That:

(a)   the acting assistant director for highways and transport be authorised to finalise the Hoople Services Contract, taking the form in Appendix 1 the term of which will run until terminated, the annual value of which will be in accordance with each year’s Hoople SLA;

(b)  the Hoople Services Contract be reviewed on a frequency no less than 5 years.

(c)   subject to finalising the Hoople Services Contract, the acting assistant director for highways and transport be authorised to finalise and sign the Hoople SLA for 2019/20 attached at Appendix 2 at a value of c£5.669m;

(d)  the acting assistant director highways and transport be authorised to agree, in accord with the Hoople Services Contract, and the authority obtained by relevant budget managers, any in year adjustments to the Hoople SLA for 2019/20;

(e)   the acting assistant director for highways and transport be authorised to approve payments to Hoople in accord with the Hoople Services Contract for those services planned as the SLA for 2019/20, this within the approved annual budgets for the services therein;

(f)    until such time as the Hoople Services Contract is signed off, the acting assistant director for highways and transport be authorised to approve payments to Hoople in accord with the contractual obligation established by the 2018/19 Hoople SLA; and 

(g)  In the event that a Hoople SLA for 2020/21 is not agreed by 1 April 2020, the acting assistant director for highways and transport be authorised to approve payments to the value of £2m to Hoople for the period up to end June 2020 in accordance with the Hoople Services Contract for those services that Hoople must continue to deliver to maintain the council’s operational capability.