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Windrush Leisure Centre - PSDS 3c Funding Bid
Meeting: 13/12/2023 - Executive (Item 122)
122 Windrush Leisure Centre - PSDS 3c Funding Bid 
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Purpose:
To seek approval, ahead of an award decision, to accept Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme funding for Windrush Leisure Centre and to contribute a maximum of £244,866, equating to 12% of total project costs.
Recommendations:
That the Executive Resolves to:
1. Delegate authority to the Chief Executive Officer, in consultation with the Director of Finance and the Executive Members for Finance and Climate Change to:
a) Accept the grant funding, if awarded to the Council, and earmark the required client contribution of £224,866 in the 2024/25 budget.
b) Note that project risks have been identified and that project gateways will be used where any decision relates to capital spend.
Additional documents:
Minutes:
Councillor Andrew Prosser, Executive Member for Climate Change, introduced the report, which sought approval, ahead of an award decision, to accept Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme funding for Windrush Leisure Centre in Witney, and to contribute a maximum of £244,866, equating to 12% of total project costs.
In debate, and by invitation of the Leader, non-Executive Members in attendance raised questions regarding possible relocation of the Leisure Centre, and that funding may be better invested in a newer, more environmentally friendly site, compared to being invested in the current existing site. Giles Hughes, Chief Executive Officer, advised that the Council had no plans to relocate the leisure centre at present.
Councillor Andrew Prosser proposed that the Executive agree to the recommendations as listed on the report. This was seconded by Councillor Alaric Smith, was put to a vote, and was agreed unanimously by the Executive.
The Executive Resolved to:
- Delegate authority to the Chief Executive Officer, in consultation with the Director of Finance and the Executive Members for Finance and Climate Change to:
a) Accept the grant funding, if awarded to the Council, and earmark the required client contribution of £224,866 in the 2024/25 budget;
b) Note that project risks have been identified and that project gateways will be used where any decision relates to capital spend.