Issue - meetings

As detailed in the recommendations.

The Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Environment introduced the report to outline proposed changes to the delivery of bus subsidy funding from 1 April 2013 and to highlight the implications of a budget cut in the available funding for bus subsidies.  The report also sought approval to revise management arrangements linked to the delivery of a new bus funding scheme via the Regional Transport Consortia and to change the Constitution of TAITH to allow the delivery of the new scheme in North Wales.

The Director of Environment spoke of the link between the report and the Transforming Transport item to be considered later on the agenda.  He explained that a review of the county’s subsidised bus services and related services would be undertaken this year and a report seeking to agree a policy would be brought to Cabinet in April 2013.  This would help to shape the review, which would be conducted afterwards.

RESOLVED:

(a)       That the new arrangements for the delivery of bus funding to be in place from 1 April 2013, following the approval of the bus funding report by the Minister for Local Government and Communities, be noted;

(b)       That the proposed additional wording set out in paragraph 3.06 of the report to be inserted into the TAITH Constitution to allow the delivery of the new scheme by the Consortium be approved; and

(c)        That further work to be progressed to identify new management arrangements for the delivery of the new scheme during the initial implementation and transitional period for Regional Transport Services Grant be noted.