Issue - meetings

(To receive a report from the Executive Director – Plan which seeks approval of the proposed Governance Structure and Programme of Works)

That the Executive:-

1.    approves the Development Fund – Drainage Investigations and Flood Repairs Governance Structure attached in Appendix A of the report and the Programme of Works attached in Appendix B of the report; and

2.    delegates to the Executive Director – Place in Consultation with the Executive Councillor for Highways, Transport and IT, and the Executive Councillor for Economy and Place, the authority to take decisions to proceed with individual schemes and the terms of entering into any contractual documents to give effect to the schemes.

A report on behalf of the Executive Director – Place was presented which requested approval of the governance structure and programme of works to address drainage and flooding issues in Lincolnshire.  It was reported that funding of £2.2million (capital £2m, revenue £200k) had been made available and a programme of work had been developed between the Floods Team and Highways with overall spend and delivery to be completed by March 2022.

A governance structure had been established to facilitate the delivery of the works programme with updates and progress reports to be made throughout the duration of the programme.  A number of schemes had been progressed which totalled around £340,000.  Appendix B to the report set out the works which would continue to be progressed.

Councillor C R Oxby, Vice Chairman of the Environment and Economy Scrutiny Committee was in attendance to provide a summary of the comments made by the Committee and reported that the Committee had unanimously agreed to support the recommendations.

The Executive welcomed the report and it was highlighted that this was part of a much wider programme of works around flood investigations and maintenance and repairs.

RESOLVED

That the Executive:-

1.    approves the Development Fund – Drainage Investigations and Flood Repairs Governance Structure attached in Appendix A of the report and the Programme of Works attached in Appendix B of the report; and

2.    delegates to the Executive Director – Place in Consultation with the Executive Councillor for Highways, Transport and IT, and the Executive Councillor for Economy and Place, the authority to take decisions to proceed with individual schemes and the terms of entering into any contractual documents to give effect to the schemes.