Agenda item

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services.

The committee received a report of the Executive Director of Community and Children's Services.

The committee discussed the redecoration works, following which officers confirmed that there was no reason residents could not meet with the Clerk of Works, including for snagging meetings, and that this would be confirmed to the Clerk of Works following the meeting.

In response to a request for a finalised financial summary of redecoration works, officers agreed to provide such a report, along with a Clerk of Works report for all remaining residential blocks on the estate once they had been received, to the members of the committee before its next meeting.

In response to questions regarding the accuracy of data within the report, the Town Clerk advised that reports were required to be prepared several weeks in advance of the meeting to allow for their publication in compliance with statutory deadlines.

The committee discussed the levying of service charges prior to lift refurbishment works commencing. Officers confirmed that charges would not be levied prior to works beginning. The committee discussed the offer of a service charge loan, which would be available in September 2024 once finalised accounts had been received, with officers confirming that an explanatory note would be provided to residents setting out the offer in further detail.