Agendas, reports and minutes

A meeting of the Housing and Property Committee will take place Remotely on Wednesday 9 September 2020 at 10.30 am.

Webcast Notice: This meeting will be filmed and broadcast over the Internet on the Highland Council website and will be archived and available for viewing for 12 months thereafter.

You are invited to attend the meeting and a note of the business to be considered is attached.

Yours faithfully

Stewart Fraser
Head of Corporate Governance

BUSINESS

1. Apologies for Absence
Leisgeulan

2. Declarations of Interest
Foillseachaidhean Com-pàirt

Members are asked to consider whether they have an interest to declare in relation to any item on the agenda for this meeting. Any Member making a declaration of interest should indicate whether it is a financial or non-financial interest and include some information on the nature of the interest. Advice may be sought from officers prior to the meeting taking place.

3. Housing Revenue Account (HRA) and Non-HRA Budget Monitoring Statement to 30 June 2020
Aithris Sgrùdaidh Buidseat Cunntas Teachd-a-steach Taigheadais agus Neo-thaigheadais gu 30 Ògmhios 2020

There is circulated Report No HP/10/20 dated 21 August 2020 by the Executive Chief Officer Property and Housing.

The Committee is invited to approve the budget position on the Housing Revenue Account and non-Housing Revenue Account.

4. Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Capital Monitoring Report to 30 June 2020
Aithisg Sgrùdaidh Cunntas Teachd-a-steach Taigheadais gu 30 Ògmhios 2020

There is circulated Report No HP/11/20 dated 21 August 2020 by the Executive Chief Officer Property and Housing.

The Committee is invited to approve the budget position on the Housing Revenue Account Capital Programme Monitoring Report.

5. Annual Monitoring Report 2019/2020: Highland Housing Register Allocations
Aithisg Sgrùdaidh Bhliadhnail 2019/2002: Riarachaidhean Clàr Taigheadais na Gàidhealtachd

There is circulated Report No HP/12/20 dated 21 August 2020 by the Executive Chief Officer, Property and Housing.

The Committee is invited to note:-

i. information contained in the Annual Monitoring Report on housing allocations which demonstrates that the policy is achieving its objectives; and
ii. process for consulting on proposed changes to the Mutual Exchanges Policy and the Allocation Policy.

6. Property, FM Services Revenue Monitoring Report to 30 June 2020
Aithisg Sgrùdaidh Teachd-a-steach Seilbh, Seirbheis Rianachd Ghoireasan gu 30 Ògmhios 2020

There is circulated Report No HP/13/20 dated 25 August 2020 by the Executive Chief Officer, Property and Housing.

The Committee is asked to note:-

i. The more detailed reporting of gross income and gross expenditure to improve scrutiny of net budgets as set out in the Appendices attached to the report
ii. net spend at the end of quarter 1 totalled £10.774m;
iii. based on the best available information to date, a service budget gap of £3.128m to the end of 2020/21 is presently forecast, largely due to essential Covid responses;
iv. almost every area of service relies on income to pay for services and this is significantly disrupted this year because of Covid impacts. Spend addressing Covid related issues is the key reason for the service’s forecast budget gap;
v. the budget gap may change positively or negatively depending on the application of expenditure and recruitment controls, adjusting services to meet previously agreed budget savings; in-year income recovery, identifying new income and procurement opportunities, drawing down any further Government grant support and any new Covid related recovery costs;
vi. that further adjustments will be made in future quarterly reporting to reflect the updated apportionment of costs and savings across the new ECO structure, improved monthly profiling of income and expenditure and any other resourcing issues emerging including any potential Brexit impacts; and
vii. the significant effort and support applied by the Property, Catering, Cleaning and FM teams in preparing the physical school estate for fully reopening on the 18 August 2020. The Property & FM teams are also providing phased support to bring the HLH estate back into operational use.