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(1)     That approval be
given to authorise acceptance of a maximum of £5.5m grant
funding, from the Government’s Department for Energy Security
& Net Zero (DESNZ) to fund proposed energy-efficiency
improvements to council-owned dwellings in Sandwell.
 

(2)     That the Director
of Law and Governance and Monitoring Officer be authorised to enter
into a grant funding agreement with DESNZ, subject to a
satisfactory financial appraisal being completed by the Strategic
Finance.
 

(3)     That subject to
(1) and (2) above, the Director of Finance be authorised to
allocate the sum in the order of £16m from the Housing
Revenue Account (HRA), to both match-fund and supplement proposed
energy-efficiency improvements to council-owned dwellings in
Sandwell.
 

(4)     That the Director
of Housing be authorised to instruct the Council’s External
Improvement Programme construction partners once appointed
(currently being procured), to deliver associated energy
improvement works in accordance with the contractual
arrangements.
 

(5)     That the Director
of Housing be authorised to instruct agencies procured via the West
Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) to carry out specialist duties,
on behalf of Sandwell MBC, in relation to the Social Housing
Decarbonisation Fund.