TUESDAY, 30 JUNE 1998 - 3.00 pm

Present:- Councillors Robertson (A), Clocherty, Jackson, Robertson (Y), Campbell, Father T Boyle and Rev D McAdam, Church Representatives, Councillor Robertson (Y), Convener, in the Chair.

In attendance:- Mr A S Grant (for the Director of Central Services), Mr J Sutherland and Miss E Henderson (for the Director of Education Services), Mr A Puckrin (for the Director of Finance) and the Director of Property and Technical Services.

Apologies for absence were intimated on behalf of Councillors Morrison (D), Mitchell, Welch and Hunter and Mr I F Milne.

The following paragraph is submitted for information only, having been dealt with under the powers delegated to the Committee.

686 EDUCATION CAPITAL BUILDING PROGRAMME 1998/99 - UPDATE 686

SUBMITTED: Report dated 26 June 1998 by the Director of Education Services on the present position with regard to the Education Capital Building Programme 1998/99 and setting out options for utilisation of the funding totalling £527,000 which had been allocated over the 3 years from 1997-2000 to allow

the relocation of King's Glen Primary School within refurbished and extended accommodation at the Blairmore Centre and St Kenneth's Primary School. It was noted that the Committee at its meeting on 2 June 1998 (para 609) had agreed that this proposal be not implemented.

DECIDED:

(a) That the Committee note the allocation of £3,369,000 agreed by the Policy and Strategy Committee over the next 3 years to allow completion of the works at Port Glasgow High School, the replacement of Gourock Primary School with a new building and further enhancement works at various schools;

(b) That the funding of £527,000 previously identified for the refurbishment and extension works at St Kenneth's Primary School be reallocated on the basis of Option 2 set out in Appendix 1 to the report, viz:-

Project	Approximate Cost	Timescale
Additional works at St Ninian's Primary School	£45,000	1998/99
Maintenance/reduction works at Glenburn School	£180,000	1998/99
Maintenance works at St Stephen's High School	£100,000	1998/99
Enhancement works at the Kelly Street Nursery School	£97,000	1999/2000
Minor maintenance/decoration works at Boglestone Primary School to accommodate new unit	£15,000	1998/99
Inverkip Primary School - Further maintenance works	£40,000	1998/99
Clune Park Primary School - Installation of gas-fired boilers	£50,000 ________	1998/99
Total Cost	£527,000	; and

(c) That the the Policy and Strategy Committee be requested to approve utilisation of the funding previously allocated for the works at St Kenneth's Primary School on the basis detailed at (b) above.