Issue - decisions

(i)         to note that on 24th October 2016 Full Council:

(1)       approved the allocation of £365,000 (at € exchange rates on) from capital project 810K to provide match-funding to allow €608,485 of funding to be secured from Interreg North West Europe HEATNET project - transition strategies for delivering low carbon district heat;

(2)       approved the utilisation of this funding to support the development of district heating infrastructure in the Torry area subject to the requirements of the funding criteria;

(3)       instructed the Interim Director of Communities, Housing and Infrastructure to undertake a procurement exercise for the installation of a heat network, in tandem with that for the construction of the Energy from Waste facility, following the completion and submission of the phase 1 report to the Communities, Housing and Infrastructure Committee on 24 January 2017; and to commit funding from the Energy from Waste construction budget included in the Non Housing Capital Programme to phase 1 of the Torry Heat network project; and

(4)       instructed the Interim Director of Communities, Housing and Infrastructure to bring a report providing an update on the above matters to the Communities, Housing and Infrastructure Committee on 24 January 2017;

(ii)        to approve expenditure for necessary overseas travel for partner meetings and annual conferences connected with the HEATNET project to be funded from identified service budget and the HEATNET funding programme; and

(iii)       to approve the signing of or entry into any legal agreement or other documentation (whether same are governed by the law of Scotland or the law of another country) subject to approval of the terms by the Head of Legal and Democratic Services.