Agenda item

Joint report of the Chamberlain and Executive Director Environment.

Members received a joint report of the Chamberlain and the Executive Director, Environment concerning the Community Infrastructure Levy, the On Street Parking Reserve and the 2024/25 Capital Programme.

RESOLVED – that for projects bids considered under City CIL and OSPR funding, Members:

a)   Review the project bids in line with the eligibility and prioritisation criteria as set out in Appendix 1.

b)   Note the forecast balances for City CIL and OSPR as detailed in paras 2.1 and 2.2 of the report, which incorporates the recommendations of the Priorities Board,

c)   Recommend to Policy and Resources, and for Policy and Resources Committee to approve, the allocation of City CIL and OSPR funding to the three revenue schemes (listed in section 3.1 and detailed in Appendix 2):

                i.         City Gardens Revenue Budget

              ii.         Ground Penetrating Radar Survey (GPRS) for Infrastructure Strategy; and

             iii.         Street Furniture ASB Protection Measures; and

For new capital bids for the financial year 2024/25, Members:

a)   Approve the new capital bids submitted (listed in section 3.2 and detailed in appendix 2), amounts requested and purposes for which these are requested, including two schemes funded by CIL (Bid AB2 – City Cluster Programme) and OSPR monies (Bid AB1 – Car Parks Fire and Safety).

b)   Approve the recommendations of the Priorities Board in relation to three schemes of the fourteen Capital and SRP bids.  These are listed below with further detail found in paragraph 3.26.

                i.         Network Contract - Support and Refresh,

              ii.         Corporate Device Stock Replacement

             iii.         Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) Replacement

c)   To note new bids which require funding from City Bridge Foundation (CBF), will need to be considered as being in the best interests of the charity, noting the separate legal duties of the City Corporation as a Trustee.

d)   Note that the final decision for capital bids for inclusion in the 2024/25 draft budgets will be confirmed at the joint meeting of RASC and the Service Committee Chairmen and City Bridge Foundation Board in January 2024, with final approval in February /March by Finance Committee and the Court of Common Council

e)   Note the future funding requirements under section 7 of the report.