The Executive considered a proposal for short and medium term investment in Grand Central leisure centre as the first phase of a programme in 2017/18 to address condition issues in the Council’s leisure estate and agreed that
· the investment of £1.847m at Grand Central to address urgent and priority condition issues be approved;
· the investment of £0.970m at Grand Central to turn round business performance linked to an agreed framework of performance objectives for income generation and operations at the site be approved.
· the Deputy Chief Executive, in consultation with the Executive Councillor (Communities & Housing) be authorised to agree the most appropriate funding source for this investment.