Issue - meetings

To ask Cabinet to endorse the draft South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership Asset Management Strategy 2023 – 2028 and recommend it to Council for adoption (report of the Assistant Director – General Fund Assets enclosed).

Consideration was given to the report of the Assistant Director – General Fund Assets which requested endorsement of the draft South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership Asset Management Strategy 2023 – 2028, and that it be recommended to Council for adoption.

The Portfolio Holder for Assets and Planning presented the report.

Members commented that the strategy was well laid out with clear priorities and timelines for their achievement.

DECISION:

1)    That the draft South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership Asset Management Strategy 2023 – 2028, attached at Appendix 1, be endorsed; and

RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL:

2)    That the adoption of the South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership Asset Management Strategy 2023 – 2028 be recommended to Council.

(Other options considered:

·       Not to endorse the South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership Asset Management Strategy 2023 – 2028, and not to recommend it for adoption to Council);

Reasons for decision:

Developing and adopting a partnership wide Asset Strategy was a key action prescribed in the Partnership’s 2022/23 work plan.  The draft at Appendix 1 was considered by the Council’s Policy Development Panel on 13 December 2022 and included the additions it recommended; the Panel determined to refer the draft with its comments for adoption).