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Berth 4/5

Meeting: 16/12/2019 - Cabinet (Item 621)

621 Replacement of Berth 4/5 (Port of Ramsgate) and Provision of Commercial Berth (Ramsgate Harbour) pdf icon PDF 162 KB

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Minutes:

Having made a declaration of interest, Councillor Yates left the meeting room for this item.

 

CouncillorEveritt introduced the item and noted that the report detailed the need to replace the existing berth 4/5,  and provided a summary of the options available for it’s replacement.

 

The following Members spoke under Council Procedure 20.1: Councillor Wing, S Piper, Game and Towning.

 

CouncillorEveritt proposed, Councillor Duckworth seconded and Cabinet agreed option four, namely:

 

“An open competitive procurement route for a single floating quay to replace berth 4/5.”

 


Meeting: 14/11/2019 - Cabinet (Item 616)

616 Replacement of Berth 4/5 (Port of Ramsgate) and Provision of Commercial Berth (Ramsgate Harbour) pdf icon PDF 254 KB

Report to follow.

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Minutes:

Having made his declaration of interest earlier on this item, Councillor Yates left the meeting room.

 

Councillor Everitt, Leader of Council advised the meeting that Cabinet was not going to make a substantive decision on the matter. However Members agreed to discuss the report that requested Cabinet to replace berths 4/5 which had reached the end of its operational life. These berths were for the delivery of Bretts aggregate.

 

The meeting was advised that there were opportunities in the proposals to address current and long term shortages of berthing places at the Ramsgate Port and Harbour for the windfarm support vessels. A budget for the procurement process to deliver both these projects was in the 2019/20 capital budget allocation. Cabinet had carefully considered a number of options that were presented to them in the officer report and thanked the Head of Maritime & Technical Services and Director of Operational Services for the detailed work done to produce the report.

 

Cabinet felt that this decision was evenly balanced. Members had listened to the views from the local communities. Cabinet indicated that they were in support of Option 4 in the report.

 

The following Members spoke under Council Procedure 20.1:

 

Councillor S. Piper;

Councillor Wing;

Councillor Campbell.

 

Members noted the report.