The Director of Children & Families has agreed to:
a) Note the content of the report and invest to save proposition for new capacity within the children’s residential portfolio;
b) Approve the overall business case as described in this report;
c) Approve the revenue expenditure necessary for the operation of the proposed new homes;
d) Approve the establishment of new posts, as detailed, to support the proposed new homes;
e) Note the financial implications and give authority to spend budgets (revenue and capital) as identified in this report; and
f) Note, as per the Scheme of Delegation, that the Chief Officer, Asset Management & Regeneration, will be required to approve the acquisitions, as and when properties are identified.
The Chief Officer, Financial Services has agreed to:
g) Note the content of the report and invest to save proposition for new capacity with the children’s residential portfolio; and
h) Approve the necessary injection into the capital programme to enable property acquisitions.