Issue - meetings

Leisure Management Procurement

Meeting: 22/02/2023 - Council (Item 87)

87 OPTIONS FOR OPERATING AND MAINTAINING EXISTING LEISURE FACILITIES IN ORMSKIRK, SKELMERSDALE AND BURSCOUGH

To consider the report of the Corporate Director of Place & Community.

(Relevant Portfolio Holder: Councillor C Coughlan)

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Consideration was given to the report of the Corporate Director of Place & Community, as contained on pages 919 to 948 of the Book of Reports, which provided an update on the revised leisure centre operator approach following the Council meeting dated 15th December 2021, highlighted key information concerning the proposed alternative leisure centre operator strategies following an Officer led optional appraisal and set out a cost forecast for each of the alternative leisure centre operator strategies. 

 

The Mayor advised that an Addendum to the report had been circulated with the agenda.

 

RESOLVED:   A.     That Option A - Bring services for existing facilities in-house until such time as facilities reach the end of their safe operating period and are replaced by new facilities at Skelmersdale and Ormskirk (including a refurbished Burscough).

 

B.     That the Corporate Director of Place and Community be delegated authority to take all necessary steps and actions and procure and enter such contracts that are required in order to deliver Option A.

 

C.     That SERCO staff be transferred to the Council, to be continued until such time as the current Leisure Facilities are closed.

 

D.     That the financial and resource implications as set out within section 12 of this report be approved from within a combination of existing budgets and a growth request.

 


Meeting: 24/01/2023 - Cabinet (Item 71)

Leisure Management Procurement

To consider the report of the Corporate Director of Place & Community.

(Relevant Portfolio Holder: Councillor C Coughlan)

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Councillor Coughlan introduced the report of the Corporate Director of Place & Community, which provided an update on the revised leisure centre operator approach following the Council meeting dated 15th December 2021, highlighted key information concerning the proposed alternative leisure centre operator strategies following an Officer led optional appraisal and set out a cost forecast for each of the alternative leisure centre operator strategies 

 

In reaching the decision, Cabinet considered the minute of the Leisure Procurement Committee, the report before it and the recommendations contained therein.

 

RESOLVED:   That the recommendations to Council set out in paragraph 4 of the report be endorsed.