Agenda item

Decision:

1.          That the Leader of Council, in consultation with the Deputy Leader and the Cabinet Members for Finance and the Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Sustainable Development, be given delegated authority to enter into the Joint Working Agreement. This is subject only to the other three local authorities doing likewise taking account of any minor amendments which may prove necessary and do not alter the substance of the document enclosed at Appendix 1 to the circulated report;

2.          That the Chief Executive be appointed as the Council’s representative on the City Deal Programme Board and delegate to him authority to appoint a deputy to represent the Authority as necessary (this would ordinarily be the Director of the Environment or the Director of Finance and Corporate Services);

3.          That the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of Council and the Cabinet Member for Finance, be given delegated authority to apply for and accept funding for City Deal projects on behalf of the Council and deal with other ancillary matters on the same basis;

4.       That this report be referred to full Council for further discussion given the potentially significant impact of the proposal on the Council’s long term budget framework.

Reason for Decisions:

To provide authority to sign the Joint Working Agreement and formally establish the City Deal Joint Committee.

Implementation of Decisions:

These decisions will be implemented after the three day call in period.