To agree to an early and mutually agreed termination of the current contract for the 31st December for both parties. This will result in no penalties for either party.
In accordance with section 17 of the Council’s Scrutiny Procedure Rules, the call-in procedure shall not apply to this decision given its urgency. A decision is urgent if, in the view of the decision maker, any delay likely to be caused by the call-in process would, for example, seriously prejudice the Council’s or the public’s interests.
In accordance with this section, it is the opinion of the decision maker that this decision is an urgent one and therefore exempt from call-in.