Meeting documents

Following consideration of the officer report, appendices and discussion, the Executive:

1.       Agreed to Somerset Council taking on the roles of Host Authority and Accountable Body for the Somerset Rivers Authority

2.       Approved the revised Local Memorandum of Understanding (including the Constitution of the SRA) set out in Appendix 1 of the report, and authorised the Lead Member for Environment and Climate Change to sign this on behalf of Somerset Council

3.       Agreed the case (set out in ‘legal implications’ for exempt information) for Appendix 3 CONFIDENTIAL_2023-24 SRA Enhanced Programme scheme descriptions with costs to be treated in confidence, as the case for the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing that information 

4.       Approved the SRA Budget and SRA Enhanced Programme for 2023/24, (Appendix 2 ITEM 9 2023-24 Enhanced Programme and Budget) in accordance with the recommendations of the SRA Board from its meeting on the 3rd of March 2023

5.       Agreed to the release of funding committed from all sources in 2023/24 for the purposes of the SRA, subject to receipt of those funds, in accordance with the budget for 2023/23 as set out in item 5 above 

6.       Agreed that the detailed management of the 2023/24 Budget and Enhanced Programme within the control total allocated to the SRA is undertaken in accordance with the constitutional, financial regulations and decision-making arrangements of Somerset Council as Accountable Body