Issue - meetings

An exempt appendix is located within the Exempt/Confidential section of this agenda.

(i)        to approve the request of additional funding for the Living Wall Project as per Appendix 1 of the report;

(ii)       to approve the allocation of funding for the Queen Street demolition projects as per Appendix 1 of the report; and

(iii)      to delegate authority to the Chief Officer - Capital, following consultation with Commercial and Procurement Services to consider and approve business cases (including estimated expenditure) for the recommended projects for the purposes of Procurement Regulation 4.1.1: and thereafter to procure appropriate works and services, and enter into any contracts necessary for the delivery of the recommended projects without the need for further approval from any other Committee of the Council.

With reference to article 8 of the minute of meeting of 6 June 2019, the Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – City Growth which presented additional options for project proposals and sought approval to distribute the allocation of funds to each identified project in relation to the Scottish Government Town Centre Capital Grant Fund, where Aberdeen City Council received an allocation of £1,351,000, and of which £137,497.50 remained unallocated.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)       approve the request of additional funding for the Living Wall Project as per Appendix 1 of the report;

(b)       approve the allocation of funding for the Queen Street demolition projects as per Appendix 1 of the report; and

(c)       delegate authority to the Chief Officer - Capital, following consultation with Commercial and Procurement Services to consider and approve business cases (including estimated expenditure) for the recommended projects for the purposes of Procurement Regulation 4.1.1: and thereafter to procure appropriate works and services, and enter into any contracts necessary for the delivery of the recommended projects without the need for further approval from any other Committee of the Council.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.