On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport, Cabinet agreed the following:
(i) To delegate authority to the Director of Economic Development to establish a shared service ‘soft partnership’ to deliver Local Sustainable Transport Fund projects;
(ii) To delegate authority to the Director of Economic Development to pursue shared service opportunities with Hampshire County Council, Poole and Bournemouth and other local authorities with appropriate risk share arrangements based on proportionality;
(iii) To invite the University of Southampton, Sustrans, Hampshire County Council (when and if they confirm a wish to enter into a shared service arrangement), health representative and the Solent LEP, to form active project boards with appropriate terms of reference and governance arrangements to oversee delivery;
(iv) To delegate authority to the Director of Economic Development in consultation with the Director of Corporate Services, the Head of Legal, HR and Democratic Services and the Senior Manager Finance and following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport to finalise the following detail:
(a) recruitment of up to three new three year fixed-term posts to the end of the funding agreement:
1 x Travel Choices Programme Manager
1 x Local Sustainable Transport Fund Project Manager,
1 x Marketing Officer;
(b) These new posts will join 3 existing staff from the Transport and Travel Team;
(c) agreeing a location for the team that maximises benefits to the operation of the partnership;
(d) arrangements for the secondment of 3 Sustrans staff (existing Sustrans employees to be seconded into SCC for the period of the funding);
(e) terms of reference and governance arrangements of the project board referred to in recommendation (iii);
(f) the content and form of any legal or other agreements , documentation or other arrangements necessary to implement and support the creation of a soft partnership (including entering into such agreements etc on behalf of the Council).