Issue - meetings

The Committee are asked to approve the recommendations as outlined in the report.

The Committee considered a report from the Principal Pollution Control Officer, that sought approval of an amended project scheme.

The Committee asked that the Equality and Diversity (point 8.2) of the report be amended from:

‘Vehicles may be adapted to accommodate the requirements of specially abled passengers’ to ‘ Vehicles may be specially adapted to accommodation the requirement of disabled passengers’.

Claire advised the Committee that there had been a positive reaction to the scheme from local taxi drivers.

The Committee resolved to:

1.    grant approval for an amended project scheme to provide a contribution towards the purchase of Hackney Carriages and private hire vehicles as referred to in the report,

2.    delegate authority to the Group Head for Commissioning and Transformation  to complete negotiations with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) with a view to the amended Council project being approved,

3.    delegate authority to approve an amended grant agreement with DEFRA to the Monitoring Officer and Group Head of Commissioning and Transformation in consultation with the Chair of the Environment and Sustainability Committee; and

4.    authorise the Group Head of Corporate Governance to enter into appropriate agreements with bid partners and third parties required to deliver the amended project.