The Council has spent £2.7 million moving into its new HQ at West Offices.

By far the largest sums went on furniture (£1.4 million) and ICT infrastructure (£800,000). The latter figure does not include the cabling undertaken by the builders.

A detailed list of removal costs is:

• Furniture £1,419,000

• Audio Visual £72,974

• Signage £103,060

• White Goods (Fridges, Dishwashers & Microwaves) £13,329

• Thin Terminals (Qty 398) £74,028

• Monitors (Qty 626) £50,080

• Telephones (Qty 480) £63,480

• ICT Infrastructure at West Offices – Cisco Data Network (core and edge), Firewall/DMZ Solution, Cisco Wireless Network £695,510

• ICT Cabling costs £19,973

• Datacentre Environment £24,284

• Telephony and Data Connectivity £71,359

• Removal costs £97,000

Total £2,704,077

As previously reported no income has been received by the Council for the sale of redundant equipment and furniture.

They say that the “works to clearing the old buildings is continuing. Any monies received by the clearance contractors for the sale of goods is offset against the invoiced costs of labour, transport, skip hire, and recycling costs”.

The West Offices are now full.

Tenants include the Citizens Advice Bureau (whoa re paying £15,000 a year in rent) and the NHS (£18,500).

“Free” accommodation is being made available to Veritau and the South Yorkshire Credit Union