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Contact: Chris Lunn
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Declarations of Interest To receive
any declarations of interest. Minutes: There were
no declarations of interest received at this point in the meeting. |
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Call-in - Future Accommodation PDF 227 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: The Chair welcomed attendees to the meeting and provided an outline of
how the call-in would proceed. The Chair confirmed that the subject of the call-in was the decision
made by the Executive on 27 October 2020 – ‘Future Office Accommodation
Update’. The Mayor and the Director of Regeneration and Culture were in
attendance at the meeting to explain the reasons and rationale behind the
report, and the decision that was made. Councillor Bell, the proposer of the call-in, and one of the supporting
Members, Councillor Hubbard, were in attendance to explain why the decision had
been called-in and what should be reviewed. In terms of the procedure to be followed at the meeting, a copy was
shown at Appendix 2 of the submitted report.
The Councillor proposing the call-in (Councillor Bell) would be afforded
15 minutes to present his case, which would include any statements from
witnesses. At the end of the
presentation, the Mayor would have the opportunity to question the proposing
Councillor for five minutes, which could include input from officers from the
relevant service area. The Mayor/service area would then have 15 minutes to provide the reasons
for the decision, after which the proposing Councillor would have the
opportunity to question the Mayor/service area for five minutes. The Overview and Scrutiny Board (OSB) would then be given the
opportunity to ask the proposing Councillor and the Mayor/service area
questions. Following this, the proposer
and the Mayor would each be given five minutes to present a closing submission. Following debate by the OSB Members, a vote would be undertaken as to
whether OSB Members felt that the decision should be referred back to the
Executive for reconsideration. The Chair invited Councillor Bell to present his case to OSB, and
explain why the decision had been called-in.
Councillor Hubbard would be sharing the 15 minute time allocation with
Councillor Bell. Councillor Bell made the following comments as part of the presentation:
1.
Why the cost may be over £150,000; 2.
What the exact cost would be; 3.
What the money was required for; 4.
What the money would be spent on or how; 5.
What would be achieved on the spend; and 6.
No alternatives to spending £150,000 were provided. No options exploring other ways of achieving
the aim stipulated in the report were provided.
In terms of the value for money aspect, Councillor Hubbard ... view the full minutes text for item 20/48 |
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Any other urgent items which in the opinion of the Chair, may be considered. Minutes: None. |