Agenda and minutes

Resolved that the Portfolio Holder for Finance and Property:

1.             Approves the Council entering into a grant agreement with West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) to enable the delivery of the West Midlands Business Energy Advice Service (BEAS) in Warwickshire by the Council and to receive funding from the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and authorises the Executive Director for Communities to finalise and enter into the agreement on terms and conditions acceptable to the Executive Director for Resources;

2.             Approves the addition of up to £1 million to the Capital Programme for the delivery of the BEAS in Warwickshire to be funded by the DESNZ grant;

3.             Authorises the Executive Director for Communities in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Economy to finalise and submit a delivery plan to WMCA setting out how the Council would deliver the West Midlands BEAS in Warwickshire (working with the District and Borough Councils) as part of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund;

4.             Authorises the Executive Director for Communities in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Economy to establish and implement the grant scheme necessary to deliver the BEAS in Warwickshire with grant conditions to be approved by the Executive Director for Resources; and

5.             Authorises the Executive Director for Communities to enter into grant agreements with selected businesses on terms and conditions acceptable to the Executive Director for Resources.

Resolved that the Portfolio Holder for Environment, Climate and Culture approves the proposed charges for waste upholstered seating for 2023/24 as set out in this report.

Resolved that the Portfolio Holder for Transport and Planning approves progression of the “Proposed Traffic Signal Junction, Heath End Road/Greenmoor Road, Nuneaton” scheme as shown at Appendix A to include the introduction of traffic signals with pedestrian and cycling crossing facilities on the Heath End Road/Greenmoor Road junction in Nuneaton.