00:00So with Councillor Jameel here, cabinet member for finance, could you just explain the decision that was made tonight on the town hall works?
00:08Yeah, we decided as a cabinet that the work needs to be done. This is important work.
00:16A rack is dangerous. It may not happen, it may happen, but we don't really want to take that risk.
00:22And the scrutiny committee wanted something as part of a larger plan, but we decided we need to get the work done and work on the larger plan.
00:32Therefore, we decided we will go against the decision of the scrutiny committee, but the important thing is safeguard the town hall, safeguard the people who work there, safeguard our income that we get from the rent, and therefore we will get the work done.
00:48Yeah, so the scrutiny committee wanted to delay it so they could establish a long-term plan. The urgency of the works, is it too urgent to delay?
00:58We don't know. It's one of those things, it could collapse tomorrow, it could not collapse at all.
01:03We don't want to be the council that forced people to work in a building that wasn't safe. I don't want to take that chance.
01:10I don't think anyone in my position would take that chance. Therefore, I think it was a sensible decision we made today.
01:15Get the work done and also consider the long-term future of the town.
