Issue - meetings

Before the consideration of the Item the Chairman reminded the Committee that he had made a declaration earlier in the meeting.  He therefore withdrew from the meeting.   Vice-Chairman Councillor Peter Zinkin took the Chair and invite the Executive Director for Environment to introduce the report.   The Executive Director for Environment provided a full outline of the report and he gave his recommendations as reported.

The Chairman note that Appendix A had been updated and therefore republished and circulated to Members.   He requested that Members on the Committee contact  the Executive Director for Environment in there were any misdescriptions or matters relating to the appendix.

Members of the Committee had the opportunity to consider the report and raise questions.

The Chairman requested that this be voted only along with the reports recommendations.

Having considered the report the Committee unanimously:

Resolved:

1. That the Committee approved the capital expenditure of £6.738 million for the delivery of the 2021/22 Highway Network Recovery Plan (NRP) Work Programme consisting of carriageway and footway renewal works as listed in Appendix A of this report, carriageway patching and associated works.

2. That the Committee approved, subject to full Council agreeing the final 2021/22 capital programme and Policy and Resources Committee agreeing the £738,000 addition to the programme, the capital expenditure of £6.738 million for the delivery of the 2021/22 Network Recovery Plan Work Programme consisting of carriageway and footway renewal works as listed in Appendix A of this report, carriageway patching and associated works.

3. That the Committee agreed the proposed investment proportions detailed in paragraph 5.2.3 of this report.

4. That the Executive Director, Environment is authorised to alter the programme of carriageway and footway renewal works. 5. That subject to the overall costs being contained within agreed budgets, the Executive Director, Environment is authorised to instruct Re to implement the schemes proposed in Appendix A by placing orders with the Council’s term maintenance contractors or specialist contractors appointed in accordance with the public procurement rules and the Council’s Contract Procedure Rules.

N.B it be noted that the voting process did not include Councillor Dean Cohen.