Decision details

Changing Role of the Regional Flood and Coastal Committee

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Decisions:

The Director of Technical Services/Strategic Change Programme reported that the Flood & Water Management Act 2010 extended the role of the Regional Flood Defence Committee (RFDC) to include governance over all flood and coastal erosion risk and in doing so it renamed it the Regional Flood and Coastal Committee (RFCC). 

 

The Cabinet noted that the RFCC had a key role in co-ordinating the delivery of flood risk management activities across the northwest.  In the future it was intended that RFCC would receive levy money from all Councils which would be available to spend on flood risk from all sources (main river, tide, ordinary water courses, surface water and ground water) as well as coastal erosion; ie it would be available to the Environment Agency and Lead Local Flood Authorities.

 

The report detailed proposals in relation to the development of the role of the RFCC.

 

RESOLVED:  That

 

(1)  Cabinet confirms its support for the changes to RFCC and approves the Terms of Reference for the Merseyside Flood and Coastal Risk Partnership set out Appendix 2 to this report;

 

(2)  the appointment of the Cabinet Member for Streetscene and Transport Services and the Chair of the Sustainable Communities O&S Committee as the representatives of Wirral Council (the Lead Local Flood Authority) to the Merseyside Flood and Coastal Risk Partnership be approved and the Partnership continue to be supported by the Council’s Health, Safety & Resilience Section; and

 

(3)  the Cabinet Member for Streetscene and Transport Services be delegated the power to make minor amendments to the Terms of Reference of the Merseyside Flood and Coastal Risk Partnership (set out at Appendix 2 to the report) as are considered appropriate to ensure the effective operation of the Partnership.

Publication date: 19/10/2011

Date of decision: 13/10/2011

Decided at meeting: 13/10/2011 - Cabinet

Effective from: 27/10/2011

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