Issue - meetings

To consider the George Hotel project and proposed way forward.

Wards affected: Newsome

Contact: Joanne Bartholomew – Service Director for Development

Consideration must be given to whether the public and press should be excluded from the meeting prior to the determination of the matter to enable the exempt information to be discussed by passing the following resolution: -

To resolve that under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business, on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information, as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

RESOLVED –

1)    That approval be given to the continued redevelopment of the George site as a hotel as a key part of the Huddersfield Blueprint.

2)    That further to the approved £20.2million in the Capital Plan, approval be given to the reprofiling of £9.8million from future phases of the Our Cultural Heart budget within the Capital Plan to the George site project to provide a total budget of £30million.

3)    That authority be delegated to the Portfolio Holder for Regeneration in consultation with the Executive Director for Place, Service Director for Finance, and Service Director for Legal, Governance and Commissioning to: -

(i)             approve any further increase in costs up to a maximum of 5% of the total project cost, accommodated through further reprofiling of the Capital Plan;

(ii)            explore cost reduction and grant funding opportunities;

(iii)          approve the final design; and

(iv)          award the building contract subject to necessary consents.

4)    That authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Place, and Service Director for Legal, Governance and Commissioning to: -

(i)             negotiate and enter into a variation to the Hotel Management Agreement within the limits of resolutions (2) and (3); and

(ii)            negotiate and enter into License/Licenses and formal agreements with Network Rail to facilitate necessary access and egress.