Conservative Cllr Stuart Rawlings, the City of York Council’s Executive Member for Education, Children & Young People, approved a plan at last Tuesday’s Executive Decision Session that will see 20 schools share in the £2.35 million budget to invest in infrastructure repairs and improvements such as roof repairs, kitchen ventilation, and better heating systems.
At the meeting officers noted they had made conservative estimates of the government grants which make up part of the funding , but said that if the money does fall short of what is expected one of the schemes at the bottom of the priority list would possibly not be able to go ahead.
Cllr Rawlings praised officers for their thorough project funding and prioritisation efforts, and gave officers authority to proceed with the next project on the list - rewiring at Huntington School - if other projects come in under budget and leave money to spare.
The full list and breakdown of costs are as follows:
Archbishop of York Junior Kitchen ventilation 42,000
Bishopthorpe Infants Kitchen ventilation - make permanent temporary fix 55,000
Carr Junior Roof works phase 2 of 2 and remedial works to staircases following roof works. 230,000
Carr Junior Replacement pipework under main corridor 60,000
Copmanthorpe Primary Water tank replacement. 20,000
Dringhouses Primary Kitchen refurbishment 250,000
Dringhouses Primary Fire alarm 21,000
Dringhouses Primary Rewire - phase 2 123,000
Dringhouses Primary Roof - phase 1 of 2 - excludes roof above kitchen. 185,000
Fishergate Primary Fire alarm panel 15,000
Headlands Primary Kitchen ventilation 30,000
Huntington Secondary Fire alarm Phase 2 30,000
Joseph Rowntree Land Drainage Replacement 87,000
Lakeside Primary Lightning protection / emergency lighting. 9,000
Lakeside Primary Kitchen ventilation 30,000
Naburn Primary Boiler replacement 98,000
Poppleton Road Primary Lightning protection / emergency lighting. 30,000
Ralph Butterfield Primary Boiler Replacement 64,000
Ralph Butterfield Primary Roof replacement (phase 3 of 6) 59,000
Rufforth Primary Emergency lighting / small power 96,000
St Mary's Primary Fire alarm replacement and electrical supply upgrade 81,000
Stockton on the Forest Roof and window replacement (Phase 3 of 3) 137,000
Westfield Primary DHW and heating mains - end of life. 115,000
Woodthorpe Primary M&E Work (Phase 3 of 5) 126,000
Yearsley Grove Primary Fire door automation 24,000
York High School Roof (Phase 3 of 3) 141,000
Contingency 182,000
Total 2,340,000