Agenda item

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

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

In response to questions, officers agreed that future reports could be presented in the format used for service charge reports and that the report in question could be shared with the committee outside following the meeting in this style. Officers agreed to share a table of variances following the meeting.

The committee noted that an independent audit was to be commissioned of service charges, paid for by the City of London Corporation, and that two residents had been nominated to be involved in the commissioning and ongoing reporting of the audit.

Residents reported that their own surveying of other residents within Ben Jonson House suggested that there were approximately 70% of dwellings which had reported water ingress issues with a number of these issues continuing. Officers agreed to meet with residents of Ben Jonson House to discuss the matter further.

It was further noted that balcony repairs were a significant element of the repairs spend and it was confirmed that a survey was being commissioned to determine the extent of the problem with a view to undertaking such work on a programmatic basis to achieve economies of scale and other associated benefits.

RESOLVED: To note the report.