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To consider a report which outlines the purposes for which an application can be made to the Department of Energy and Climate Change for Local Authority Funds for domestic energy efficiency, and which details an application to be submitted on behalf of Cheshire East Council.
Minutes:
The Cabinet Member considered a report which outlined the purposes for which an application could be made to the Department of Energy and Climate Change for Local Authority Funds for domestic energy efficiency and gave details of the application submitted by the Council.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change had made £40million available for Local Authorities to apply for funding from three specific funds - £25million Food Poverty Fund, £10million Green Deal Pioneer Fund and £5million Cheaper Energy Together Fund.
The Council had applied for a total of £449,900 on 30 November 2012, made up of the following:
RESOLVED: That
(1) the application submitted to the Department of Energy and Climate Change for Local Authority Funds in respect of the Fuel Poverty Fund, Green Deal Pioneer Fund and the Cheaper Energy Together Fund be endorsed;
(2) approval “in principle” be given for fully funded Supplementary Revenue and Capital Estimates, in accordance with the Finance and Contract Procedure Rules, should the application for funds be successful.