Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Director of Culture, Communities and Business Services providing an overview of Property Services’ financial outturn position for 2016/17.

The Panel considered the annual report of the Director of Culture, Communities and Business Services which provided an overview of Property Services’ financial outturn position for 2016/17 (Item 7 in the Minute Book).

Members heard that throughout 2016/17, Property Services had continued to deliver significant programmes of work in line with the Business Plan 2015 to 2020. Notably, work had included:

• Ongoing delivery of the Children’s Services capital programme to provide both primary and secondary school places
• Ongoing delivery of significant maintenance programmes for both schools and corporate buildings
• Successful renewal of the Property Services Service Level Agreement for schools continuing the delivery of the comprehensive service to 96% of schools in the County
• Design and procurement work as part of the Adult Services transformation strategy
• Progress on the Strategic Land programme including allocation of the Manydown site in the Basingstoke and Deane local plan
• The launch of the new temporary and modular building framework for public sector organisations across the South of England

The Panel noted that Property Services income for 2016/17 had been £29.6million and that £20.1million of this had been from County Council projects and £9.5million had been from external clients.

It was reported that the strategic partner working arrangement established in 2014 continued to ensure flexibility and capacity of resources. Members heard that the Service would continue to recruit where the longer term work forecast identified this need.

RESOLVED:

a)    That the Panel notes the successful outturn for Property Services in 2016/17.