Issue - meetings

New Widnes Cemetery

Meeting: 10/12/2014 - Council (Item 51)

Peelhouse Lane - New Widnes Cemetery - KEY DECISION (Minute EXB 101 refers)

Executive Board considered the attached report.

 

RECOMMENDED: That Council

 

1)    note the progress made to date and approve the timeline for the tender and construction process detailed in Appendix A;

 

2)    approve the proposal to tender works for the construction of a new cemetery;

 

3)    approve the addition of the £2.8m project to the Council’s Capital Programme; and

 

4)    approve the new name of the cemetery as Peel House Cemetery.

 

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

          Executive Board had considered a report of the Strategic Director, Communities, which updated Members on the timetable for the construction of the new Widnes Cemetery at Peelhouse Lane.

 

          RESOLVED: That

 

1)    the progress made to date be noted and the timeline for the tender and construction process detailed in Appendix A be approved;

 

2)    the proposal to tender works for the construction of a new cemetery be approved;

 

3)    the addition of the £2.8m project to the Council’s Capital Programme be approved; and

 

4)    the new name of the cemetery ­- Peel House Cemetery - be approved.

 


Meeting: 20/11/2014 - Executive Board (Item 101)

101 Peelhouse Lane - New Widnes Cemetery - KEY DECISION

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director, Communities, which updated Members on the proposed timetable for the construction of the new Widnes Cemetery at Peelhouse Lane.

 

The report also sought approval for the invitation of tenders to construct the new cemetery and for the addition of the project to the Council’s Capital Programme.

 

Reason(s) for Decision

 

A decision was required to enable the project to be added to the Council’s Capital Programme and in order for the procurement process to commence in accordance with the overall project timeline.

 

Alternative Options Considered and Rejected

 

None identified.

 

Implementation Date

 

The tender process would commence in January 2015. Works on site would commence once construction of the access road and roundabout was completed in July 2015.

 

RESOLVED: That the Board

 

1)    note the progress made to date and approve the timeline for the tender and construction process detailed in Appendix A;

 

2)    approve the proposal to tender works for the construction of a new cemetery;

 

3)    recommend that Council approve the addition of the £2.8m project to the Council’s Capital Programme; and

 

4)    approve the new name of the cemetery as Peel House Cemetery.