Decision Outcome
On 24 January 2017, Cabinet:-
(i) Approved the Full Business Case (FBC) for Bus Lane Enforcement Tranche 1 as outlined in report Appendix A, at a total cost of £459,335 (including development, detailed design and implementation fees), with estimated ongoing revenue costs of £3.339m, over the period of the project, funded by income generated from Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs);
(ii) approved City Council prudential borrowing of £355,670 for the first tranche of Bus Lane Enforcement, as outlined in the Full Business Case (report Appendix A);
(iii) authorised the Assistant Director of Transportation and Connectivity to:
• place orders with third party suppliers up to a value of £248,670 (including fees and contingency) for the procurement of the Enforcement Cameras and associated equipment, via Service Birmingham under the existing Joint Venture Arrangement;
• place orders with third party suppliers up to a value of £443,500 for the provision of ongoing support in respect of system maintenance, camera relocation, technical support, licences and storage over the 5 year life of the project period, via Service Birmingham under the existing Joint Venture Arrangement;
(iv) approved expenditure of £82,000 to cover City Council Project Management fees, contingency and undertaking the information activity to implement the proposal as described in report Appendix A and to cover additional development fees incurred in completing the report;
(v) approved the ring fencing of the sums generated from the infringement of the bus lanes identified within the report to fund £3.339m of project and operational costs of the scheme over the period of the project, as detailed within report Appendix A, Section 2 and in line with the strategy described in the “Updated Transportation and Highways Capital Funding Strategy 2015/16 to 2020/21 Programme Definition Report” approved by Cabinet on 16 February 2016;
(vi) approved any sums generated that are not required to fund expenditure defined in decision (v) above, being made available to support Local Growth Fund funded schemes in accordance with Regulation 36 of the Bus Lanes Contraventions (Penalty Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2005. This is in line with the strategy described in the Updated Transportation and Highways Capital Funding Strategy 2015/16 to 2020/21 Programme Definition Report, approved by Cabinet on 16 February 2016;
(vii) authorised the Acting City Solicitor to negotiate, executive, seal and complete all necessary documents to give effect to the above decisions.
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