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RESOLVED that Cabinet
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a)    
formally receives the Monitoring Officer’s
report and in response, notes the update on progress, increased
contractual costs and additional budgets required to complete the
project;

b)    
continues to support, acknowledging the risks
highlighted, the principle of the Spendells house site being retained and
reconfigured for the provision of temporary housing
accommodation;

c)     
notes the financial implications incurred but that
the most cost effective route forward is to complete the scheme and
the contract in place;

d)    
allocates an additional £0.850m capital and
£0.01m revenue from reserves to facilitate the completion of
the project;

e)    
authorises the additional contractual works to be
undertaken and recorded through contract management, as set out in
the report (A.6);

f)      
acknowledges that managers have been reminded of the
internal control arrangements in place and the need for these to be
followed in order to ensure such contract instructions are not
proceeded with in future without the necessary approvals in
place;

g)    
requests that the Portfolio Holder for Housing and
Planning provides corporate oversight of the completion of the
project within the approvals in place;

h)    
notes and endorses the instructions and actions of
the Chief Executive, as set out within the Addendum
Report;

i)      
requests that Officers provide an update against the
instructions and actions taken by the Chief Executive as soon as
practicable; and 

j)      
acknowledges
the potential alternative to using HRA Reserves
highlighted within the Addendum Report and requests that the
Section 151 Officer keeps the options under review during the year
and reports back to Cabinet as necessary.