Agenda and decisions

Report of the Resources Portfolio Holder and Neighbourhood Services and Community Safety Portfolio Holder.

The Corporate Director Environment submitted a report seeking Portfolio Holder approval for support to the Natural Flood Management proposal by the Rivers Trust.

Decisions

The Neighbourhood Services and Community Safety Portfolio Holder

·       gave approval to support the River's Trust Wyre NFM Catchment £10,000 ‘Buyer’ proposal for eight years and for legal services to enter into a contract to enable this

·       and agreed that Wyre Council support the Rivers Trust in approaching Garstang Town Council and Churchtown, St Michaels and Great Eccleston Parish Council’s when inviting them to become buyers in the scheme.

The Resources Portfolio Holder agreed to a departure from the rules relating to financial and contractual matters, on the grounds that the “goods, works or services are of a specialised nature carried out by only one or a limited number of firms with no reasonably satisfactory alternatives available.”