Issue - meetings

Background:

This report provided details of the proposal to let the café at the Strand, Gillingham. The current lease was due to expire at the end of May 2013, therefore, a four and a half year lease with a mutual break option on four months’ notice was offered. The highest bids received were in excess of the Assistant Director of Legal and Corporate Service’s delegated authority limit of £20,000 per annum. A summary of the marketing process was set out in the exempt appendix.

Reasons:

To improve the service to visitors to the Strand and to provide a revenue stream from the asset.