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Revenue Investment Panel November 2020

Meeting: 10/12/2020 - Cabinet (Item 6)

6 Revenue Investment Funds 2020/21 November Report pdf icon PDF 160 KB

This report seeks the approval by Cabinet to support a number of schemes from the Council’s Revenue Investment Funds. 

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Minutes:

Councillor Peter Butlin introduced the report by summarising the salient points.

 

Councillor Les Caborn (Portfolio Holder for Adult Social Care and Health) commended the Integrated Care Record Project and work on improving mental health and wellbeing. Of particular interest was that focusing on suicide and support. Councillor Peter Butlin observed that the incidence of suicide had increased during the Pandemic. More investment, he suggested, should be made in this area.

 

Councillor Heather Timms (Portfolio Holder for Environment and Heritage & Culture) commended the Solar Together Project adding that the future of energy generation lay in renewable resources.

 

Resolved:

 

That Cabinet:

 

1)  Supports the progress made on the Climate Change strategy with a new Solar Panel project approved by Corporate Board under the under the authorisation delegated to Chief Executive at a cost of £0.094m.

 

2)  Approves the bids as detailed in section 2, amounting to £1.413m from the Sustaining Prevention Fund and £0.385m from the Commercial Fund.

 

3)  Approves the bid as detailed in section 3.1 amounting to £0.250m from the Capital Investment Fund and agree to add this to the capital programme.

 

4)  Notes the approval of Corporate Board for the remainder of the funding requested in bids detailed in Section 3 from the Covid-19 government grant funding.

 

5)  Authorises the Strategic Directors to procure and enter any agreements to give effect to the above proposals on terms and conditions acceptable to the Strategic Director for Resources.