Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director of Children’s Services on whether to proceed to the next stage of constructing a replacement for East Moor following contract negotiations with DCSF and the Youth Justice Board.

Appendix B to the report is designated as exempt under Access to Information Procedure Rule 10.4(3) and (4).

Further to minute 41 of the meeting held on 16^th July 2008, the Director of Children’s Services submitted a report on progress made to secure capital and revenue funding for the replacement of East Moor, on the outcome of the site option appraisal and on proposals for the replacement of the current provision with a purpose built, fit for purpose and future proof facility.

The Chair advised that a letter from Greg Mulholland MP relating to this matter had been received and circulated to Executive Board members prior to the meeting.

Following consideration of appendix B to the report, designated as exempt under Access to Information Procedure Rule 10.4(3) and (4) which was considered in private at the conclusion of the meeting, it was

RESOLVED -

a)  That the progress made since the July 2008 meeting be noted.

b)  That the Director of Children’s Services enter into a contractual arrangement with the Department for Children, Schools and Families for the capital funding and Youth Justice Board for an extended occupancy contract to finance the re-building of a secure children’s home in the city.

c)  That, despite the loss of a significant capital receipt, the service preference for a rebuild on the land adjacent to the existing Secure Children’s Home be endorsed.

d)  That £18,100,000 be injected into the capital programme for the new build secure children’s home.  £15,000,000 to be funded through the grant from the Department for Children, Schools and Families and £3,100,000 through prudential borrowing to be repaid through the occupancy contract with the Youth Justice Board.