Following consideration at Cabinet on 23 July 2020, approve the allocation of funding for priority flood damage repairs and for works to enhance the resilience of the county’s infrastructure.

Further to consideration at Cabinet on 23 July 2020, Council considered approving the allocation of funding for priority flood damage repairs and for works to enhance the resilience of the county’s infrastructure. 

The Cabinet member finance and corporate services introduced and moved the report, seconded by the cabinet member infrastructure and transport.

Councillor Shaw moved an amendment, seconded by Councillor Gandy as follows:

(The proposed changes to the wording of the original motion are shown in bold.)

“This amendment proposes that the recommendations be amended as follows:

(a) The £7.674m (Pothole and Challenge Fund 2020/21 grant allocation) be added to the capital programme as a new programme;

(b) The £4.027m (Priority Flood Repair Works) be added to the capital programme as a new programme;

 (c) Priority flood repair works totalling £4.027m, as set out in paragraph 27 of this report, are funded through allocation from the financial resilience reserve; and

(d) In the event that new funds are made available by Government specifically to address the priority flood repair works, then those funds would first be used to refinance the financial resilience reserve with any funding over and above £4.027m added to the Priority Flood Repair Works programme. “

Council debated the amendment.  The amendment was put to a recorded vote and lost.

For (22): Councillors Bartrum, Bolderson, Durkin, Gandy, Guthrie, Hunt, I’Anson, James, Graham Jones, Mike Jones, Kenyon, Lester, Matthews, Millmore, Phillips, Price, Rone, Shaw, Stone, Swinglehurst Symonds and Tillett.

Against (27): Councillors Graham Andrews, Paul Andrews, Bartlett, Boulter, Bowen, Chowns, Crockett, Davies, Fagan, Foxton, Hardwick, Harrington, Harvey, Hewitt, Hey, Hitchiner, Howells, Jinman, Marsh, Milln, Norman, Stark, Summers, Toynbee, Tyler, Watson and Wilding. 

A recorded vote was then taken on the original motion.  The motion was carried.

For (35): Councillors Graham Andrews, Paul Andrews, Bartlett, Bartrum, Boulter, Bowen, Chowns, Crockett, Davies, Fagan, Foxton, Hardwick, Harrington, Harvey, Hewitt, Hey, Hitchiner, Howells, Hunt, James, Jinman, Mike Jones, Kenyon, Marsh, Matthews,  Milln, Norman, Price, Stark, Summers, Tillett, Toynbee, Tyler, Watson and Wilding. 

Abstain (14) Councillors Bolderson, Durkin, Gandy, Guthrie, I’Anson, Graham Jones, Lester, Millmore, Phillips, Rone, Shaw, Stone, Swinglehurst and Symonds.

(There were no votes against the motion.)

RESOLVED:

That      (a)     the £7.674m (Pothole and Challenge Fund 2020/21 grant allocation) be added to the capital programme as a new programme;

              (b)     the £4.027m (Priority Flood Repair Works) be added to the capital programme as a new programme;

              (c)     priority flood repair works totalling £4.027m, as set out in paragraph 27 of this report, are funded by extended prudential borrowing; and

              (d)     in the event that new funds are made available by Government specifically to address the priority flood repair works, then those funds would be added to the Priority Flood Repair Works programme.