Issue - meetings

Report of the Director of Services

Presented by the Community Services Portfolio Holder

The Community Services Portfolio Holder presented the report to Members, updating the progress of the project since the purchase of the health centre and the proposed improvements to enhance Ashby.  She reported that a company had been engaged to undertake the work which would begin in the New Year with a projected completion date of August 2017.

Councillor R Blunt commented that the area did not look good and believed that the proposed improvements would make a great impact.  He was pleased that investment was being made in Ashby and the additional parking spaces would encourage more people into the area.

Councillor R D Bayliss commented that as an Ashby Ward Member he fully supported the proposals and he believed they included very good initiatives.

Councillor R Blunt also gave credit to Councillor J G Coxon who as an Ashby Ward Member had supported the project from the start.

It was moved by Councillor A V Smith, seconded by Councillor R Blunt and

RESOLVED THAT:

a)    The vision for Ashby’s Cultural and Leisure Quarter be endorsed.

b)    £330,000 be allocated to the project (£230,00 from Reserves and £100,000 from the Ashby Initiatives Fund)

c)    The authority to agree a further five percent of the total project cost for any unforeseen circumstances or additional works to be funded by Reserves be delegated to the Director of Services in consultation with the Portfolio Holder.

Reason for decision:  To allocate resources to undertake works.