Decision details

The Committee considered a report by the Parking Manager (circulated previously) regarding the signing of the Electric Car Charging Points collaboration agreement.

The Parking Manager highlighted the following:

·         Funding had been received by Devon County Council (DCC) from the European Regional Development fund on a match funding basis.

·         Approval to participate in the Devon County Council led project was granted by an urgent decision of the Executive on 6^th November 2018.

·         The sites previously identified for this project have been reviewed and the site now identified for the Electric Vehicle car charging points included: Cattle Market car park in Barnstaple, Wilder Road car park in Ilfracombe and the central car park in South Molton.

In response to questions, the Parking Manager advised the following:

·         There were other providers who supplied charging points at no cost to the local authority.

·         The deadline for signing the collaboration agreement for the Devon Low Carbon Energy and Transport Technology Innovator was November 2019.  If the Council wished to proceed the Committee was required to give authority at this meeting to sign up to the collaboration agreement as the procurement process would be commencing this week.  A meeting had been scheduled with Western Power this week to look at sites and a meeting had been arranged with suppliers in February 2020. 

·         If the Committee was of the view not to sign up to the collaboration agreement, then a procurement exercise would need to be commenced to look at alternative providers.

In response to questions, the Head of Resources advised the following:

·         The rental income for the three car parks from the provider would be £3,000 per annum and would be a four year payback on the Council’s match funding contribution.  The provider would pay the electricity charge.

·         The Council would continue to receive the car parking income.

·         The period of lease for each site was 10 years.