Agenda item

TO CONSIDER A REPORT OF THE LEADER ON DECISIONS TAKEN UNDER THE URGENCY PROCEDURES

Meeting of City Council, Monday, 13th July, 2015 2.00 pm (Item 25.)

Minutes:

The Leader submitted a report on decision taken under urgency procedures, as set out on pages 147 to 152 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
1989	13/05/2015	Third Floor Studio at York House, 15 King Street, Nottingham, NG1 2AY	Exempt	The likely delay would risk the interest in the use of the site.
1991	15/05/2015	Commercial Opportunity for Energy services	Exempt	To avoid delay in submitting the tender.
1992	15/05/2015	Installation of solar panel car park canopy at Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre	Exempt	The meet the narrow winder of opportunity for installation.
2002	21/05/2015	Approval of the costs of an Adults Care Package	Exempt	The decision was authorised retrospectively and therefore call-in was not appropriate (in accordance with part 4 of the Constitution).
2003	22/05/2015	Nottingham Playhouse Loan	Exempt	To avoid any delay to the loan.
2013	28/05/2015	Approval of the costs of a placement for a child in care	Exempt	To allow for a timely implementation of the decision.
2014	28/05/2015	Approval of the costs of a placement for a child in care	Exempt	To allow for a timely implementation of the decision.
2016	29/05/2015	Nottingham Enterprise Zone - Boots Campus Infrastructure Works	£7,000,000	To allow for a timely implementation of the decision.
2021	05/06/2015	Provision of Solar Panels to a Commercial Building on Dakeyne Street	Exempt	To meet the narrow window of opportunity to undertake the necessary work.
2025	09/06/2015	Proposed Museum Acquisition	£27,000	Any delay would likely prejudice the Council’s interest.
2035	18/06/2015	Capital Maintenance grant allocations for 2015/16	£1,603,238	To avoid a delay in the placing of necessary orders.
2041	24/06/2015	D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership Growing Places Fund Loan Approvals	£600,000	To avoid delays in the commencement of the project
2052	01/07/2015	Property Investment Acquisition	Exempt	To ensure acquisition can be completed quickly

2) key decisions (special urgency procedure)

Date of decision	Subject	Value of decision	Decision Taker	Reasons for special urgency
13/05/2015	Station Street Pedestrian Priority and Traffic Management Scheme - Approval of Funding and Phasing - Key Decision	£1,375,000	Leader of the City Council	The Council needs to access allocated European and Central Government funding within allotted timescales (end of November 2015 for ERDF and end of March 2016 for Local Growth Fund) and there is now not an Executive Board meeting until June, by which time there would not be enough time for consultation and scheme development.
15/05/2015	Commercial Opportunity for Energy Services	Exempt	Leader of the City Council	The decision is urgent and cannot be deferred due to the deadlines for submitting tenders.
29/05/2015	Boots Campus Infrastructure Works	£7,000,000	Leader of the City Council	The contract needs to be signed before the valuation of the preferred supplier expires at the end of May.
18/06/2015	Capital maintenance Grant Applications for 2015/16	£1,603,238	Leader of the City Council	In order to deliver the programme of works, orders must be placed as a matter of urgency to prevent schools being at risk of closure through health and safety or condition issues.
01/07/2015	Property Investment Acquisition	Exempt	Leader of the City Council	The decision needs to be taken before the next scheduled meeting of Executive Board.

Supporting documents:

Report, item 25. PDF 200 KB