Agenda item

To receive the Minutes of the meeting of the Strategic Planning and Capital Monitoring Panel held on 21 September 2020 and approve the following recommendations arising from the meeting:

RESOLVED

That the EXECUTIVE CABINET & COUNCIL be RECOMMENDED to approve:

(i)           The proposed changes to the Education Capital Programme, (Basic Need Funding Schemes), Special Provision Fund and Healthy Pupils’ Capital Fund as outlined in Appendix 1 and School Condition Allocation Funding Schemes Appendix 2 

(ii)          An additional £100,000 is allocated from the Basic Need Funding in 2020/21 to the work needed at Birch Lane Child and Family Centre to create suitable space for Tameside Music Service

(iii)         An additional £115,000 is allocated from the School Condition budget for Fire Safety Works.  This consists of a virement from funding allocation lines; Arlies Primary (£41,000), Micklehurst Primary (£22,000), and Fairfield Road Primary (£38,000) where funding was previously approved separately for related fire safety works that would be more appropriately reported against the main Fire Safety Works funding allocation line.  Also included in the request is £14,000 for fire alarm works to Audenshaw and Broadbent Fold Primary schools.

(iv)         That Members note that an additional £543,000 of School Condition grant has been awarded by the DfE.

RESOLVED

That the EXECUTIVE CABINET be RECOMMENDED to note the report and the following be added to the approved Council Capital Programme Statutory Compliance expenditure of £143,353 which was urgent and unavoidable and scheduled at Appendix 2 including £7,000 additional required spend on Hartshead Pike as set out in the report.

RESOLVED

That the EXECUTIVE CABINET be RECOMMENDED to:

a)            Note the rescheduling to the Tameside Asset Management Plan (TAMP) and the Highways Maintenance Programme. The commencement of the works programme was revised due to Covid 19.

b)            Note that Tameside MBC bid for and has been successful in securing £350,000 from the Department for Transport (DfT) for improving highway drainage infrastructure.  The total project costs are £400,000 with a Tameside MBC allocation £50,000 from existing drainage budgets – see recommendation (o) below.  This DfT allocation has to be used in financial year 2020/21. Accordingly, a site prioritisation exercise has been undertaken with regards to the inlet structures programme and re-phased a number of locations to commence in spring / summer 2021 to ensure the full use of the additional external funding.

c)            Note the progress with regard to the Slope Stability Programme.

d)            Note the progress with regards to the Cemetery Boundary Walls Programme.

e)            Note the rescheduling to Replacement of Cremators and Mercury Abatement, Filtration Plant and Heat Recovery Facilities Programme by the significant impact Covid 19 has had on the operation of the Crematorium and the suppliers of cremator equipment.

f)             Note the revised timetable for the Children’s Playground Programme.

g)            Note the progress with regards to the Ashton Town Centre Public Realm Project.

h)            Note the impact of Covid 19 on the LED Street Lighting Lanterns Project.

i)             Note the progress with regards to the Mayor’s Cycling and Walking Challenge Fund Programme (MCF).

j)             Note the Council has received confirmation that an allocation of £400,000 has been awarded following the submission of an Emergency Active Travel Fund (Tranche 1). If progressed, approval will be sought from Executive Cabinet for £400,000 to be added to the Council’s Capital programme for this project.

k)            Note the progress with regards to the Highways England – Designated Funds Scheme.

l)             Note the progress with regards to Department for Transport – Safer Roads Fund project in conjunction with Oldham MBC.

m)          Note the need to replace an existing tipper with a larger vehicle as set out in section 2.24-2.25 in this report.  If progressed, approval will be sought from Executive Cabinet to add £40,000 to the Council’s Capital Programme to fund the net cost of the replacement vehicle.

n)            Note the replacement of a dumper belonging to Bereavement Services as set out in section 2.26 of this report. Approval will be sought from Executive Cabinet to add a budget of £15,500 for the replacement dumper to the Council’s Capital Programme for the new vehicle which will be funded by insurance monies.

(o)       Approve that £50,000 of existing drainage / flood risk management operational budget be used as the Tameside MBC contribution to the overall £400,000 Transport Infrastructure Investment Fund – Highway Maintenance Challenge Fund 2020/21 with the remaining £350,000 coming from the Department for Transport.