Issue - meetings

The purpose of this report is to provide Cabinet with an update on the delivery of the £21.1 Million Stapleford Town Deal Programme.  Formal endorsement is also needed for key decisions, in the Council’s capacity as accountable body.    These decisions are supported by both the Stapleford Town Deal Executive Board and the Town Deal Delivery Board. The decisions pertain to submitting a bid to the Football Foundation for a 3G football pitch on Hickings Lane and mandates to accept a single tender waiver for VIA EM.

Cabinet received an update on the delivery of the £21.1 million Stapleford Town Deal Programme and notedthe progress being made to deliver the Stapleford Towns Fund projects.It was stated that consideration of the interests of all parties would be taken into account and that any decisions would consider the outcomes of any consultation event.

RESOLVED that:

1.    A bid be submitted by the Council to The Football Foundation for funding for a 3G football pitch to be located on Hickings Lane recreation ground subject to planning permission being secured.

2.    Approval is sought to provide a single tender waiver for VIA EM for the detailed design of the Cycle Super Highway Network; (An exception to the Council’s financial procedure rules be made), to enable a Single Tender award of contract to VIA EM, under the Town Deal’s Local Assurance Framework to enable design of the Cycle Network as part of the Stapleford Town’s deal.

Reason

Formal endorsement was necessary for decisions in the Council’s capacity as accountable body.  The decisions are supported by both the Stapleford Town Deal Executive Board and the Town Deal Delivery Board. The decisions pertained to submitting a bid to the Football Foundation for a 3G football pitch on Hickings Lane and mandates to accept a single tender waiver for VIA EM.

(Councillor J W McGrath, having declared an other-registerable interest in the item, left the room prior to discussion or voting thereon.)