Purpose

Request to move £1m allocated for Estate
Stock Condition and Compliance Works in 2023/24 in the Development
Pool to the Capital Programme to add this to the current
£2.25m budget. This will allow works to be delivered to
improve NNC’s office accommodation and to undertake
improvements to some of the council’s properties as
identified in recent stock condition surveys. Approval will also be
sought to procure these works.

Content

RESOLVED
 
KEY DECISION
 
That the Executive:
 

a)        
Agreed to undertake the procurement for
refurbishment of identified properties and replacement of furniture
as required as set out at paragraphs 4.4 and 4.5 of the
report.

 

b)        
Delegated authority to the Assistant Director of
Assets & Environment, in consultation with the Executive Member
for Highways, Travel and Assets, to take all necessary actions to
deliver the project, including awarding of the contract.
 
 
Reasons for
Recommendations:
 

·       
This project provides improvements to the
Council’s corporate office accommodation allowing
improvements to the environment for the workforce.

·       
Works to the specific properties is undertaken to
ensure their condition is improved and ensure insurance conditions
are met.

·       
Works undertaken reinforces the Council’s
commitment made in the Carbon Management Plan including the
replacement of more efficient equipment.
 
Alternative Options
Considered:
 

·       
The condition of the properties needs to be improved
to ensure that the life of the property is improved or maintained.
The occupation of buildings has been considered as part of the
assets rationalisation work recently undertaken which has helped to
consider the properties whose use could be increased and which ones could be leased or disposed
of. 

·       
There is an option to deliver this in-house however
these works are of a significant scale that this cannot be
accommodated by our in-house resources.