Decision Details

On 18 May 2021, Cabinet:-

1. Approved the Full Business Case (Appendix 1 to the report) at a total net cost of £32.450m comprising capital costs of £30.819m funded through Prudential Borrowing of £29.458m and revenue policy contingency of £1.361m and net revenue costs of £1.631m for the redecoration of the civic areas to the Council House funded through £0.078m of Policy Contingency and £1.553m provisionally from the earmarked reserve detailed in decision (ii);

2. Approved, in principle, to earmark £1.553m from the 2020/21 outturn to create a reserve to fund the works, subject to final consideration of the Provisional Outturn report in June 2021;

3. Noted where possible additional savings from the existing Central Administrative Building estate will be sought to reduce this requirement;

4. Approved the award of contract to ISG Ltd for the electrical refurbishment of the Council House complex and associated decorative programme;

    

5. Authorised the Acting Director Inclusive Growth to instruct Acivico Ltd to place orders not to exceed £27.389m to progress the programme of electrical refurbishment and redecoration works;

6. Delegated authority to the Assistant Director Property Services to negotiate and finalise terms to enter into a lease for a warehouse unit at a rental of no more than £0.125m a year to act as decant storage for the Museum collection;

7. Authorised the Acting Director Inclusive Growth to make payment of costs not exceeding £4.589m to Birmingham Museum Trust Limited for costs incurred in the decanting, storage and reinstalling of the Museum collection and associated compensation payments;

8. Authorised the City Solicitor (or delegate) to negotiate, execute and complete all necessary legal documentation to give effect to the above decisions.