Decision details

RESOLVED: that Cabinet:-

(1)

approves the approach set out in this report to install individual property heat metering and implement associated billing arrangements at the Council’s community heating sites and set the Community Heating charges; and

(2)

delegates to the Director of Housing, Enterprise and Regeneration and the Director of Commissioning, Communities authority to put in place detailed arrangements to implement the matters approved in (1) above as follows:-

(a)

the Director of Housing, Enterprise and Regeneration is authorised to finalise procurement processes and evaluate tenders on such terms as he considers appropriate;

(b)

the Director of Commissioning, Communities is authorised to conduct a consultation programme, set the Community Heating charges (in accordance with the arrangement set out in the HRA Business Plan and the budget setting process for 2013/14) and make proposals to leaseholders and freeholders affected by the changes on such terms as he considers appropriate;

(c)

the Director of Housing, Enterprise and Regeneration and the Director of Commissioning, Communities are each individually authorised generally to take such further steps within the scope of their own service areas as they consider appropriate to progress the Community Heating Heat Metering Project, or to safeguard the Council’s interests in relation to it;

Provided that:-

(i)

the Director of Housing, Enterprise and Regeneration and the Director of Commissioning, Communities must, where appropriate, exercise this delegated authority in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Homes and Neighbourhoods, the Cabinet Member for Environment, Waste and Streetscene, and each other; and

(ii)

further Cabinet approval must be obtained prior to the letting of any contract or contracts for the installation heat metering, controls and payment equipment, and any associated billing and communication services connected with these.