Decision details

RESOLVED that Cabinet –

(a)      confirms its support for North East Wales Archive to accept the National Lottery Heritage Fund grant offer of £7,371,397, subject to Flintshire County Council’s Cabinet doing the same;

(b)      confirms the commitment for Denbighshire County Council to contribute match funding of £2,052,358 of capital funding which would be paid for via prudential borrowing, subject to Flintshire County Council confirming their acceptance of the grant and their capital contribution.  The maximum revenue cost to Denbighshire County Council was expected to be c£136k;

(c)      delegates authority to the Chief Executive Officer and Lead Member for Welsh Language, Culture and Heritage, to sign a Collaborative Agreement that covered the construction of the new facility, and operation of North East Wales Archive, and a Heads of Terms for the Lease of the new building, subject to costs being containable within the overall budget of £12,892,294, and

(d)      confirms that it has read, understood and taken account of the Well-being Impact Assessment (Appendix 1 to the report) as part of its consideration.