Issue - meetings

[To review the basis on which leases and associated service charges are to be paid by Community Associations for the use of community centres in the City of Wolverhampton]

1.       That the proposed leasing and service charge arrangements for Community Associations (CA’s) occupying City of Wolverhampton Council  (CWC) community centres be approved. Specifically, that negotiations for newly drafted leases commence on the principle of a notional 50/50 split of service charges between CWC and the interested CA (as option 2 of the appraisal summarised in the report) for a period of five years.

2.       That it be noted that future agreements and charges would be determined and documented in accordance with appropriate Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Code of Practice for Service Charges.

Cllr Peter Bilson presented a report on the outcomes of a review of the basis on which leases and associated service charges are to be paid by Community Associations for the use of community centres in the city of Wolverhampton.

Resolved:

1.     That the proposed leasing and service charge arrangements for Community Associations (CA’s) occupying City of Wolverhampton Council  (CWC) community centres be approved. Specifically, that negotiations for newly drafted leases commence on the principle of a notional 50/50 split of service charges between CWC and the interested CA (as option 2 of the appraisal summarised in the report) for a period of five years.

2.     That it be noted that future agreements and charges would be determined and documented in accordance with appropriate Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Code of Practice for Service Charges.