Issue - meetings

This report requests the Strategy and Resources Committee to consider appointments to the Capital Member Group, approve an increase in budget of the Disabled Facilities programme and to agree the capital bidding process for 2022/23 to 2024/25.

Following consideration, the Committee resolved unanimously to:

(1)      Appoint Members to the Capital Member Group. The following Members were appointed: Councillors Colin Keane (Chairman), Neil Dallen, Alex Coley, John Beckett and 1 opposition party representative (it subsequently confirmed as Councillor Kate Chinn);

(2)      Approve the increase in budget of £185,282 for the Disabled Facilities programme, in line with the allocation of central government grant funding;

(3)      Approve the increase in budget of £8,525 and reduction in scope for the Ashley Centre Car Park Expansion Joints project;

(4)      Confirm the criteria for considering capital bids as set out in paragraph 9.1 of the report;

(5)      Confirm the criteria for assessing ‘spend to save’ capital bids as set out in paragraph 9.2 of the report.

This report requests the Strategy and Resources Committee to consider appointments to the Capital Member Group, approve an increase in budget of the Disabled Facilities programme and to agree the capital bidding process for 2022/23 to 2024/25.

The following matter was raised by the Committee:

a)            Ashley Centre Fire: Following a question from a Member, the Committee was informed that the recent fire which took place at the Ashley Centre car park had affected the car park expansion joint project in localised places. This has been factored in to the works which were being put together, and costs would be recovered where possible.

Following consideration, the Committee resolved unanimously to:

(1)      Appoint Members to the Capital Member Group. The following Members were appointed: Councillors Colin Keane (Chair), Neil Dallen, Alex Coley, John Beckett and 1 opposition party representative (it subsequently confirmed as Councillor Kate Chinn);

(2)      Approve the increase in budget of £185,282 for the Disabled Facilities programme, in line with the allocation of central government grant funding;

(3)      Approve the increase in budget of £8,525 and reduction in scope for the Ashley Centre Car Park Expansion Joints project;

(4)      Confirm the criteria for considering capital bids as set out in paragraph 9.1 of the report;

(5)      Confirm the criteria for assessing ‘spend to save’ capital bids as set out in paragraph 9.2 of the report.