Issue - meetings

RESOLVED:

The Committee:

1.

Acknowledged the debate undertaken by Corporate Scrutiny in relation to discussing the options on 31st January 2018; noting that they support the recommendations being presented in the report.

2.

Endorsed an extension to the Wates Living Space contract from 31st March 2019 until 31st March 2020, on existing terms, allowing for further exploration of opportunities identified with the setting up of either an in-house contractor or procuring a long-term managed contract.

3.

Recognised the commercial opportunities contained within Arks independent report into the future delivery options for the repairs and investment service.

4.

Delegated authority to the Executive Director of Communities, in consultation with Portfolio Holder for Housing and Executive Director of Corporate Services to agree a detailed project and resourcing plan that enables a final decision to be taken on the financial and commercial viability of an in-house contractor by calendar year end (December 2018) when compared to traditional procurement of longer term managed contract.

5.

Agreed the principle work-streams identified within the report, which includes the commissioning of an up-to-date stock condition survey that will allow, as far as practically possible, the Council to test all the financial assumptions made to make a final decision on the future repairs and investment delivery

vehicle for its council owned stock.

6.

Requested a Temporary Reserve for £150k be created from current underspends on the Housing Repairs Account to meet the costs of the workstream identified in the report.

(Moved by Councillor M Thurgood and seconded by Councillor D Cook)