Decision details
Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund Allocation Acceptance
Decision Maker: Executive
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
To highlight proposals for up to £4.88m capital and £405,080 revenue expenditure for delivery of Electric Vehicle Charging infrastructure through the LEVI Capital Fund and seek permission to sub-delegate the decision to accept the funding to the Executive Member for Highways and Transportation
Decisions:
Considered – A report of the
Corporate Director for Environment presenting the background and detail of the submission
of an expression of interest and proforma to the Local Electric Vehicle
Infrastructure Capital and Capability funds respectively and seeking delegation
of authority to approve both a Stage 2 application for the LEVI Capital Fund
and acceptance of the grant award of £4.88m, subject to acceptable terms and
conditions being received.
Councillor Keane Duncan introduced the
report and outlined the proposal detailed within the report.
Councillor Greg White welcomed this next
step on the road towards making a quality infrastructure of vehicle charging
points across the county He noted the
confidence to buy an electric vehicle came from having confidence in being able
to charge it when out and about.
Councillor Gareth Dadd queried
recommendation (iii) and its proposal to delegate authority to two Executive
Members rather than to the relevant Corporate Director as with other similar proposals. He therefore suggested it needed revising to
say ‘Delegates authority to the Corporate Director for Environment in
consultation with the Deputy Leader of the Council, the Executive Member for
Highways & Transportation, and the Corporate Director Resources’
Subject to that revision to the
recommendations, it was
Resolved – That:
i.
The contents of the report and the application made
to the LEVI Capital and Capability funds respectively be noted
ii. Authority be delegated to the
Executive Member for Highways and Transportation in consultation with the
Corporate Director – Environment and the Corporate Director Resources to approve
the Stage 2 application for the LEVI Capital Fund
iii. Authority be delegated to the
Corporate Director for Environment in consultation with the Deputy Leader of
the Council, the Executive Member for Highways & Transportation, and the
Corporate Director Resources’, to accept the grant award of £4.88m subject to
acceptable terms and conditions being received and reviewed.
Report author: Keisha Moore
Publication date: 07/07/2023
Date of decision: 04/07/2023
Decided at meeting: 04/07/2023 - Executive
Effective from: 13/07/2023
Accompanying Documents:
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