Issue - meetings

To submit the report of the Head of Service (Property).

RESOLVED that the main office canteen facility be permanently closed at the earliest opportunity, that options be explored for a lunchtime sandwich service to be provided within the building by external caterers at no cost to the Council, and that a review of the best use of the space currently occupied by the canteen is undertaken as part of the Smarter Working Project Team.

Report by the Head of Service (Property) - That the canteen provision within the main offices had been operating at a loss for the past 18 months since the service was brought in house during 2012.  Following a staff survey in 2013 and the receipt of a petition, a decision was now required to confirm the future of the facility.  It was clear that insufficient use was being made of the canteen on a regular basis to enable the facility to cover operating costs.

RESOLVED that the main office canteen facility be permanently closed at the earliest opportunity, that options be explored for a lunchtime sandwich service to be provided within the building by external caterers at no cost to the Council, and that a review of the best use of the space currently occupied by the canteen is undertaken as part of the Smarter Working Project Team.