Decision details
Approval to spend the National Lottery Heritage Fund Delivery Grant for the Hereford Museum and Art Gallery redevelopment project
Decision Maker: Cabinet member community services and assets
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
To approve spending of the National Lottery Heritage Fund Delivery (NLHF) Grant on approved purposes, excluding the gallery fit-out works, for the redevelopment of Hereford Museum and Art Gallery.
Decision:
That:
a)Authority is delegated to the Corporate Director for Community and Wellbeing to draw down and spend from the capital programme, and
b)take all operational decisions required to deliver the approved purposes, excluding the gallery fit-out works, of the NLHF’s deliver grant for the museum and art gallery redevelopment to the value of £1,502,044.
Alternative options considered:
1.Not to proceed with the NLHF-funded elements of the museum and art gallery redevelopment project. This would mean the fit-out and community engagement elements would not be taken further and leave only the shell and core of the building work to complete.
Reason Key: Expenditure and strategic nature / impact on communities;
Wards Affected: (All Wards);
Contact: Damian Etheraads, Museum Lead Email: Damian.Etheraads@herefordshire.gov.uk Tel: 01432 260485.
Publication date: 02/04/2024
Date of decision: 02/04/2024
Effective from: 09/04/2024
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