Agenda

East Midlands Combined County Authority - Board - Monday, 4 November 2024 11.00 am

Venue: Civic Meeting Rooms 1 and 2, Ground Floor, Castle House, Great North Road, Newark, NG24 1BY

Contact: Jodie Townsend, Governance Lead  Email: Jodie.Townsend@eastmidsdevo.org.uk

Media

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

2.

Declarations of Interest

3.

Public Participation pdf icon PDF 101 KB

Members of the public may ask questions if they have given notice and provided the text of the question to Governance Services (governance@eastmidsdevo.org.uk) no later than 5pm on Monday 28 October 2024 and include the name and address of the questioner and the name of the Member to whom the questioner would like the question put.

 

The total time set aside for such questions and answers will be limited to 30 minutes with no extension of time, and questions not dealt with in this time will be dealt with by written responses. 

4.

Minutes of the Combined County Authority held on 16 September 2024 pdf icon PDF 126 KB

5.

Mayoral Update

To receive a verbal Mayoral update on key activity since the September EMCCA Board meeting.

Budget & Policy Framework Items

6.

Investment Fund Spending Proposals pdf icon PDF 149 KB

Consider and approve projects proposed for funding as part of the East Midlands Investment Zone “Sprint” process. 

7.

Shared Prosperity Fund pdf icon PDF 136 KB

Consider and approve the proposed approach to supporting programmes currently funded in whole or in part from UK Shared Prosperity Fund. 

8.

Visitor Economy pdf icon PDF 151 KB

Update the Board on work in progress to develop a regional approach including alignment of Destination Management Plans with the two accredited Local Visitor Economy Partnerships.

Additional documents:

9.

Budget Outcomes and Implications pdf icon PDF 139 KB

Overview of Government budget announcements and implications for EMCCA. 

10.

Brownfield Housing Fund Allocations pdf icon PDF 133 KB

To provide an update, details of the next steps and approvals process for Brownfield Housing Fund business cases. 

Governance Items

11.

Procurement Procedure Rules pdf icon PDF 132 KB

Consider and approve interim procurement procedure rules. 

Additional documents:

12.

Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Closure pdf icon PDF 135 KB

To note progress being made towards closure of D2N2 LEP and the transfer of programmes and assets to EMCCA. 

13.

EMCCA Committees pdf icon PDF 155 KB

To receive recommendations from Committees of the Combined County Authority. 

Additional documents:

14.

Transparent Decision Making

This item is for information and does not include a report.

 

There has been no decisions taken via Mayoral Decision Notice, Officer Decision Notice (that requires publication) or under urgency provisions since the last meeting of Board. 

CONTROLLED 

15.

Forward Plan

This item is to note and does not include a report.

To note the Combined County Authority Forward Plan for October & November 2024. The latest Forward Plan can be viewed via this link: Forward Plan - East Midlands Combined County Authority 

 

Please note that the November Forward Plan is due to be published on 1 November 2024. 

CONTROLLED 

People & Human Resources Items

16.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

That in accordance with Section 100A(4) Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the remaining agenda items as it is likely that, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, if members of the press and public are present there will be disclosed to them exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 and 2, Part (1) Schedule (12A) Local Government Act 1972, namely:

 

  Paragraph 1: Information relating to any individual

  Paragraph 2: Information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual

 

and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information. 

17.

Recruitment Update

Update the Board on progress to appointing to roles in the EMCCA structure.