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Exempt Appendices are contained within the Exempt Appendices Section of this Agenda below.

(i)       notes the projects completed or legally committed to date in 2023/24 as shown in Appendix A;

(ii)      notes the currently approved projects and approves the amended estimated budgets for each project as shown in Appendix B;

(iii)      approves the new Condition & Suitability Programme projects listed in Appendix C for inclusion in the Condition & Suitability Programme and approves the estimated budget for each project and delegates authority to the Chief Officer - Capital, following consultation with the Head of Commercial and Procurement Services, to consider and approve procurement business cases for each of these projects for the purposes of Procurement Regulation 4.1.1.2; and thereafter to procure appropriate works and services, and enter into any contracts necessary for the projects without the need for further approval from any other Committee of the Council;

(iv)     approves the removal of the projects listed in Appendix D; and

(v)      delegates authority to the Chief Officer - Corporate Landlord, following consultation with the Capital Board and the Convener and Vice-Convener of this Committee, to amend the C&S Programme should priorities change due to unforeseen circumstances during the year, with such changes to be reported retrospectively to the Committee.

The Committee had before it a report by the Director of Resources which sought approval of an updated 3-year Condition and Suitability (C&S) Programme.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      note the projects completed or legally committed to date in 2023/24 as shown in Appendix A;

(b)      note the currently approved projects and approves the amended estimated budgets for each project as shown in Appendix B;

(c)      approve the new Condition & Suitability Programme projects listed in Appendix C for inclusion in the Condition & Suitability Programme and approves the estimated budget for each project and delegates authority to the Chief Officer - Capital, following consultation with the Head of Commercial and Procurement Services, to consider and approve procurement business cases for each of these projects for the purposes of Procurement Regulation 4.1.1.2; and thereafter to procure appropriate works and services, and enter into any contracts necessary for the projects without the need for further approval from any other Committee of the Council;

(d)      approve the removal of the projects listed in Appendix D; and

(e)      delegate authority to the Chief Officer - Corporate Landlord, following consultation with the Capital Board and the Convener and Vice-Convener of this Committee, to amend the C&S Programme should priorities change due to unforeseen circumstances during the year, with such changes to be reported retrospectively to the Committee.

The Convener, seconded by the Vice Convener, moved:-

that the Committee approve the recommendations contained within the report.

Councillor Malik, seconded by Councillor Watson, moved as an amendment:-

that the Committee:-

(1)       note the report that indicates at Appendix D the removal of the projects listed below as they are no longer in operation:-

·     Cults Library;

·     Bucksburn Swimming Pool

·     Ferryhill Library; and

·     Northfield Library;

(2)       agree to defer the new projects mentioned in Appendix C of this report until the first meeting of this Committee after Council in December to follow the report on the future of the 6 Libraries and Bucksburn pool closed by the SNP as part of its 23/24 budget; and

(3)       agree that the Council has capitulated from the Budget proposed by this Convener of Finance in March, therefore it is self-evident that the Convener must give serious consideration to his suitability to represent the Council on matters of Finance.

On a division, there voted:- for the motion (8) – the Convener, the Vice Convener and Councillors Allard, Cooke, Fairfull, Greig, Hutchison and Radley; for the amendment (5) – Councillors Farquhar, Houghton, Malik, Thomson and Watson

The Committee resolved:-

to adopt the motion.