RAAC Briefing
Decision:
The Council resolved:-
(i) to note the presentation and verbal update from the Chief Officer - Corporate Landlord;
(ii) to thank the Chief Officer - Corporate Landlord, Chief Officer - Capital, Chief Officer - Early Intervention and Community Empowerment, their teams and other colleagues for their work in this area to date; and
(iii) to note that service updates would be provided moving forward and, where appropriate, reports to the relevant committees as the situation unfolded.
Minutes:
The Council received a presentation by the Chief Officer - Corporate Landlord on RAAC which covered the following areas:-
· What RAAC is and the potential defects
· An update on inspection and testing that had taken place
· The potential RAAC remedies
· What had been found so far in public buildings and Council housing
· Aberdeen City Council’s further response - work plan, including the establishment of an officer working group with associated remit
During the course of questions, Councillor Yuill advised that he had a connection in relation to the matter by virtue of his appointment by the Council to the Board of NHS Grampian, however having applied the objective test he did not consider that had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.
The Council resolved:-
(i) to note the presentation and verbal update from the Chief Officer - Corporate Landlord;
(ii) to thank the Chief Officer - Corporate Landlord, Chief Officer - Capital, Chief Officer - Early Intervention and Community Empowerment, their teams and other colleagues for their work in this area to date; and
(iii) to note that service updates would be provided moving forward and, where appropriate, reports to the relevant committees as the situation unfolded.