5 External Funding Update PDF 98 KB
[To receive an update on bids for European
Structural funds and to grant necessary approvals for other
externally funded projects]
Minutes:
Cllr John Reynolds presented
the report on an update on current and future bids for European
Structural funds and sought necessary approvals for other
externally funded projects.
Resolved:
EU Funds
- That the Head of Governance be
authorised to sign the Grant Funding Agreement relating to the
Black Country Blue Network project and enter into Service Level
Agreements with Delivery Partners (Walsall MBC, Environment Agency,
Canal and River Trust and Birmingham and Black Country Wildlife
Trust) relating to the delivery of this project.
- That authority be delegated to the
Cabinet Member for Resources, in consultation with the Director of
Finance, to approve budgets for Black Country Blue Network project
upon signing of the Funding Agreement.
- That authority be delegated to the
Cabinet Member for City Economy, in consultation with the Service
Director City Economy and Director of Finance to submit outline
applications to future calls for European Regional Development Fund
projects.
- That authority be delegated to the
Cabinet Member for City Economy, in consultation with the Service
Director City Economy, to enter agreements to progress the delivery
of the RAINBOW project if the bid is successful.
Other
Funding
- That authority be delegated to the
Cabinet Member for City Economy, in consultation with the Service
Director City Economy to submit a full business plan to the Edge
Foundation should the initial bid be successful.
- That the submission of bids for the
Communities Fund, Libraries Opportunities for Everyone Innovation
Fund and mitigating the impacts of immigration on local communities
be approved and authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for
City Economy, in consultation with the Service Director City
Economy, to enter agreements to progress the delivery of this
scheme.
- That authority be delegated to the
Cabinet Member for Resources, in consultation with the Director of
Finance to approve budgets for Communities Fund, Libraries
Opportunities for Everyone Innovation Fund, mitigating the impacts
of immigration on local communities and RAINBOW project should the
bids be successful.
- That authority be delegated to the
Cabinet Member for City Economy, in consultation with the Service
Director City Economy to issue a grant up to £50,000 to our
named Voluntary Community Sector partner should our bid to the
Communities Fund be successful.