Issue - meetings

Report of the Cabinet Member for Resources and Leisure on the winding up of ‘ASAP’ (the Accommodation Strategy Action Programme) and Vacation of Marland House project, seeking approval to combine the remaining budget from these schemes into a new project to cover the next phase of the Accommodation Strategy, attached.

DECISION MADE: (RefCAB 14/15 12981)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Resources and Leisure, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  To approve the next phase of the Accommodation Strategy to enable the potential vacation of One Guildhall Square, followed by Service Properties through the implementation of further accommodation changes to in order to generate ongoing revenue savings.

(ii)  Subject to the conclusion of successful negotiations with a third party, to approve the grant of a lease of the Council’s office space within OGS and delegate authority to the Head of Property, Procurement and Health & Safety and the Head of Legal and Democratic Services to finalise the detailed terms and complete the lease.

(iii)  To add in accordance with Financial Procedure Rules a sum of £1,837,000 to the Resources Portfolio Capital programme in 2014/15 to enable the next phase of the accommodation strategy to be implemented.

(iv)  To vire in accordance with Financial Procedure Rules a sum of £742,000 from the Accommodation Strategy Action Programme (ASAP) and £1,095,000 from the Vacation of Marland House schemes within the Resources Portfolio Capital programme to the newly created scheme for the next phase of the accommodation strategy

(v)  To note the revenue under spend of £425,000 as set out in the report and approve the extended scope of this remaining budget to now include spend to support the next phase of the accommodation strategy.

(vi)  To note that the existing authority delegated to the Director of Corporate Services will continue to be applied, to allocate premises related resources (revenue and capital) to enable any works necessary to be delivered to ensure the implementation of this next phase of the Accommodation Strategy.