Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Cabinet Member for Economy & Regeneration.

The report provides an update on the Getting Building Fund and a summary of Stockport’s successful projects. It contains a request for authority to enter into contracts and agreements to draw down the funding and to progress the design on Stockport Exchange Phase 4 in advance of the Cabinet decision in February 2021.

(1) That the contents of this report are noted.

(2) That delegate authority is given to the Deputy Chief Executive, Place and the Deputy Chief Executive, Corporate & Support Services, in consultation with the Cabinet Members Economy and Regeneration and for Resources, Commissioning & Governance to:

a)    take all necessary steps to bring forward eligible projects for the Getting Building Fund and to report back as necessary and appropriate to the Cabinet;

b)   enter into contracts, procurement and funding agreements, as required, to support the delivery of Getting Building Fund supported projects;  

c)    authorise £0.235M to further develop proposals for Stockport Exchange Phase 4; and

d)   to receive and administer from the grant provider Getting Building Fund monies, and enter into reciprocal agreements, as required, with the grant recipients.

Officer Contact: Paul Richards on 0161 474 2940 or email: paul.richards@stockport.gov.uk

The Cabinet Member for Economy & Regeneration (Councillor David Meller) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) providing an update on the Getting Building Fund and a summary of Stockport’s successful projects. It also contained a request for authority to enter into contracts and agreements to draw down the funding and to progress the design on Stockport Exchange Phase 4 in advance of the Cabinet decision in February 2021.

RESOLVED - (1) That the contents of this report be noted.

(2) That authority be delegated to the Corporate Director (Place) and Deputy Chief Executive and the Corporate Director (Corporate & Support Services) and Deputy Chief Executive, in consultation with the Cabinet Members for Economy & Regeneration and for Resources, Commissioning & Governance to:

(a)  take all necessary steps to bring forward eligible projects for the Getting Building Fund and to report back as necessary and appropriate to the Cabinet;

(b)  enter into contracts, procurement and funding agreements, as required, to support the delivery of Getting Building Fund supported projects; 

(c)  authorise £0.235M to further develop proposals for Stockport Exchange Phase 4; and

(d)  to receive and administer from the grant provider Getting Building Fund monies, and enter into reciprocal agreements, as required, with the grant recipients.   

To consider a report of the Corporate Director (Place) and Deputy Chief Executive, and the Corporate Director (Corporate and Support Services) and Deputy Chief Executive

The report provides an update on the Government’s Getting Build Fund, those projects which have been successfully allocated funding and their fit to wider strategy.

The Scrutiny Committee is invited to note the content and comment on the report and recommendations as appropriate.

Officer Contact: Paul Richards on 0161 474 2940 or email: paul.richards@stockport.gov.uk

The Corporate Director (Place) & Deputy Chief Executive and the Deputy Chief Executive (Corporate and Support Services) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) providing an update on the Government’s Getting Building Fund, those projects which had been successfully allocated funding and their fit to wider strategy.

The Cabinet Member for Economy and Regeneration (Councillor David Meller) attended the meeting to respond to questions from the Scrutiny Committee.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.