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RESOLVED
that:
 
Energising Blyth Programme – Culture Hub and Market
Place
 
a)       Cabinet approve the
amended budget, shown in table 6.16, for inclusion in the Capital
Programme of £16.546 million including £6.135 million
from the Energising Blyth Project Delivery Support budget which is
included in the Medium-Term Financial Plan;
 
b)       authority be
delegated to the Executive Director for Place and Regeneration to
enter into the main construction contract relating to the project,
subject to the appropriate procurement processes being
followed.
 
c)       Subject to approval
by North East Mayoral Combined Authority (NEMCA) of the £2.5m
Business Case, this be added to the Culture Hub & Market Place
budget within the Medium-Term Financial Plan, and the associated
financial profiles be approved as set out in the report; and
 
 
d)       Cabinet approve the
transfer of funding of £0.388 million from the 2024-25
Climate Change Fund to the Culture Hub Project.
 
Gilesgate Structural Works
 
a)       Cabinet approve the
spend of £0.100 million to undertake the structural works at
2 Gilesgate, Hexham.  This spend will be
funded from the Property Stewardship budget within the Capital
Programme;
 
b)       Cabinet approve the
amendment to the Capital Programme to reallocate the funding from
the Property Stewardship budget to the 2 Gilesgate, Hexham
project.
 
Broadband Connectivity and Oracle Upgrade
 
a)       Cabinet note the
receipt of a Gainshare payment from BT of £3.707
million;
b)       Cabinet approve the
payment of a portion of the Gainshare receipt of £1.723
million to BDUK as per the terms of the funding agreement. Approve
the allocation of the remaining Gainshare receipt of £1.984
million to the Community Broadband project in the Capital
Programme. The £1.984 million will be profiled with
£0.044 million in 2023-24 and the remaining £1.940
million in 2024-25;
 
c)       Cabinet approve the
spend of £0.088 million for the implementation of new
functionality in the Oracle system. This will be funded as
follows:
•         A
reallocation of £0.044 million from the Community Broadband
project in 2023-24.
•         A
reallocation of £0.042 million from the Microsoft 365 project
in 2024-25.
•         A
reallocation of £0.002 million from the Computer Hardware
project in 2024-25; and
d)       Cabinet approve the
amendments to the capital programme as per the above.