The Pre-Decision Scrutiny Questions and officer responses were noted.

The exempt appendices were noted.

DECISION

1.    To authorise the Corporate Director Children and Culture to Extend the existing leisure management contract (LMC) and the Poplar Baths leisure services contract by two years each to 2024. This extension will allow the leisure market to stabilise and give GLL additional time to repay the management fee to the Council

2.    To authorise the Corporate Director Children and Culture in consultation with the Corporate Director Place to extend the leisure centre leases.

3.    To note the financial information regarding the leisure portfolio in Appendix 1 to the report.

4.    To authorise the Corporate Director Children and Culture to begin preparatory work for the re-procurement of the leisure management contract, including the Poplar Baths Leisure Services and that a further report be brought to Cabinet setting out the options for the procurement in due course.

5.    To note that an Equalities Impact Assessment has not been completed as yet because the procurement planning has not begun at this stage.

6.       To authorise the execution of any agreements necessary to give effect to the recommendations.

Action by:

CORPORATE DIRECTOR, CHILDREN AND CULTURE (J. THOMAS)

(Divisional Director, Sport, Leisure and Culture (J. St John)