Issue - meetings

Executive Board considered the attached report.

RECOMMENDED:  That Council approve:

1)    the award of £1,295,846m from the Public Sector Decarbonisation Fund be noted; and

2)    Council be asked to include the Decarbonisation Scheme at a gross cost of £1,677,673 within the 2021/22 capital programme, to be funded as set out within paragraph 3.4.

            The Council considered a report of the Strategic Director, Enterprise, Community and Resources, on the Public Sector Decarbonisation Fund.

RESOLVED: That Council approve

1)    the award of £1,295,846m from the Public Sector Decarbonisation Fund be noted; and

2)    the inclusion of the Decarbonisation Scheme at a gross cost of £1,677,673 within the 2021/22 capital programme, to be funded as set out within paragraph 3.4.

The Board received a report of the Strategic Director – Enterprise, Community and Resources, which provided an update on a recent bid to the Public Sector Decarbonisation Fund and to seek approval for additional funding from the Capital Programme to support the bid.

            The Council developed a bid focussed on the DCBL Stadium, which included replacing the current gas boilers with air source heat pumps; replacing existing lighting fittings with new energy efficient LED lighting; replacing single glazed windows; and installing additional insulation.

            The report provided Members with details of the bid process and it was reported that in February 2021, the Council was awarded £1,295,846 to deliver the improvements.  Since the award of the funding a number of cost variations had been identified, which would increase costs for the project by approximately £370,000, these were discussed in the report.

RESOLVED:  That

1)    the award of £1,295,846m from the Public Sector Decarbonisation Fund be noted; and

2)    Council be asked to include the Decarbonisation Scheme at a gross cost of £1,677,673 within the 2021/22 capital programme, to be funded as set out within paragraph 3.4.