Agenda item

Report of the Town Clerk.

Members received a report of the Town Clerk, which set out the following decision, taken under urgency, since the last meeting of the Committee:

Reason for urgency:

This proposal was for a short-term rental running from Monday 8 October to Friday 30 November.  Officers only became aware of the opportunity on 26 September 2018 and the next meeting of the Committee was not until 12 October 2018.

Action Taken:

The Town Clerk, in consultation with the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Community and Children’s Services Committee, approved the 8-week rental of either 75 or 77 Middlesex Street, at £1,400, for the period of Monday, 8 October to Friday 30 November 2018, on the agreement that the contractor pay all outgoings resulting from that use, including rates.

RESOLVED: That the report be noted.