Combined Executive Agenda 120410.pdf - North Ayrshire Council
Combined Executive Agenda 120410.pdf - North Ayrshire Council
Combined Executive Agenda 120410.pdf - North Ayrshire Council
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Subject:<br />
NORTH AYRSHIRE COUNCIL<br />
<strong>Agenda</strong> Item 14<br />
10 April 2012<br />
The <strong>Executive</strong> of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Ayrshire</strong> <strong>Council</strong><br />
Scottish Futures Trust - Development of Hub<br />
Initiative<br />
Purpose: This report updates members on progress of the<br />
Scottish Futures Trust South West Territory Hub<br />
Partnership.<br />
Recommendation: It is recommended that the <strong>Executive</strong> notes (a) the<br />
progress report on the hub initiative for the South<br />
West Territory; (b) the projects submitted for enabling<br />
funding; and (c) that further progress on the<br />
development of the hub initiative in the South West<br />
Territory will be reported to a future <strong>Executive</strong><br />
meeting.<br />
1. Introduction<br />
1.1 At a meeting of the <strong>Executive</strong> of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Ayrshire</strong> on 1 March 2011,<br />
Members were advised that the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) had<br />
proposed that a strategic long-term approach to the procurement of<br />
public sector based infrastructure projects is required across Scotland.<br />
The proposal is that 5 geographically based public/ private joint<br />
venture companies are established to provide development support to<br />
local Hub Territories across Scotland (all have populations of circa 1<br />
million).<br />
1.2 The <strong>Executive</strong> agreed (a) that the <strong>Council</strong> engage with the hub<br />
initiative's South West Territory as a partner in principle; (b) that the<br />
Chief <strong>Executive</strong> communicates the final decision from the <strong>Council</strong> to<br />
the SFT via the Letter of Intent template; (c) to the Chief <strong>Executive</strong><br />
identifying an appropriate responsible officer and a substitute to<br />
represent the <strong>Council</strong> on the South West Territory Board as the Senior<br />
Responsible Officer (SRO) for the <strong>Council</strong>; (d) that the SRO or<br />
substitute identified by the Chief <strong>Executive</strong> is given the appropriate<br />
delegated authority to take decisions on behalf of the <strong>Council</strong>,<br />
including signing the Memorandum of Understanding; (e) that a<br />
provisional pipeline of projects is agreed for the hub ; and (f) to note<br />
that further progress on the development of the hub initiative in the<br />
South West Territory, including the outcome of a meeting between the<br />
Chief <strong>Executive</strong> and the SFT, will be reported to a future meeting of<br />
the <strong>Executive</strong>.<br />
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