Decision details

RESOLVED:-

(i)        that approval be given to the appointment of Turner and Townsend, and project team, as the Council’s Development Management Organisation (DMO) for the Glass Works project, as detailed in the report now submitted;

(ii)       that the Executive Director, Core Services be authorised to complete any necessary contract documentation relating to the appointment of Turner and Townsend;

(iii)      that approval be given to the appointment of NPS Barnsley to deliver contract monitoring and compliance for the DMO contract;

(iv)      that approval be given to the release of capital resources totalling £4.208m to be funded from prudentially borrowing, the costs of which to be financed from a combination of reserves and revenues generated by the wider Glass Works scheme; and

(v)       that it be noted that in the event that the DMO contract was terminated early there would be abortive costs payable, with these costs being funded from reserves previously earmarked for the wider scheme.