Decision:
(i) That the establishment of a Town Deal Board for
Newcastle and a Town Deal Board for Kidsgrove be supported.
(ii) That the Executive Director - Commercial Development and Economic Growth in conjunction with the Leader and Portfolio Holder for Corporate and Service Improvement, People and Partnerships be authorised to establish the membership of the Boards.
(iii) That the Executive Director - Commercial Development and Economic Growth in conjunction with the Portfolio Holder for Finance and Efficiency be authorised to appoint project management support and procure consultancy support for the development of proposals for the Town Deals.
(iv) The Council works with the Town Boards to develop proposals for Newcastle and Kidsgrove Investment Plans.
Minutes:
A report was submitted to Cabinet informing Members that the Council had been invited to develop proposals for the Government’s Town Deal for Newcastle and Kidsgrove.
The Leader advised that, of the 100 invited places, This Council had Newcastle and Kidsgrove which had been invited to participate.
The Leader would be the Council’s representative for The Kidsgrove Town Deal and the Deputy Leader would be the representative for the Newcastle Town Deal.
As the Council did not have the necessary capacity to develop two Investment Plans it was proposed to bring in additional project management support and to procure external support utilising the allocated capacity funding.
The Deputy Leader and Portfolio Holder for Finance and Efficiency fully supported this and added that it was a project that the new Executive Director – Commercial Development and Economic Growth would be involved in.
Members were all in support adding that it was an exciting opportunity and a fantastic innovation.
The Leader stated that there would be two different bids, Newcastle’s being for a University town and Kidsgrove’s being for a railway station town with opportunities through HS2 being nearby in Crewe and also the project for the sports centre.
Resolved: (i) That the establishment of a Town Deal Board for
Newcastle and a Town Deal Board for Kidsgrove be
supported.
(ii) That the Executive Director - Commercial Development and Economic Growth in conjunction with the Leader and Portfolio Holder for Corporate and Service Improvement, People and Partnerships be authorised to establish the membership of the Boards.
(iii) That the Executive Director - Commercial Development and Economic Growth in conjunction with the Portfolio Holder for Finance and Efficiency be authorised to appoint project management support and procure consultancy support for the development of proposals for the Town Deals.
(iv) That the Council works with the Town Boards to develop proposals for Newcastle and Kidsgrove Investment Plans.