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    Phase 3 Public Sector Decarbonisation Bid and Delegation of Authority

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    Meeting: 30/11/2021 - Cabinet (Item 101)

    101 Phase 3 Public Sector Decarbonisation Bid and Delegation of Authority (1-20-36) pdf icon PDF 243 KB

    To receive a report of the Corporate Manager for Property, Leisure and Climiate Change outlining the latest opportunity presented by the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme and the Council’s ambition to seek substantial funding from Phase 3 of the scheme. The Council was successful in obtaining £348,821 under Phase 2 of the same scheme. Approval is being sought now, subject to a successful bid, to receive and expend circa £3m funding from Salix Finance, a Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB).  This project will undertake low carbon retrofit projects on Exe Valley (Evlc) and Lords Meadow (Lmlc) Leisure Centres. Grant Funding Awards will be announced during January 2022, with a delivery timeframe of 12 months.

     

     

    Additional documents:

    • Cabinet -301121 - Annex A -Phase 3 Salix Funding Bid v1, item 101 pdf icon PDF 433 KB
    • Cabinet Annex B Evlc Risk Register 301121 v1 , View reasons restricted (101/3)
    • Cabinet Annex C Lmlc Risk Register 301121 v1 , View reasons restricted (101/4)

    Minutes:

    The Cabinet had before it a *report of the Corporate Manager for Property, Leisure and Climate Change outlining the latest opportunity presented by the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme and the Council’s ambition to seek substantial funding from Phase 3 of the scheme.

    The Cabinet Member for Housing and Property Services outlined the contents of the report stating that the Council was successful in obtaining £348,821 under Phase 2 of the same scheme. Approval was being sought now, subject to a successful bid, to receive and expend circa £3m funding from Salix Finance, a Non-Departmental Public Body.  This project would undertake low carbon retrofit projects on Exe Valley and Lords Meadow Leisure Centres. Grant Funding Awards would be announced during January 2022, with a delivery timeframe of 12 months.

    Consideration was given to:

     

    ·         The benefits of a successful scheme

    ·         Utilising carport framework within the council owned car parks to house additional solar panels

     

    RECOMMENDED to Council that:

     

    (i)  The Deputy Chief Executive (S151) in consultation with the  Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Housing and Property Services be given delegated authority to take all necessary actions to accept the £3,079,032 Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (Phase 3) 2021, including any contract variations on the existing Energy Saving Performance Contract and approval of any necessary design changes.

    (ii)  The Deputy Chief Executive (S151) in consultation with the  Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Housing and Property Services be given delegated authority to award the necessary contract(s) for the delivery of the works for the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (Phase 3) 2021 up to the value of £3m.

    (iii) To approve the financial contribution required to meet the conditions of the grant of £276,602 as set out in para 5.5, reducing the grant to £2,802,430.

     

    (Proposed by Cllr R B Evans and seconded by Cllr C R Slade)

     

    Note:  *Report previously circulated, copy attached to minutes.