Supplementary A - London Borough of Hillingdon

• The Council's property asset stock will gradually be diminished either through
replacement, rationalisation or discontinuation of service.
• The newly centralised maintenance budgets will allow repairs to be undertaken before
they lead to major disrepairs and will allow some external redecorations via a prioritisation
process.
4.5 As noted in Appendix E the energy measures carried out on the Civic Centre approximately 18
months ago are now showing signs of significant energy and associated financial savings. Water
savings at Highgrove Pool however have been less than anticipated, which is due to a
misunderstanding of the maintenance engineer relating to his change of duties with respect to
the frequency of backwashing. This has now been addressed and monitoring will continue to
ascertain the performance of the installed equipment.
5. PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING
5.1 Performance Management and Monitoring arrangements for property assets and services are
set out in Appendix E. This section covers the Council’s local performance indicators,
benchmarking and the role and performance of the Estates and Valuation division and the
Design, Maintenance and Energy division. There are further details relating to the energy
savings measures that are being adopted as well as results of user satisfaction surveys.
6. CAPITAL INVESTMENT PROGRAMME
6.1 The Council’s Capital Programme is determined in the light of the Council’s corporate and
service plans, Capital Investment Strategy and Framework (CISF) and medium term budget
strategy (the Medium Term Financial Forecast, or MTFF). In this way future capital investment
is directed by the Council’s development plans and tied to its revenue budget strategy. The
Capital Programme is drawn up and monitored as described in the Council’s CISF by the
interdepartmental Capital Investment Strategy Group.
6.2 Proposals for capital investment for the period 2007/08 to 2009/10 are set out in the Council’s
Capital Programme attached at Appendix G. The Corporate Land Review and Sales
Programme supports this plan and it is recognised that this will need to be given a higher degree
of priority if it is to contribute to the need for additional capital for later years in the programme at
the levels given in the above estimates or better.
6.3 A financial summary of the 2007/08 to 2009/10 Capital Programme is set out at Appendix G,
with a more detailed illustration of the Property related element for 2007/08. This has been
devised to meet the Council’s priorities for capital investment in line with its key objectives and
to work towards closing the gap identified between the current performance of the Council’s
assets and the Council’s ongoing and future requirements. Whilst resources for the approved
programme for 2007/08 to 2009/10 have been identified, the resources available to fund
investment in future years are less certain. Financing is currently based on estimates of capital
receipts £42.4 million, external funding £112.7 million (e.g. borrowing supported by Government,
grants from Government departments and third party contributions) and a sustainable level of
unsupported borrowing £40.3 million. The Capital programme will be approved as part of the
2007/08 council tax and budget setting process.
7. ORGANISATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR CORPORATE ASSET MANAGEMENT
7.1 The Council has established the organisational arrangements for effective corporate
management of its property assets set out in Appendix I.
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