Cabinet Member for Regeneration

Cabinet considered the report of the Head of Economy and Community Services and the above Cabinet Member which sought approval to award market services contracts for Faversham, Sheerness and Sittingbourne.

The Cabinet Member for Regeneration introduced the report and thanked the Economy and Community Services Manager for her hard work on this project.  He proposed the addition of the word “initial” into recommendation one, which was agreed.

RESOLVED:

(1)  That contracts be awarded with conditions in respect of market services provision in Faversham to the Faversham Market Co-operative Ltd with an initial annual income of £19,800 and in Sheerness and Sittingbourne to the Sheerness Market Co-operative Ltd with an initial estimated annual income of £13,000 for Sheerness and £11,500 for Sittingbourne.

(2)  That the contract period of three years from 1 February 2015 to 31 January 2018 be approved with an option to extend for a further two years subject to Cabinet approval in September 2017.

(3)  That delegation be given to the Head of Economy and Community Services in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Regeneration to approve the award of contracts on condition of providing further information before the contract commences together with a resilience plan for each of the co-operatives.