Issue - meetings

Please note that there is an exempt appendix contained within the Exempt/Confidential section of this agenda.

(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.

With reference to article 22 of the minute of meeting of 18 September 2018, the Committee had before it a report by the Director of Resources which provided an update on the programme for the redevelopment of Queen Street and the outcome of the Outline Business Case for North East Scotland and Northern Isles Integrated Mortuary.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)       Queen Street Redevelopment:-

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

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

(1)     approve the Integrated Mortuary Outline Business Case;

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

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

The Committee resolved:-

(i)        to approve the recommendations; and

(ii)       to thank officers for the work undertaken to prepare the report.