Issue - meetings

That Cabinet recommends Council:

1.             Approves an HRA capital budget of £900,000 to implement works on plant upgrades funded by and on behalf of Partnership for South Hampshire (PfSH).

That Cabinet:

2.             Subject to Council approval of the budget:

a)    Approves capital expenditure of up to £200,000, funded by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) via Partnership for South Hampshire (PfSH), for feasibility and initial works.

b)    Approves capital expenditure of up to £700,000, funded by MHCLG via PfSH, for the implementation of works on further plant upgrades following agreed business cases with PfSH.

3.             Delegates to Strategic Director and Director – Legal, in consultation with Cabinet Member for Place and the Local Plan, the authority to enter into necessary agreements with Fareham Borough Council on behalf of PfSH in order to receive the grant funds and establish working arrangements to implement the project and sell credits generated.

4.             Delegates the procurement of any works or services to the Strategic Director and that the Strategic Director be authorised to award contracts and enter into all necessary legal agreements with the preferred bidder(s).

That it be recommended to Council*:

1.    That an HRA capital budget of £900,000 be approved to implement works on plant upgrades funded by and on behalf of Partnership for South Hampshire (PfSH).

That subject to Council approval of the budget:

2.    That capital expenditure of up to £200,000 be approved, funded by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) via Partnership for South Hampshire (PfSH), for feasibility and initial works.

3.    That capital expenditure of up to £700,000 be approved, funded by MHCLG via PfSH, for the implementation of works on further plant upgrades following agreed business cases with PfSH.

4.    That authority be delegated to Strategic Director and Director – Legal, in consultation with Cabinet Member for Place and the Local Plan, the authority to enter into necessary agreements with Fareham Borough Council on behalf of PfSH in order to receive the grant funds and establish working arrangements to implement the project and sell credits generated.

5.    That the procurement of any works or services be delegated to the Strategic Director and that the Strategic Director be authorised to award contracts and enter into all necessary legal agreements with the preferred bidder(s).

*NB recommendations to Council are not subject to call-in.

RECOMMENDATION

The Chair of the Scrutiny Committee has requested that the Cabinet Member and officers attend the meeting to provide an overview of progress and proposals prior to the Cabinet meeting on the 19th of June 2024 (Presentation to be provided at the meeting). The Scrutiny Committee are asked to provide any comments on the proposals.

This item was withdrawn from the agenda.