Issue - meetings

RESOLVED:

a)    Approved the 2022/23 ‘School Minor Works’ budget to rectify condition issues in WNC maintained schools, ensuring the Council continues to fulfil its statutory obligation of maintaining its school estate;

b)    Noted that WNC’s allocation of ‘School Condition Allocation’ funding had been confirmed by the DfE at £1,732,900 and that this grant funding will be utilised as WNC’s ‘School Minor Works’ budget for 2022/23;

c)    Noted that any works undertaken under the ‘Schools Minor Works’ budget would be delivered as part of a rolling programme of conditions surveys at maintained schools in the Local Authority;

d)    Delegate authority to the Director of Children’s Services, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Children, Families and Education, to authorise all necessary legal, property and financial agreements to ensure effective delivery of condition schemes.

REASONS RESOLVED:

·         WNC would continue to fulfil its statutory obligation of maintaining its school estate;

·         The recommended course of action was the most effective and prevents delays in procuring essential works;

·         Consistency with previous decisions. This is the third year of the ‘School Minor Works’ programme.

ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS:

None

At the Chair’s invitation a councillor asked whether WNC was aware of the scale of need of the schools.

Councillor Fiona Baker presented the report, copies of which had been previously circulated. Members were advised that this was an ongoing project.

RESOLVED: That Cabinet.

a)    Approved the 2022/23 ‘School Minor Works’ budget to rectify condition issues in WNC maintained schools, ensuring the Council continues to fulfil its statutory obligation of maintaining its school estate.

b)   Noted that WNC’s allocation of ‘School Condition Allocation’ funding had been confirmed by the DfE at £1,732,900 and that this grant funding will be utilised as WNC’s ‘School Minor Works’ budget for 2022/23.

c)    Noted that any works undertaken under the ‘Schools Minor Works’ budget would be delivered as part of a rolling programme of conditions surveys at maintained schools in the Local Authority.

d)   Delegate authority to the Director of Children’s Services, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Children, Families and Education, to authorise all necessary legal, property and financial agreements to ensure effective delivery of condition schemes.