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Council Owned Companies' Business

Meeting: 29/10/2015 - Executive (Item 70)

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Decision:

 

That:

1)        the budget monitoring position for the month ending 31 August 2015 be noted;

 

2)         the operational update for the period to 31 September 2015 be noted.

Minutes:

(Councillors Pauline Jorgensen and Anthony Pollock declared personal interests in this item)

The Executive considered a report relating to an update on the operational position for the period to 31 September 2015 and the budget monitoring position for the period ending 31 August 2015.

 

The Leader of Council highlighted a number of areas in the report including that fact that following a Care Quality Commission inspection Suffolk Lodge residential home had received an overall rating of ‘good’.  Councillor Baker also reported on changes in personnel in Optalis which included the appointment of Metta Le Jakobsen as Managing Director and Sanjay Gandhi as Finance Director.  He thanked Paul Steadman, the previous Finance Director, for all his hard work which had been a major contributor to the success of Optalis.

 

With regard to Wokingham Housing Ltd (WHL) Members were informed that the Phoenix Avenue project was progressing well and the successful contractor would be on site in November 2015.  In addition the Fosters Extra Care Home project had now received nine returns from interested parties and  WHL were about to go back to those contractors that had met the pre-qualification questionnaire criteria. 

 

Councillor Baker also reported that Loddon Homes had submitted their registration documents, to become a for-profit registered provider, to the HCA and a new director, Lionel Haynes, had been appointed to the Loddon Homes Board.

 

RESOLVED that:

1)        the budget monitoring position for the month ending 31 August 2015 be noted;

 

2)         the operational update for the period to 31 September 2015 be noted.