Issue - meetings

Report of the Director of Built Environment

Further to Minute No. 50 of the meeting held on 17 December 2009 and Minute No. 84 of the meeting of the Cabinet Member – Environment held on 12 January 2011, the Cabinet considered the report of the Director of Built Environment which provided an update on the discussions held with the preferred contractor on the target cost for the second phase of the Hightown Sea Defences Contract.

This was a Key Decision and was included in the Council’s Forward Plan of Key Decisions.

RESOLVED: That

(1)      approval be given to a contract being entered into with the preferred Contractor, Birse Coastal of Cheadle Hulme;

(2)      a target cost of no greater than £1.15m be approved for inclusion in the Capital Programme; and

(3)      approval be given to the release of the balance of the Section 106 funds for the future revenue costs of environmental and maintenance works following the capital scheme.