Agenda and decisions

Approval to commence Procurement: Hornsey Library Roof Condition Works, Cabinet Member Signing - Monday, 9th March, 2026 4.00 pm

Contact: Richard Plummer Committees Manager Email: richard.plummer@haringey.gov.uk

Items
No.	Item
1.	FILMING AT MEETINGS Please note that this meeting may be filmed or recorded by the Council for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council’s internet site or by anyone attending the meeting using any communication method. Although we ask members of the public recording, filming or reporting on the meeting not to include the public seating areas, members of the public attending the meeting should be aware that we cannot guarantee that they will not be filmed or recorded by others attending the meeting. Members of the public participating in the meeting (e.g. making deputations, asking questions, making oral protests) should be aware that they are likely to be filmed, recorded or reported on. By entering the meeting room and using the public seating area, you are consenting to being filmed and to the possible use of those images and sound recordings. The Chair of the meeting has the discretion to terminate or suspend filming or recording, if in his or her opinion continuation of the filming, recording or reporting would disrupt or prejudice the proceedings, infringe the rights of any individual or may lead to the breach of a legal obligation by the Council.
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4.	URGENT BUSINESS The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of Urgent Business. (Late items of Urgent Business will be considered under the agenda item where they appear).
5.	DEPUTATIONS / PETITIONS / QUESTIONS
6.	Hornsey Library PDF 302 KB Decision: DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST FOR THIS ITEM: None That the Cabinet Member for Culture and Leisure RESOLVED: 3.1 For the Cabinet Member for Culture and Leisure, pursuant to Contract Standing Orders 0.08 and 2.01(b) to: 3.2 Approved the commencement of a procurement exercise for a construction works contractor to deliver remediation works to the roof at Hornsey Library. Reasons for decision Structural surveys have confirmed the presence of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) within the ceiling/roof areas of double-height atrium located in the western side of Hornsey Library. This area comprises the main library space for the building. After completing these further surveys, it was recommended that the area below the RAAC panels should be taken out of use immediately, due to significant safety concerns. To enable continued use a scaffold crash deck has been installed to protect members of the public and staff. It is proposed to procure a contractor to undertake remediation works as outlined in 6.9 of this report on a single-stage, JCT traditional form of contract using the London Construction Programme Education Framework or DPS. Soft market engagement has been undertaken to ascertain interest and availability within the market, with positive feedback of the proposed approach. Alternative options considered Do nothing - The Council could decide to not tender the scheme. This option has been discounted as it is not in the Council’s interest to be responsible for a structurally unsound roof. Neither is it financially responsible for the Council to carry the ongoing weekly hire cost of the scaffold which forms the crash deck. In-house – There is currently no resource within the Council that has the capacity, specialist expertise or qualifications to deliver this service. Invite open tenders via Contracts Finder. This would result in a protracted tender period and would delay delivery of the project. Use an alternative public sector DPS. This would not be compliant with CSO 8.02, given the LCP Framework or DPS has been deemed suitable for the requirements being sought.
7.	Exclusion of the Press and Public Item XX is likely to be subject to a motion to exclude the press and public be from the meeting as it/they contains exempt information as defined in Section 100a of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended by Section 12A of the Local Government Act 1985); paras 3 and 5, namely information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) and information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege could be maintained in legal proceedings. Decision: Item 8 was subject to a motion to exclude the press and public be from the meeting as it/they contains exempt information as defined in Section 100a of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended by Section 12A of the Local Government Act 1985); paras 3 and 5, namely information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) and information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege could be maintained in legal proceedings.
8.	Hornsey Library EXEMPT View the reasons why item 8. is restricted Decision: The Cabinet Member for Culture and Leisure considered the exempt information.