1. That Cabinet delegates approval for award of contracts to the Strategic Director of the Economy and Strategic Director for Finance, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for the Economy and Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Ecology with contracts awarded after the announcement of grant funding in March /April 2024.
2. That Cabinet notes the contracts will be up to a value of £ 12 m (subject to the size of the PSDSC grant awarded by Salix), but where the total value of the contract will not exceed the combined amount of grant funding received (£5.465m or less) and Council funding available to be allocated to the scheme.
3. If the current application with Salix is unsuccessful, for Cabinet to confirm the same delegation for future Salix applications up the same value of £ 12 m without returning to Cabinet again for approval.