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(i)       to note that the NESTRANS related works should have been labelled as Appendix O rather than Appendix P, and that the actual Appendix P (Road Safety Fund expenditure) had been omitted from the agenda and would therefore be presented to the next Committee for approval;

(ii)       to approve the schemes listed in the appendices as the detailed proposals for expenditure within each budget heading; and

(ii)       to instruct the Chief Officer Operations and Protective Services, following consultation with the Head of Commercial and Procurement Service, to undertake or instruct appropriate procedures in accordance with the Council’s procurement regulations to procure the works referred to in the exempt appendices for the roads capital budget programme for the financial year 2023/24 and award contracts relating thereto.

The Committee had before it a report by the Director of Resources which outlined the proposed Roads and Transportation programme for the approved 2023/2024 capital budgets and sought approval for the schemes as detailed in the report and their associated appendices.

At this juncture, the Committee heard from Mr Doug Ritchie, Roads and Infrastructure Manager, who advised that there had been a slight error with the appendices to the report and therefore one of the schemes would be presented to the next meeting of the Committee for approval.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      approve the schemes listed in the appendices as the detailed proposals for expenditure within each budget heading; and

(b)      instruct the Chief Officer - Operations and Protective Services, following consultation with the Head of Commercial and Procurement Services, to undertake or instruct appropriate procedures in accordance with the Council’s procurement regulations to procure the works referred to in the exempt appendices for the roads capital budget programme for the financial year 2023/24 and award contracts relating thereto.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to note that the NESTRANS related works should have been labelled as Appendix O rather than Appendix P, and that the actual Appendix P (Road Safety Fund expenditure) had been omitted from the agenda and would therefore be presented to the next meeting of the Committee for approval; and

(ii)       to otherwise approve the recommendations contained in the report.