Agenda and minutes

Further to Minute No. E15 of the meeting of the Cabinet Member and Advisers for Communities and Cohesion held on 22nd July, 2014, consideration was given to a report, presented by the Urban Green Spaces Manager, concerning the proposal to erect a memorial to Rotherham residents lost during active service during the second World War, in Clifton Park. The memorial has been funded through public donations collected by the Friends of Clifton Park. The funding has been gifted to this Council to allow the erection of the monument and is currently held by the Council as a capital budget. Members noted that, during the planning stage, the Friends of Clifton Park had engaged a memorial mason who has designed the memorial.

Resolved:- (1) That the report be received and its contents noted.

(2) That, for the reasons stated in the report, approval be granted for an exemption from Standing Order 47.6.3 (requirement to invite at least three written quotations for contracts with an estimated value of more than £20,000 but less than £50,000) to facilitate the supply and erection of a memorial to Rotherham residents lost during active service during the second World War, in Clifton Park.

(3) That the Friends of Clifton Park be thanked for their work in raising the funds for this memorial.

(4) That arrangements be made in due course for the official unveiling of the memorial.

(nb: subsequent to the meeting, the Mayor gave the necessary authorisation for this matter to be exempt from the Council’s call-in procedure, to enable the contract to commence without delay)