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Mr. Daniels said that the Progressive Capital Expenditure report is for noting.
Multi ward projects have been created, the Trading Plan Infrastructure- Project completed with minor saving realised.
Ideal Clinic – a meeting was held with Roberto Isaacs to explain the national and the facility standards, there will be a challenge of service delivery as some clinics will remain the City and some will be under Provincial government.
Mr. Daniels referred to annexure A specifically for Subcouncil 14 and looked at ward 37 capital projects. He said that officials from transport will be invited to talk about traffic calming measures, have to follow that up to track progress. Nyanga PTI current Orio project funding will not be required in the current financial year. Quotations were given for the additional CCTV cameras for ward 37 and assessment will be made on those recommended places.
Orders have been placed for Ward 38 Fezeka Admin.
Ward 39 cemetery was part of the Recreation and Parks report, a follow up with Susan Brice and Honjiswa should be made. Millers camp project is completed.
For ward 42 he said that there have been some delays with the Gugulethu meat market project. Lotus Park Sewer Extension is currently underway.
Mr. Daniels highlighted the park and the swimming pool project for ward 45. He also indicated that Ward 37 has 76% overall expenditure. Driver’s license will be a challenge. Progress has been made with the department for traffic calming in ward 37.
Ward 38 shows 36% overall completion. 40th celebration and GIA need to be finalized for this ward. He added that there has to be a Special Subcouncil meeting for noting of the GIA report for payments to occur in June.
Overall expenditure for ward 39 is 69%, Cllr Yozi has given through his requirements for capacity building project.
Ward 41 overall percentage is 84%, capacity building still needs to be done.
Overall percentage for ward 42 shows 82%, however, the Cllr is still busy sorting out a few things for the capacity building.
Ward 45 overall percentage show 65% affected by GIA and area cleaning.
Mr. Kapery who was supposed to comment on the area cleaning sent an apology.
Mr. Daniels gave an opportunity to Mr. Bidla to explain his items.
Mr. Bidla said that outstanding project is for KTC but they are waiting for delivery of the items expected to be between the end of April and the first week of May. He added that he has outstanding item with Cllr Bonita,
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he added that an outstanding item of 20 000 is under supply chain process, he will update the Cllrs as soon as the status has changed.
Mr. Abrahams said that they are still waiting for a purchase order from supply chain for ward 37 on the remainder of the ECD equipment. He indicated that he is willing to send the communication between him and supply chain.
Mr. Daniels requested Mr. Britto to speak on the item to the PCER relating to housing implementation.
Gugulethu ERF 8448- Mr. Britto indicated that there were labour dispute stoppage. They had a meeting with Bon Africa to inform them that they are behind the timeline of delivering the houses, regardless of the labour challenges they were supposed to deliver. He said that Electrification for Masikhule side next to Fezeka is 85% completed. Recently, he received a claim for the minicell that belongs to Simply Do who are catching up with the program.
There is a need to appoint a contractor for the Ghikha side, Mr. Britto indicated that they had a meeting with Born Africa and Masikhule to take over Ghikha side. They were also instructed to prepare a variation order for province to distribute equally. The value of the work remaining from Ghikha is close to 30 000 000 including electrification. The consultant were instructed by the COCT to start a process of taking over the remaining unit, however, that process is no completed. There is a lot of vandalism and crime happening on site but they have appointed a security company.
ERF 2849- Nyanga. He indicated that they had a meeting last week on site with Siqu. Siqu is not following the correct handover process as they are allowing people to move in. They indicated they have 25 houses ready to handover but some of the houses does not have plumbing and electricity. On Wednesday they will have a follow up meeting to see how many houses they will be handing over.
On the Khethwayo side province was tasked for the appointment of lacal contractor, they have approached 5 contractors and 3 have responded. He added that they are waiting on province final decision.
Cllr Nyingwa wanted clarity about the 25 houses that were supposed to be completed by the end of April, he wanted to find out the status.
Mr. Britto said that yes they are in the position of handing over at least 25 houses. He further explained that in the meeting held last week they found out that the 25 houses ready for handover as they do not meet the requirements. It was resolved that they meet every week to push the contractor to comply with the requirements.
Cllr Yozi indicated that they were on site to check the structures that are going to be built along Mjojo and came with recommendation to write to Jan Victorious of informal settlements, he wanted to find out the progress on that. Cllr further requested for improvement of communication from Mr.Brittto’s office as he is only hearing about the appointment of a lead consultant, he added that they were supposed to introduce the lead consultants to the community and project steering committee. Clear boundaries need to be set of who needs to do what, he requested for an urgent meeting to introduce the lead contractor to the community and PSC to ensure that work is done.
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Mr.Britto indicated that the they have appointed a lead consultant named Lukhosi for all the squares in Nyanga, they meet with the consultant and address what they need to do. The consultant have drafted a programme to Mr.Britto to indicate how long they are going to take, they have monthly meetings to discuss the progress. He added that he was not aware of the resolution that was made on site and ensured that he will follow up with Phumeza. However, he advised the Cllr to communicate anything regarding to KTC 3 to him so he can communicate with the consultant.
There was unanimous agreement with the resolution.
RESOLVED
That the Report on Progressive Capital Expenditure: March 2021 BE NOTED
Action: ANTHONY DANIELS
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