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Through this report, the Leader of the
Council, is exercising delegated powers, paragraph 4b on Part 3.28
of the Council’s Constitution, on behalf of the Cabinet, to
make a key decision that is not in the Council’s
“forward plan” in order to implement in as timely a
fashion as possible the purchase and installation of new Air
Handling and Building Management Systems at Walton on the Naze
Lifestyles. This decision is urgent, as Government funding
allocated by Sport England is required to be drawn down by the 31
March 2025. Any further delay in entering into an agreement with
the proposed contractor could lead towards withdrawal of funding
allocated to the Council through the Swimming Pool Support
Fund.
In addition, the Chairman of the Resources and Services Overview
and Scrutiny Committee has agreed that the Special Urgency
procedure contained in Rule 15 of the Access to Information
Procedure rules in Part 5 of the Council’s Constitution can
be used in this instance.