The Director of City Development has :-
a) Noted the previous authority to spend of £439,200 on the scheme for pre-construction expenditure.
b) Transferred departmental borrowing of £350,000 from within the existing City Development capital programme, giving a total programme budget of £19,852,400, funded through £16,502,400 of Corporate City Council borrowing and £3,350,000 of City Development departmental borrowing.
c) Approved the direct award of a contract to Kier Construction Limited T/A Kier North and Scotland (Kier) by calling off from the YORBuild3 Major Works Framework (Lot 1 – Projects over £10m and up to £30m) in the sum of £12,456,027.04 to carry out the works described in this report. The contract shall commence on 17th June 2024 and shall end on 12th January 2026.
d) Authorised remaining expenditure of £19,413,200 from existing Capital Scheme No. 16996/TRR and sub schemes to carry out refurbishment works and access improvements at Leeds Town Hall.
e) Approved that the decisions forming the subject of this report be exempt from Call In for the reasons stated in section 7 of the report.