Agenda item

To consider the report of the Head of Locality Partnerships which provides the Community Committee with an update on the budget position for the Wellbeing Fund, Youth Activity Fun, Capital Budget, as well as the Community Infrastructure Levy Budget for 2022/23

The report of the Head of Locality Partnerships provided the Community Committee with an update on the budget position for the Wellbeing Fund, Youth Activity Fund, Capital Budget, as well as the Community Infrastructure Levy Budget for 2022/23.

Members were provided with the following information:

·  The remaining balance of the Wellbeing Budget is £17,290.31 with a breakdown of projects listed at Table 1 of the report

·  Members were requested to consider the following applications:

·  Members noted that since the last meeting on 30^th January 2023 no projects had been considered or approved by DDN and no projects had been declined.

·  It was noted that monitoring information would be provided at the next meeting.

·  Members were advised that the remaining balance of the Youth Activity Fund was currently £31,041.84. A total of £23,410.40 has been allocated to projects and these were listed in Table 2 of the report.

·  The Small Grants and Skips Budget has a remaining balance of £1,391.73. Table 3 provided the breakdown of allocations from the Small Grants and Skips Budget.

·  The Outer North West currently has a Capital Budget of £46,109 available to spend. Table 4 provided Members with a breakdown of projects and allocations per ward.

·  Members noted that the Community Infrastructure Levy Budget had a remaining balance of £115,082.83 with Table 5 providing a detailed summary of allocations per ward.

Members discussions included:

·  Table 1 - Ward Members queried the amount for the Guiseley Christmas Lights as not everything had been provided in the original application.

·  Wellbeing and Capital Projects:

o  Members requested Locality Officers to check if project outlined at Paragraph 22 Yeadon and Rawdon Neighbourhood Watch Newsletter, Photocopier could be funded through Capital budget rather than Wellbeing Fund.

o  Ward Members requested Project listed at Paragraph 23 Springfield Park, Boardwalk be funded by CIL instead of Wellbeing Fund.

o  Horsforth and Guiseley and Rawdon Ward Members asked Locality Officers to look into applications for Summer Bands in Leeds Parks 2023 for parks in their wards.

·  It was noted that the application considered and approved by delegated decision for the Menston Cricket Club did fall within the Leeds Boundary.

·  Wharfemeadows Bowling Club – Members were advised that this application was currently with Legal Services. Locality Officers said that they would follow up on this issue to have it resolved as soon as possible so it could be granted. Members noted that the Localities Team had been in contact with Mr Harper with regards to this application.

·  Table 5 – It was acknowledged that Yeadon Bowling Club, Disabled Toilet £4,374.28 had been withdrawn and should not have been included on Table 5.

·  Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) – Members were informed that the CIL budget was due an injection into the fund. It was noted that under current national government guidance on spending CIL was 5 years. Members requested a check on spending within the CIL budget and requested information on how much CIL money is provided to the Parish and Town Councils within the Outer North West area.

·  Monitoring Information – Members requested an update on monitoring information of projects funded through the Community Committee.

RESOLVED – To

a. Note details of the Wellbeing Budget position (Table 1)

b. Consider funding proposals for approval (paragraphs 20-24) with outcomes provided below:

c. Note details of the projects approved via Delegated Decision (paragraph 25)

d. Note monitoring information of its funded projects

e. Note details of the Youth Activities Fund (YAF) position (Table 2)

f.  Note details of the Small Grants and Skips Budget (Table 3)

g. Note details of the Capital Budget (Table 4)

h. Note details of the Community Infrastructure Levy Budget (Table 5)