Issue - meetings
Shire Hall Accommodation Move
Meeting: 11/07/2018 - Cabinet (Item 26)
26 Gloucester City Council Accommodation Resources 
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To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Performance and Resources providing an update report on plans to relocate the City Council’s operational offices from the Herbert, Kimberly and Phillpotts Warehouses (HKP) at Gloucester Docks to Shire Hall and 92-96 Westgate Street, Gloucester.
Decision:
RESOLVED that:
(1) the business case and annual savings arising from the proposals to relocate the City Council are accepted and endorsed
(2) the Corporate Director is authorised (a) to sign the Heads of Terms and (b) to sign the lease after consultation with the Cabinet Member for Performance and Resources and the Council’s Section 151 Officer; and
(3) work continues to implement the relocation plans.
Minutes:
Cabinet considered the report of the Cabinet Member for Performance and Resources that provided an update on plans to relocate the City Council’s operational offices from the Herbert, Kimberly and Phillpotts Warehouses (HKP) at Gloucester Docks to Shire Hall and 92-96 Westgate Street, Gloucester.
The Cabinet Member for Performance and Resources advised Members that the financial benefits of the relocation would not become fully clear until the outcome of the disposal of the HKP warehouses was known. He reminded Members of the £1,000,000 investment in communications technology and `Together Gloucester’ organisational transformation making working practices more agile and that the North Warehouse Civic Suite would be retained to help maintain the separate identity to the County Council. The Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Economy informed members that disposal of the HKP warehouses would be progressed to avoid delay.
RESOLVED that:
(1) the business case and annual savings arising from the proposals to relocate the City Council are accepted and endorsed
(2) the Corporate Director is authorised (a) to sign the Heads of Terms and (b) to sign the lease after consultation with the Cabinet Member for Performance and Resources and the Council’s Section 151 Officer; and
(3) work continues to implement the relocation plans.