Agenda item

Decisions Taken Under the Urgency Procedures

Meeting of City Council, Monday, 18th January, 2016 2.00 pm (Item 65.)

Report of the Leader

Minutes:

The Leader submitted a report on decisions taken under urgency procedures, as set out on pages 23 to 30 of the agenda.

RESOLVED to note the urgent decisions taken as follows:

(1) urgent decisions (exempt from call-in)

Decision reference number	Date of decision	Subject	Value of decision	Reasons for urgency
2225	03/11/2015	This Girl Can Swim	£161,490.00	Acceptance of funding was required within a month of being awarded. Exemption from call in was required in order to allow for approval to be granted and completion of relevant paperwork after the funding being awarded.
2226	04/11/15	Approval for additional, independent capacity to undertake focussed work within the Education Directorate	up to £13,200	It was imperative that an investigation into Denewood was conducted swiftly
2233	06/11/15	Commercial Opportunity for Energy Services	Exempt	In order to meet the submission target date within tight timescales.
2234	09/11/15	Approval of the costs of an Adults Care Package	Exempt	Retrospective decision
2236	10/11/15	Approval of the costs of an Adults Care Package	Exempt	Retrospective decision
2239	12/11/15	Continuation of the Neutral Vendor Solution	£2,000,000 over 6 months	Imminent end of existing contract and need to agree new contract
2241	13/11/15	Approval of the costs of an Adults Care Package	Exempt	Retrospective decision
2257	25/11/15	Approval of the costs of an adult care package	Exempt	Retrospective decision
2258	25/11/15	Approval of the costs of an adult care package	Exempt	Retrospective decision
2260	26/11/15	Approval of the costs of an Adults Care Package	Exempt	Retrospective decision
2261	26/11/15	Approval of the costs of a placement for a child in care	Exempt	Retrospective decision
2264	30/11/15	Broadmarsh Car Park	Exempt	Nottingham City Council is obliged to complete the refurbishment of the car park in a timely manner and within Intu’s specification.
2267	04/12/15	Skills Hub	£2.825m	To enable immediate release of funding
2269	07/12/15	Procurement of Radio System	£200,000	To enable infrastructure installation to proceed immediately on site.
2271	09/12/15	Approval of the costs of a placement for a child in care	Exempt	Retrospective decision
2279	18/12/15	Funding for legal support	Exempt	Delay would jeopardise engagement of the expertise and experience required of both a particular barrister and a solicitor previously involved in the case.
2280	18/12/15	Broadmarsh Car Park - Emergency Works	£110,000	Retrospective decision, works started due to imminent health and safety risk.
2281	18/12/15	Approval of the costs of an Adults Care Package	Exempt	Retrospective decision
2282	18/12/15	Approval of the costs of an Adults Care Package	Exempt	Retrospective decision
2283	21/12/15	Property Investment Acquisition - Nottingham	Exempt	Tight timescales in order to exchange
2287	23/12/15	Corporate travel and accommodation contract	£925,000	Due to time limitations re outstanding November invoices
2289	23/12/15	Property Investment Acquisition - Nottingham	Exempt	To avoid delay in acquisition

(2) key decisions (special urgency procedures)

Date of decision	Subject	Value of decision	Decision Taker	Reasons for special urgency
24/11/2015	Voluntary Sector Grant Aid - Area Based and Communities of Identity Grants from 2016 onwards	£2,024,761.00	Deputy Leader of the Council	Notice was originally given for this decision to be taken at the 14 October meeting of the Commissioning and Procurement Sub Committee. This meeting was inquorate, so no decision could be taken. The decision cannot wait till the November meeting due to tight timescales with the application process.
12/11/2015	Continuation of the Neutral Vendor Solution	Exempt	Leader of the Council	The decision is urgent and the business cannot be deferred because the current contract ends on 16th October 2015. Lengthy discussions have taken place with Procurement and Legal and given the timelines, we now require an urgent decision
06/11/2015	Commercial Opportunity for Energy Services	Exempt	Leader of the Council	The decision is considered urgent in order to meet the submission target date within tight timescales.
04/12/2015	Skills Hub	£175,000.00 (plus potential exposure of up to £2,650,000.00)	Leader of the Council	The business cannot be deferred as this would delay the immediate release of funding for the project, as well as impacting negatively on delivery.

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