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No declarations of interest were made at the meeting.

Members of the public may, if the Board Member agrees, ask a question of the Board Member on any item for decision on this agenda (other than on the minutes).  The full text of any question must be notified to the Head of Law and Governance by no later than 9.30 am two clear working days before the meeting.  Questions by the public will be taken as read and, at the Board Member’s discretion, responded to either orally or in writing at the meeting.  No supplementary question or questioning will be permitted.

The total time permitted for this item will be 15 minutes.

No requests from the public to address the meeting were received.

City Councillors may, at the Board Member’s discretion, ask a question or address the Board Member on an item for decision on the agenda (other than on the minutes).  The full text of any question and the nature of any address must be notified to the Head of Law and Governance by no later than 9.30 am two clear working days before the meeting.  Questions by councillors will be taken as read and, at the Board Member’s discretion, responded to either orally or in writing at the meeting.  No supplementary question or questioning will be permitted.  If an address is made, the Board member will either respond or have regard to the points raised in reaching her or his decision.  If the address is by the Chair of a Scrutiny Committee or her or his nominee then the Board member will be required to say as part of their decision whether they accept the Scrutiny recommendations made.

No requests from Councillors to address the meeting were received.

This report will invite the Board Member to grant project approval and delegated powers to the Executive Director for City Services to award a contract for the manufacture, installation and ongoing maintenance of City centre wayfinding signage.

The Head of Business Improvement submitted a report (previously circulated, now appended) which sought project approval and delegated powers to the Executive Director for City Services to award a contract for the manufacture, installation and ongoing maintenance of City centre wayfinding signage.

Resolved:

(a)       To grant project approval for the manufacture, installation and ongoing maintenance of new City centre, wayfinding signage;

(b)       To give delegated authority to the Executive Director for City Services (in consultation with the Oxfordshire County Council) to enter into a contract for a period of four years from January 2012 to 31^st December 2015 with the option to extend for up to a further two years at the Council’s discretion.

If the Board member wishes to exclude the press and the public from the meeting during consideration of any of the items on the exempt from publication part of the agenda, it will be necessary for the Board member to pass a resolution in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 21(1)(b) of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2000 on the grounds that their presence could involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as described in specific paragraphs of Schedule I2A of the Local Government Act 1972.

The Board member may maintain the exemption if and so long as, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

None.