Issue - meetings

Having considered an officer report and a presentation by the voting jobshare

Cabinet Member for Parks, Neighbourhood & Transport, Councillor Sophie

McGeevor, the Mayor and Cabinet agreed that:

(1) a new annual Greening Fund of up to £250,000 be established for the

duration of the current administration which will be used to undertake

environmental improvements in the borough’s parks and open spaces.

(2) authority be delegated to the Executive Directors for Customer Services

and the Executive Director for Resources & Regeneration to design an

administrative process to ensure the fund is distributed effectively in line with

the legal requirements set out; and

(3) the service led administrative and governance arrangements as set out be

approved.

The report was presented by Councillor McGeevor who observed that the

creation of this Fund represented the completion of another of the

commitments made in the Mayor’s election manifesto.

Having considered an officer report and a presentation by the voting jobshare

Cabinet Member for Parks, Neighbourhood & Transport, Councillor Sophie

McGeevor, the Mayor and Cabinet, for the reasons set out in the report, by a

unanimous vote of 9-0:

RESOLVED that:

(1) a new annual Greening Fund of up to £250,000 be established for the

duration of the current administration which will be used to undertake

environmental improvements in the borough’s parks and open spaces.

(2) authority be delegated to the Executive Directors for Customer Services

and the Executive Director for Resources & Regeneration to design an

administrative process to ensure the fund is distributed effectively in line with

the legal requirements set out; and

(3) the service led administrative and governance arrangements as set out be

approved.