To accept the recommendation to commit existing budget to support the application for GLA Grant Funding.
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Expenditure > £500,000;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Notice of proposed decision first published: 22/12/2020
This decision will be taken under urgency procedures.
Reason for urgency:
This matter has been decided by the Special Urgency procedure for key decision following consultation with the Monitoring officer and with the consent of the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Chair, Cllr Darren Wise. This was considered urgent as whilst the Council submitted an expression of interest in 19/20, the GLA offer was not made until 26 November. And in order to receive the funding during this financial year, the GLA have required return of the paperwork by January 2021. Therefore the timetable required by the normal notice and call-in process would have meant that the decision would not be capable of being implemented in time. Therefore the decision cannot reasonably have been deferred.
Contact: Dave Gibbs Email: dave.gibbs@newham.gov.uk.
Consultees
All relevant members, officers and business partners have been consulted including the MO and the Chair of Overview and Scrutiny Board.