RESOLVED that Cabinet: -
(a) noted the feedback from the completed Early Market Engagement exercise;
(b) approved the procurement of a concession to operate from Poole Crematorium, Gravel Hill, Poole;
(c) delegates authority to the Director of Environment, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Communities, to finalise the concession specification and undertake the procurement process; and
(d) agreed to receive a future further report on evaluated bids, and if appropriate approve the award of contract.
Voting: Unanimous
Portfolio Holder: Communities and Partnerships
Reason
To allow officers to take forward a market offer to inform Council decision making as to the future of the Poole Crematorium site, in light of ongoing public, business and political interest in resecuring the cremator(s) facility.