Issue - meetings

Report of the Executive Director Corporate Resources and Customer Services.

The Council considered the report of the Executive Director of Corporate Resources and Customer Services in relation to securing over £2 million grant funding.

The report detailed that Sefton Council had received a direct award of £1.9M capital and £0.225M revenue funding to retrofit 215 poorly insulated homes for low income Sefton residents. The report set out that the funding had come from The Department of Business Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) as part of the government’s post covid 19 response.

It was moved by Councillor Maher, seconded by Councillor Fairclough and

RESOLVED:           That:

(1)           the supplementary capital estimate of £1.9M and supplementary revenue estimate of £0.225M be approved; and

(2)           the Executive Director of Corporate Resources and Customer Services in consultation with the Cabinet Member Regulatory, Compliance and Corporate Services be granted delegated authority to appoint a contractor via a direct award from the Procure Plus framework and then enter into the contract once the procurement process is completed in order to undertake the required works.