Issue - meetings

To consider a report by the Head of Housing Services seeking approval of supplementary capital and revenue estimates to enable the final stage of the contaminated land remedial works to commence.

Noted progress of a programme of work for the remediation of contaminated land at the Council’s Mobile Home Park and approved a supplementary capital estimates of £151,000 in 2006/07 and £369,000 in 2007/08.  Also, authorised the Director of Commerce and Technology, after consultation with the Executive Councillors for Housing and Public Health and for Finance, to approve further supplementary estimates on this scheme as and when necessary.

Further to Minute No 06/26, the Cabinet considered an updated report by the Head of Housing Services (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) on a programme of work for the remediation of contaminated land at the Council’s Mobile Home Park and requesting a supplementary capital estimate to allow the final stages of the works to commence.

In considering the information contained in the report,  Members were reminded that Government funding towards the whole of the project had been sought from the Contaminated Land Capital Projects Programme.  Whereupon, it was

RESOLVED

(a)  that the contents of the report be noted;

(b)  that supplementary capital estimates of £151,000 in 2006/07 and £369,000 in 2007/08 be approved; and

(c)  that the Director of Commerce and Technology, after consultation with the Executive Councillors for Housing and Public Health and for Finance, to approve further supplementary capital estimates on this scheme up to a maximum of £200,000.