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Policy Review and Performance Scrutiny Committee. Scrutiny committees question decisions and can recommend changes. They don't make the decision.
Core Office Strategy: Outline Business Case
The Committee agreed that the Chairperson would write to the Cabinet Member for Investment and Development with the Committee's observations on the way forward. The minutes record no decision on the strategy itself, which goes to Cabinet on 22 June 2023.
Cabinet. The Cabinet makes most of the council's decisions.
Core Office Strategy: outline business case
Cabinet approved the Outline Business Case for the Core Office Strategy, set out in the confidential appendix. It delegated authority to the Director of Economic Development, after consulting the Cabinet Member for Investment and Development, the Section 151 Officer and the Legal Officer, to deliver an interim strategy for City Hall within allocated budgets. It authorised work on a Full Business Case for the preferred option.
Policy Review and Performance Scrutiny Committee. Scrutiny committees question decisions and can recommend changes. They don't make the decision.
Core Office Strategy: pre-decision scrutiny
The committee agreed that the Chairperson will write to the Cabinet Member, conveying the committee's observations and recommendations on the way forward. The minute does not record the committee's view on the business case itself.
Cabinet. The Cabinet makes most of the council's decisions.
Core Office Strategy: new council offices
Cabinet approved the Full Business Case in principle, subject to final costs being confirmed at a future Cabinet meeting when it considers the Development Agreement. It approved the appointment of the 'Successful Bidder' to deliver the new offices. It delegated authority to the Director of Economic Development, after consulting the Cabinet Member for Investment and Development, the Section 151 Officer (the Council's chief finance officer) and the Director of Legal and Governance, to enter a pre-construction services agreement (PCSA, a contract to develop detailed designs and final costs) and to negotiate a Development Agreement, which a future Cabinet meeting will approve. It authorised the City Hall Phase 2 works within the capital budget set out in the report. It delegated the procurement of a contractor for City Hall Phase 3 to the same officers, with the final appointment and budget to go to a future Cabinet meeting, no earlier than the budget-setting report.
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