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Resources for Staveley Town Deal

Meeting: 13/04/2021 - Joint Cabinet and Employment & General Committee (Item 72)

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Additional documents:

Decision:

*RESOLVED –

 

1.    That the proposal to establish three new posts to manage the Staveley Town Deal together with associated budgets, as set out in section 4.13 of the officer’s report, be approved.

 

2.    That the role to be played by the council as the Accountable Body for the Towns Fund, as set out in section 4.3 of the officer’s report, be noted.

 

3.    That the Council makes a direct financial contribution towards the costs of programme management, as set out in section 7 of the officer’s report, to be and funded from the retained business rates from Markham Vale Enterprise Zone.

 

REASON FOR DECISIONS

 

To ensure that adequate resources are put in place to successfully manage a significant multi-year capital programme.

Minutes:

The Service Director – Economic Growth and Interim Director (Projects) submitted a report seeking approval to establish the resources required to ensure that the council was in a position to effectively manage the Staveley Town Deal.

 

On 15th December 2020, Cabinet had received a report setting out the background to the Staveley Town Deal and noting Chesterfield Borough Council’s role as the Accountable Body for any future Towns Fund allocation. Cabinet had also endorsed the Staveley Town Investment Plan for submission to the Government as part of the Town Deal process.

 

At Budget 2021 on 3 March, 2021 the Government had made a Town Deal offer of £25.2m for Staveley. Heads of Terms accepting this offer were signed by the Chief Executive and the Chair of the Staveley Town Deal Board on 19 March, 2021.

 

No additional resources had originally been allocated to local government for carrying out the Accountable Body role for the Town Deals. However, following a change in advice from the Government, it was now possible to use some of the overall allocation of the Towns Fund for Staveley for such purposes.

 

An analysis of the tasks which the council would be required to fulfil, and the resource implications was outlined in Appendix 1 of the officer’s report. It was proposed to establish 3 new posts to provide the capacity needed as detailed in section 4.13 of the officer’s report. Job descriptions for the proposed posts were attached at Appendix 2 of the officer’s report. As the Town Deal programme and its funding was time-limited, the newly established posts would be fixed-term appointments through 2025.

 

*RESOLVED –

 

1.    That the proposal to establish three new posts to manage the Staveley Town Deal together with associated budgets, as set out in section 4.13 of the officer’s report, be approved.

 

2.    That the role to be played by the council as the Accountable Body for the Towns Fund, as set out in section 4.3 of the officer’s report, be noted.

 

3.    That the Council makes a direct financial contribution towards the costs of programme management, as set out in section 7 of the officer’s report, to be and funded from the retained business rates from Markham Vale Enterprise Zone.

 

REASON FOR DECISIONS

 

To ensure that adequate resources are put in place to successfully manage a significant multi-year capital programme.