RECOMMENDED to Council

That an additional £3.519m be allocated to implement the redevelopment of Dunstable Leisure Centre and Library in accordance with the revised option 7.  (Note: this additional expenditure is included within the Capital Programme being recommended to Council elsewhere on this agenda).

RESOLVED

That officers actively seek to meet the additional £3.519m requirement through new sources of funding or from within the existing capital budget in order to create no net increase in capital requirements during the period of the plan.

1.      That the procurement of a building contractor for the redevelopment of Dunstable Leisure Centre be approved.

2.      To authorise the Director of Community Services, in consultation with the Executive Member for Corporate Resources and the Executive Member for Community Services, to award the contract.