Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Finance

Forward Plan Ref: 2025/060

Contact: Sam Thomas, Property Decarbonisation Manager

Sam.thomas@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Report by Director of Property and Assets

1.             The Cabinet Member Finance is RECOMMENDED to

a)    Note that the total Property Decarbonisation Programme Budget included in the capital programme for 2025/26 will be £10m for works to 20 sites

b)    Approve the commencement of the procurement of decarbonisation works for the sites in the programme of works, noting that where sites are batched together into a single procurement exercise these may have a combined value in excess of £2m

c)    Delegate authority to the Executive Director of Resources & Section 151 Officer to agree the procurement strategy and approve the award of contracts associated with the 2025/26 Property Decarbonisation Programme

Recommendations approved.

The Cabinet Member was asked to consider a range of options to conduct full scale property decarbonisation of 20 buildings.

As with the previous item, Councillor Levy requested that the work should only be undertaken for buildings that the Council intends to retain or where the Council believes that it could gain more in the sale of a building if the work is done.

Councillor Levy approved the recommendations.

RESOLVED to:

a)    Note that the total Property Decarbonisation Programme Budget included in the capital programme for 2025/26 will be £10m for works to 20 sites

b)   Approve the commencement of the procurement of decarbonisation works for the sites in the programme of works, noting that where sites are batched together into a single procurement exercise these may have a combined value in excess of £2m

c)    Delegate authority to the Executive Director of Resources & Section 151 Officer to agree the procurement strategy and approve the award of contracts associated with the 2025/26 Property Decarbonisation Programme