Issue - meetings

Joint report of the Strategic Director - Children, Schools and Families and Strategic Director - Communities

Further to Minute No. 59 of 21 January 2010, the Committee considered the joint report of the Strategic Director Children, Schools and Families and the Strategic Director Communities, which updated Members upon the financial implications of the Building Schools for the future programme.   

RESOLVED:            That the update detailing the project, financial implications and draft Communications and Engagement Strategy be supported.

Joint report of the Strategic Director - Children, Schools and Families and Strategic Director - Communities

Further to Minute No. 261 of the Cabinet Meeting held on 14 January 2010, the Cabinet considered the joint report of the Strategic Director - Children, Schools and Families and Strategic Director - Communities which provided an update on the cost, benefits and risks of the programme entry to the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) Programme and sought approval to the proposed budget for the completion of the Outline Business Case.

This was a Key Decision and was included in the Council's Forward Plan of Key Decisions.

RESOLVED:   That

(1)      the report be noted;

(2)      the draft Communications and Engagement Strategy for the BSF Programme be endorsed; and

(3)      approval be given to the advance allocation from one-off resources of £200,000 for 2009/10 and up to £1.681m for 2010/11 to complete work on the Strategy for Change and Outline Business Case for the BSF Programme.