Issue - meetings

The Portfolio Holder for Housing and Communities to submit a report asking Cabinet to endorse the award of contracts which have been put in place in order to initiate an expeditious response to the Internal Audit Report on Landlord Health and Safety.

Cabinet ENDORSED the award of contracts.

Councillor Joe Orson, the Leader of the Council introduced the report, the purpose of which was to ask Cabinet to endorse the award of contracts, which had been put in place in order to initiate an expeditious response to the Internal Audit report on Landlord Safety.

Councillor Orson gave a summary of the report, highlighting that the approval requested was retrospective, due to the Council’s immediate action in response to Internal Audit’s report on landlord health and safety.  The contracts were vital for the implementation of key actions, identified by the report to achieve compliance.

The Director for Growth and Regeneration advised that consultants had been appointed and work had started due to urgency.

There were no comments or questions from Members.

DECISIONS (KEY DECISION)

Cabinet ENDORSED the award of contracts.

Reason for decisions:

To seek retrospective approval for the award of contracts taken as an immediate response to the landlord health and safety report.