Issue - meetings

Report of the Cabinet Member for Housing, seeking formal approval for expenditure on various projects, in accordance with Financial Procedure Rules, attached.

DECISION MADE: (Ref: CAB 4885 )

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Housing Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  To approve a virement of £720,000 from the 2011/12 uncommitted provision for “decent homes plus funding – future years” to the sheltered communal improvements budget and, in accordance with finance procedure rules, to give approval to spend the £720,000 on improvements to Rozel Court, Sarnia Court, James Street, Milner Court and Neptune Court.

(ii)  To approve a virement of £1.6M from the 2010/11 “Decent homes future works” budget with the following sums being added to the 2010/11 budgets for:

·  Decent Homes works in Harefield - £767,000

·  Decent Homes work in Central - £583,000

·  Decent homes work to supported housing - £250,000

(iii)  To approve, in accordance with Financial Procedure Rules an overall increase in the approval to spend on these 3 schemes in the sums set out above.