Leisure Buildings Capital Requirements
To consider confidential recommendations
Decision:
Purpose of the Report:
The purpose of the report was to request that the Cabinet takes steps to ensure that the Borough’s leisure estate was kept in good condition. Oldham Council had invested capital in the buildings to ensure they can be managed daily by Oldham Community Leisure Ltd. (OCLL). The lifecycle and backlog of maintenance falls under the Council to fund as per the OCLL contract.
Reasons for the Recommendations:
The submitted report detailed the work that was needed and the total spend building by building covering the next three years and flagged up some urgent spending needed this year due to health and safety issues.
Options/Alternatives Considered:
The Cabinet was presented with three Options:
a. Option 1 - Do nothing – note the report.
b. Option 2 – To note the report and look to fund the works identified this budget year as urgent works.
c. Option 3 – To note the report and ensure that a condition survey is carried out to provide full lifecycle costs and that a budget is allocated within the capital program for leisure estate buildings managed by OCLL, and this will include permission to fund urgent works identified this budget year.
Option 3 was the preferred Option.
Decision:
Cabinet resolved:
1. To approve that the Council invest Capital funding into the Leisure Estate over the next three years to look at lifecycle events within the council buildings. This will ensure the buildings are kept in a good standard of repair as these buildings are public facing and represent standards within Oldham Council.
2. To approve that the condition surveys for the facilities are scheduled in the capital programme and a that further report brought back to the Cabinet in due course, highlighting the findings of the surveys.
Minutes:
Cabinet considered the confidential recommendations in relation to agenda item 14 (Leisure Buildings Capital Requirements).
Cabinet resolved to:
1. Approve that the Council invest Capital funding into the Leisure Estate over the next three years to look at lifecycle events within the council buildings. This will ensure the buildings are kept in a good standard of repair as these buildings are public facing and represent standards within Oldham Council.
2. Approve that the condition surveys for the facilities are scheduled in the capital programme and a that further report brought back to the Cabinet in due course, highlighting the findings of the surveys.