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Consultancy Support for Joint Strategic Planning Manager

Meeting: 14/03/2017 - Cabinet (Item 112)

Exemption to the Council's Contract Procedure Rules - Consultancy Support for Joint Strategic Planning Manager

Report of the Chief Executive

Presented by the Regeneration and Planning Portfolio Holder

Minutes:

The Regeneration and Planning Portfolio Holder presented the report to Members. He advised that it had become apparent that additional support to the Joint Strategic Planning Manager to assist in the production of the Strategic Growth Plan was required and the award of the contract had been agreed by the ten partner organisations.

 

It was moved by Councillor T J Pendleton, seconded by Councillor R Blunt and

 

RESOLVED THAT:

 

The grant of exemptions to the Council’s Contract Procedure rule 6.4 to allow the direct award of a contract for specialist consultancy services be noted.

 

Reason for decision: The CPR requires that the exercise of the Statutory Officers’ discretion to grant exemptions is reported to Cabinet.