Issue - meetings

Report of the Director of Commercial Services enclosed.

Decision made

That the recommendations outlined at paragraphs 2 – 7 of the confidential report be approved.

The Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member (Health, Wellbeing and Leisure) presented a report seeking approval for a number of decisions to progress the

Playing Pitch Hub project.

Decision made

That the recommendations outlined at paragraphs 2 – 7 of the confidential report be approved.

Reasons for decision

The decisions enable the Council to:

Award the two construction contracts;

To continue using the current contractors as projects managers for the contract; and

To vire £275k from the Playing pitch Hub project to support improvements at other Leisure Facilities across the Borough.

Alternative options considered and rejected

Cabinet have always had the option to consider a do-nothing option or to do the project without doing the funding application to the Football Foundation. The do-nothing option would not have realised a recommendation of the formally adopted Playing fields strategy. The do-nothing option would also fail deliver on a key plank of the Council’s newly adopted Leisure Facilities Strategy.