Agenda and minutes

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In accordance with the Code of Conduct adopted by the City and County of Swansea, no interests were declared.

The Leader of Council made no announcements.

Questions must relate to matters on the open part of the Agenda of the meeting and will be dealt with in a 10 minute period.

No questions were asked.

Councillor M B Lewis asked a question in relation to Minute 99 “Swansea Central Phase 1 Project Update and FPR7”.

The Leader responded accordingly.

Councillor J W Jones presented the pre decision scrutiny feedback.

The Leader thanked Scrutiny for the letter and their input.

The Cabinet Member for Economy & Strategy presented a report which provided an update on Phase 1 of the Swansea Central scheme and sought budget authorisation to proceed with delivery in accordance with Financial Procedure Rules.

Resolved that:

1)              An additional budget of £3m be approved to allow the detailed designs to progress so that the project can achieve cost certainty;

2)              The current overall budget figure of £130m be noted;

3)              The Leader of the Council, Deputy Leader of the Council and Section 151 Officer be granted delegated powers for a further £6.9m to continue with enabling works prior to the main contract start, once further certainty over funding and affordability is achieved;

4)              The necessary additional revenue resources required to progress the scheme be approved and to confirm the capitalisation of appropriate Officers working on the scheme wherever possible to fund delivery.

Cabinet were requested to exclude the public from the meeting during consideration of the item(s) of business identified in the recommendations to the report(s) on the grounds that it / they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as set out in the exclusion paragraph of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) (Wales) Order 2007 relevant to the items of business set out in the report(s).

Cabinet considered the Public Interest Test in deciding whether to exclude the public from the meeting for the item of business where the Public Interest Test was relevant as set out in the report.

Resolved that the public be excluded for the following item(s) of business.

(Closed Session)

No questions were asked.

The Cabinet Member for Economy & Strategy presented a report which provided a financial detail of Phase 1 of the Swansea Central scheme in accordance with Financial Procedure Rules.

Resolved that the recommendations as detailed in the report be approved.