Issue - meetings

RESOLVED

KEY DECISION

That the Executive:

i)               Approved the following changes into the capital programme:

a.    Swimming Pool Support Fund, additional budget approval for £285,088 in 2024/25, to be funded from Sport England grant.

Reasons for Recommendations: These are set out in greater detail within section 5 of the report, but can be summarised as helping to meet the Council’s corporate plan objectives:

-       Green sustainable environment

-       Better, brighter futures

-       Safe and thriving places

-       Connected communities

-       Active, fulfilled lives

Alternative Options Considered:

·       For those schemes which are grant funded or from Section 106 contributions, they are undertaken in accordance with the requirements of the grant conditions/ legal agreement and, therefore, there is no alternative option proposed in this report.

The Chair invited Cllr Lloyd Bunday, Executive Member for Finance and Transformation to introduce a report that requested approval for a capital scheme that had come forward for inclusion in the Council’s Capital Programme. Approval of the funding would allow the scheme to move forward to procurement and delivery. One scheme was highlighted as per the report and recommendation below.

Cllr Gill Mercer spoke to welcome the funding that would allow for the installation of solar panels and replacement of old gas boilers at Splash Leisure Pool in Rushden.

RESOLVED

KEY DECISION

That the Executive:

i)               Approved the following changes into the capital programme:

a.    Swimming Pool Support Fund, additional budget approval for £285,088 in 2024/25, to be funded from Sport England grant.

Reasons for Recommendations: These are set out in greater detail within section 5 of the report, but can be summarised as helping to meet the Council’s corporate plan objectives:

-       Green sustainable environment

-       Better, brighter futures

-       Safe and thriving places

-       Connected communities

-       Active, fulfilled lives

Alternative Options Considered:

·       For those schemes which are grant funded or from Section 106 contributions, they are undertaken in accordance with the requirements of the grant conditions/ legal agreement and, therefore, there is no alternative option proposed in this report.