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OPERATIONAL BUILDING MAINTENANCE BUDGETS AND PLANNED PROGRAMME 2023/24

Meeting: 29/03/2023 - Executive (Item 166)

166 OPERATIONAL BUILDING REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE BUDGET 2023/24 pdf icon PDF 380 KB

Decision:

1.  That, noting the 2023/24 Budget report approved by Executive on 8 February 2023, the following expenditure for operational building maintenance for 2023/24 be approved:

·  Repairs and maintenance - £2.513m.

2.  That the provision of £2m in 2023/24 for the Building Investment Fund (BIF), as included in the 2023/24 Budget report be noted.  This will be the last year of such provision.

3.  Note that combined these sums provide a total maintenance budget of £4.513m.

4.  That authority be delegated to the Director of Housing, Planning, Property and Regeneration to vary the programmes and budget allocations where such action is considered necessary to either protect the Council’s assets or make the most effective use of resources.

 

Minutes:

Report HPR2023/021

Members of the Executive considered the Council’s draft 2023/24 Budget at their meeting on 8 February 2023. The report set out indicative budget allocations reflected in the Draft 2023/24 Budget report for operational building maintenance against the two sources of funding: the repairs and maintenance budget, and the Building Investment Fund.

The report had been scrutinised by the Executive, Resources and Contracts PDS Committee at its meeting on 22 March 2023 and the Committee had supported the recommendations.

 

RESOLVED: That

1.  Noting the 2023/24 Budget report approved by Executive on 8 February 2023, the following expenditure for operational building maintenance for 2023/24 be approved:

·  Repairs and maintenance - £2.513m.

2.  The provision of £2m in 2023/24 for the Building Investment Fund (BIF), as included in the 2023/24 Budget report be noted.  This will be the last year of such provision.

3.  It be noted that combined these sums provide a total maintenance budget of £4.513m.

4.  Authority be delegated to the Director of Housing, Planning, Property and Regeneration to vary the programmes and budget allocations where such action is considered necessary to either protect the Council’s assets or make the most effective use of resources.