Agenda and decisions

To determine whether there are any additional items of business which by reason of special circumstances the Chair is of the opinion should be considered at the meeting; the reason(s) for such urgency to be stated.

To identify where resolutions may be moved to exclude the public and press.  (For items marked * the public and press may be excluded from the meeting.)

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on 10^th September 2024 be agreed as a true and accurate record.

RESOLVED That the Board considered:

1.1   The independent review letter, setting out the conclusions from the independent review of the bus reform assessment undertaken by PwC (Appendix A);

1.2   The independent review report prepared by PwC (exempt Appendix B).

1.3   The updated bus reform assessment (exempt Appendix C); and

That the Board approved:

1.4   Progression of the proposed bus franchising scheme to consultation in accordance with the provisions of sections 123E -123G Transport Act 2000.

1.5   Giving notice of the proposed bus franchising scheme, and to publish and make copies available for inspection of the proposed franchising scheme, consultation document, bus reform assessment and independent review report inaccordance with sections 123E(2)(d) and 123E(3) of the Transport Act 2000.

1.6   The delegation of all the tasks required to finalise the consultation document and other required material, ready for publication at consultation launch, to the Head of Paid Service, Section 73 Officer and Monitoring Officer.

RESOLVED that the Board considered and approved:

1.    Progression of City Centre Cycling / Cross City Bus to post Outline Business Case (OBC) in principle approval for up to £21.01m grant to Sheffield City Council, subject to the conditions set out in Assurance Summary A

2.    Progression of FourJaw Growth & Innovation Support to full approval and award of £0.28m grant to FourJaw Manufacturing Analytics Ltd, subject to the conditions set out in Assurance Summary B

3.    Progression of South Yorkshire Strategic Transport Model to full approval and an initial award of £2.92m grant to South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority as detailed in 2.3.

4.    Acceptance of £3,500 grant from Higher Education Progression Partnership South Yorkshire (HeppSY) for the development of a partnership Uni Connect project with Careers Hub for academic year 2024/25.

5.    Change request for Hybrid Air Vehicles project and,

6.    Delegate authority to the Head of Paid Service in consultation with the Section 73 and Monitoring Officer to enter into legal agreements for the points above.

RESOLVED That the Board note the decisions and delegations made.