Decisions

The Director of Communities, Housing and Environment approved the award of a construction contract in connection with the District Heating Clusters scheme for the Burnsalls cluster (Court and Gardens), to Cenergist Limited for the sum of £2,029,673.42.

The Director of Adults and Health has:-


• Approved the delegation agreement between Leeds City Council and Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust.

• Noted the agreement will be reviewed in August 2023.

The Director of Public Health agreed to the award of a grant agreement to Womens Health Matters with effect from 1st April 2023 until 31st March 2026 with an option to extend for up to a further 12 months. The value of this decision is £172,800 for the initial 3 years, with a 1-year extension value of £57,600 should this be subsequently requested.

The Director of Communities, Housing and Environment:
• Approved the award of contracts following the call-off carried out as a price only mini-competition for Re-Roofing and Associated Works 2022-23 to Houston Group of Companies Ltd and A Connolly Ltd.

The Chief Officer – Financial Services approved the revised CPRs and approved that they will come into effect on 1st September 2022

In the absence of the Director of Children & Families, the Chief Officer, Resources & Strategy agreed to:

a) Approve authority to spend and incur expenditure of £8,500,000 from capital scheme number 33178/AHS/000 to deliver the construction works required for the school expansion, noting that this figure includes the tender sum in addition to all ancillary costs, for example consultancy fees, surveys, furniture & equipment, ICT provision, client held contingency etc.

b) Authorise acceptance of the tender submitted by the Leeds Local Education Partnership, via Henry Boot Plc, in the sum of £7,782,424.88 for the construction works required.

c) Sanction the requirement to enter into a contractual agreement with Leeds D&B One Ltd. to deliver the works. This will take the form of a JCT contract between the Council and Leeds D&B One Ltd. for the sum of £8,180,797.88. This is inclusive of all contract design and development fees, including the previously approved sums of £350K, £1.2m, and £996K necessary to undertake design development and early works packages.

d) Note that the full programme of works, including early works packages, will be completed during the period April 2022 to September 2023.

e) Note that the officer responsible for implementation is the Head of Service, Learning Systems in Children & Families Directorate.

The Head of Civil Engineering & Infrastructure:

a) Noted the FDGiA £658k and £50k funding levy secured together with the Section 106 £300k giving total available funding of £1,058.0k to implement a flood alleviation scheme at Farnley Wood Beck and noted the previous injection and authority to spend £450k approved in February 2021.
b) Injected and gave authority to incur further expenditure of £421,500 to fully implement the flood alleviation scheme at Farnley Wood Beck.

The Chief Officer Housing gave approval of 53 projects to a value of £64,004.10 supported by the 11 Housing Advisory Panels (HAPs) between the 1 April 2022 and 30 June 2022, for a range of environmental and community related projects.

The Director of Communities, Housing and Environment approved the new specification to be used for grant agreements for quarter 3 + 4 2022/23, further funding during 23/24, 24/25 and approved a closed application of existing providers under Quarter 1 +2 and the recently commissioned youth work consortiums

In the absence of the Director of Children & Families the Chief Officer, Resources & Strategy gave approval to enter into a grant agreement with White Rose Academies for the total amount of £1,460,989.47 in relation to the bulge works at Leeds City Academy for September 2022. This is split into £511,842.17 capital and £949,147.30 revenue.

Note the revenue charges of £949,147.30 relate to ongoing rental costs for hire of the temporary classrooms.

Note the academy will be responsible for paying the contractor direct as it is a school led project. On receipt of invoices from White Rose Academies, LCC will reimburse the school in line with the terms set out in the grant agreement. Any costs over and above the agreed amount will need to be funded by the academy.

Note that the officer responsible for implementation is the Head of Learning Systems in Children’s and Families Directorate.

The Chief Officer, Highways and Transportation;
a) Noted the contents of this report and the terms of the related partnership agreement.
b) Entered into a partnership agreement for £266,746 with The Rivers Trust to deliver the Leeds NFM Investment Readiness project in partnership.

The Chief Officer (Highways and Transportation);

Approved the detailed design of a package of measures in the centre of Boston Spa, as outlined in Appendix B (798-LCC-33-XX-DR-TM-01_01d) and give authority to implement the works;

Noted the required expenditure of £460,000, comprising £380,000 works costs, £75,000 staff fees and £5,000 legal fees, with:

£75,000 funded from the Regeneration Local Centres Capital Programme
£200,000 from Churchfields S106 Highways
£10,000 from Moorland, land off Grove Road, S106
£115,000 from Churchfields S106 Public Transport
£60,000 from CIL Neighbourhood Fund

Gave approval to inject and spend £385,000 from the Capital Programme with funding from:

£325,000 from Section 106 contributions
£200,000 from Churchfields S106 Highways
£10,000 from Moorland, land off Grove Road, S106
£115,000 from Churchfields S106 Public Transport
£60,000 from CIL Neighbourhood Fund

Authorised the City Solicitor to advertise a notice under the provisions of Section 90c of the Highways Act 1980 and advertise draft Traffic Regulation Order and if no valid objections are received, to make, seal and implement the Traffic Regulation Order as advertised.

The Chief Officer (Asset Management & Regeneration);

Noted the contents of the report, and

Gave authority to spend £75,000 funded from the Regeneration Local Centres Capital Programme.

The Head of Strategic Planning has agreed to confirm a provisional Tree Preservation Order (TPO) at Burras Lane, Otley subject to modification in light of objections received. All in accordance with the report of the City Solicitor.