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Following consideration of the
officer report and discussion, the Executive agreed:
 

a.    
To Somerset Council continuing in the role of Host
Authority and Accountable Body for the Somerset Rivers
Authority. 
 

b.    
To review the revised 2024-25 Local Memorandum of
Understanding and Constitution set out in Appendix 1 and authorise
the Lead Member for Environment and Climate Change to sign this on
behalf of Somerset Council.
 

c.    
To review the proposed SRA Budget and SRA Enhanced
Programme for 2024-25, (Appendix 2 SRA Board 2024-25 Enhanced
Programme and Budget) in accordance with the recommendations to be
considered by the SRA Board at its meeting on 8 March
2024.
 

d.    
To the release of funding committed from all sources
in 2024-25 for the purposes of the SRA, subject to receipt of those
funds, in accordance with the budget for 2024-25 as set out in
Appendix 2 SRA Board Paper 2024-25 SRA Enhanced Programme and
Budget.
 

e.    
That Somerset Councillors that sit on the SRA Board
can approve the publication of the SRA’s new Strategy and
Flood Action Plan at the SRA Board meeting on 8 March
2024. 
 

f.     
That the detailed management of the 2024-25 SRA
Budget and Enhanced Programme within the control total allocated to
the SRA is undertaken in accordance with the constitutional,
financial regulations and decision-making arrangements of Somerset
Council as Accountable Body.  
 

g.    
The case (set out in ‘legal
implications’ for exempt information) for Appendix
3CONFIDENTIAL 2024-25 SRA Enhanced
Programme scheme descriptions WITH COSTS to
be treated in confidence, as the case for the public interest
in maintaining the
exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing that
information.