 
Therefore, no other alternatives were considered. There are
consequences of not carrying out these inspections and these are
outlined in more detail in item 8.17 of this
report.