Decision details

[Note:  This item was considered both before and after Minute110 below - the Part 2 item on the same matter.]

RESOLVED:

(1)       That a decision on whether to manage Hitchin market in-house be deferred, until there is greater clarity on the deliverability of the proposals for the Churchgate Centre and Hitchin Market and further consideration has been given to the model for operating the market in-house; and

(2)       That the Deputy Chief Executive, in consultation with the Head of Leisure and Environmental Services, the Executive Member for Finance and IT and the Executive Member for Leisure, be authorised to agree with Hitchin Markets Ltd the terms of an extension of their existing management contract in the short term.

REASON FOR DECISION:  To await greater clarity on the deliverability of the proposals for the Churchgate Centre and Hitchin Market and further consideration has been given to the model for operating the market in-house.