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Report 2 of the 18 Sep 01 meeting of the Estates Sub-committee and discusses the new committee's terms of reference and some future work areas.

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Terms of reference of the sub-committee

Report: 2
Date: 18 September 2001
By: Clerk

Summary

This report sets out the membership and terms of reference for the Estates Sub-Committee which were agreed by the Finance, Planning and Best Value Committee at its meeting on 19 July 2001.

A. Recommendation

That the membership and terms of reference of the Estates Sub-Committee be noted.

B. Supporting information

1. At its meeting on 19 June the Finance, Planning and Best Value Committee agreed in principle to amend the terms of reference of the Estate Sub-group so that it became a formal sub-committee with powers to make decisions on estate matters working to a strategy set by the Finance, Planning and Best Value Committee.

2. A report was considered at the meeting of the Finance, Planning and Best Value Committee held on 19 July, which set out the details of the proposed new arrangements. The membership and terms of reference for the Sub Committee were agreed as follows:

Membership

3. Nicholas Long (Chair), Jennette Arnold (Deputy Chair), Richard Barnes, Elizabeth Howlett, Cecile Lothian and Rachel Whittaker.

Terms of reference

4. To discharge the responsibilities of the Finance, Planning and Best Value Committee on estate matters generally, including:

Strategy and Estate Management

  1. To consider and recommend to the Finance, Planning & Best Value Committee the annual Estates Strategy and other strategic estate plans and policies having regard to the Authority’s corporate strategy and resource requirements.
  2. To make recommendations to the Finance Planning and Best Value Committee on the estates capital programme, the projects to be included and their respective priority.
  3. To monitor estates capital expenditure against the approved programme and to propose to the Finance Planning and Best Value Committee any modifications where approved budgets will be exceeded.
  4. To oversee generally the management and development of the MPA estate, including all approvals for contract action and design and planning matters for schemes within approved programmes.

Disposals and acquisitions

  1. To oversee and monitor the annual programme of disposals.
  2. Within the approved budget to agree individual sales, acquisitions or property related works already identified in the programme where these are outside the powers delegated to the officers.
  3. To agree the acquisition or disposal of properties not identified in the original estates capital programme provided the capital programme remains within the approved budget and any revenue implications can be met from within the Authority’s approved budget.

C. Financial implications

There are no direct financial implications.

D. Background papers

E. Contact details

The author of this report is John Crompton, MPA 020 7944 8949

For information contact:

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