Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the City Surveyor.

The Director (DB) presented the report, on Corporate Property Compliance which sought approval for funding to achieve the required levels of statutory Health and Safety compliance. He explained that the objectives of establishing the Corporate Property service was to identify and address failures in property Health and Safety compliance. There had been numerous areas of Health and Safety non-compliance and issues identified and that although progress had been made in several areas, the existing approved budgets were insufficient to deliver the proposed work to address the identified risks outlined in the report.

Members were referred to the report, which highlighted the work and the costs involved to deliver the scheme and informed that the recommendations had been developed from the health and safety assessments, undertaken by Corporate Property Compliance.

In response to questions from Members, the Director (DB) explained:-

·         The property inspections had been part of ongoing assessments, which had collected results and collated them to form a single piece of work;

·         The inspections were undertaken using in-house resources and fire risk assessments. There had been a focus on prioritising spending to challenge the previous issue of under investment in the properties.

RECOMMENDED that Council be requested to approve the £650,000 estimated budget requirement, for undertaking fire risk compliance works that will mitigate the current identified risks to the Council and building users in operational and commercial properties.

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