Councillor Bill Brown, Councillor Neill Graham, Councillor John Hood, Councillor Lisa-Marie Hughes, Councillor Cathy McEwan, Councillor Eileen McCartin, Councillor Marie McGurk, Councillor Iain Nicolson and Councillor John Shaw.


Chair
Councillor Iain Nicolson, Chair, presided.

L McIntyre, Head of Policy & Commissioning, A Morrison, Head of Economy and Development, P Moss, Strategy, Policy and Insight Manager, B Lambert, Corporate Procurement Manager and G Crawford, Senior Communications Officer (all Chief Executive’s);  G Hutton, Head of Operations & Infrastructure and L Rennie, Operations Manager (both Environment and Infrastructure); Mary Crearie, Director of Communities and Housing,  F Carlin, Head of Housing, and L Feely, Housing Asset & Investment Manager (all Communities and Housing Services);  J Lynch, Head of Property Services, C Thorpe, Corporate Asset/Energy Manager, G Dickie, Partnering & Commissioning Manager, D Pole, End User Technician, P Shiach,  Committee Services Officer and K O’Neill, Assistant Democratic Services Officer (all Finance & Resources). 

Prior to the commencement of the meeting the Convener intimated that this meeting of the Board would be recorded and that the recording would be available to watch on the Council's website.

There were no declarations of interest intimated prior to the commencement of the meeting.

There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive regarding £0.698m funding allocated to support the Council in progressing its response to the climate emergency through a Climate Change Action Fund which would be submitted to the Leadership Board being held on 24 February 2021.

A number of funding proposals, detailed in Appendix 1 of the report, had been developed which could be supported through the fund.  These proposals would assist the Council in working innovatively to reduce and offset carbon emissions in Renfrewshire, change behaviours and support engagement with local people, businesses and communities, in addition to accelerating existing programmes of change around for example a “green” fleet. A critical focus would be undertaking feasibility studies within specific services and analysis of measures and opportunities, which would ensure the Council was well positioned to secure external investment to support the implementation of initiatives at scale. 
 
DECIDED:  That the funding proposals detailed at Appendix 1 of the report, with £0.698m to be allocated from the Climate Change Action Fund to support those initiatives outlined, be noted and submitted to the Leadership Board being held on 24 February 2021.