Decision details

(i)        Queen Street Redevelopment:-

(1)   to approve the development programme and various workstreams, subject to agreement with appropriate public sector partners and statutory bodies involved;

(ii)       North East Scotland and Northern Isles Integrated Mortuary:-

(1)   to approve the Integrated Mortuary Outline Business Case;

(2)   to instruct the Director of Resources to proceed to procurement for the development of a Full Business Case including financial model and detailed design;

(3)   to note the duplication in effort in proceeding with the temporary mortuary facility and agree to transfer the £800k budget from that project to support the development of a full business case for the permanent facility; and

(4)   to instruct the Director of Resources to engage with potential partners of the Integrated Mortuary to establish their funding position in relation to the project; and

(iii)      to thank officers for the preparatory work undertaken in relation to the report.