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 Fund, 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.

The Locality Officer provided the following information:

·  The Wellbeing Fund currently has a remaining balance of £18,197.45 A full breakdown of the projects was listed in Table 1 of the submitted report.

·  The Community Committee were asked for consideration and approval of the following projects:

·  It was noted that the specification on the Micklefield Park Cycle pump track has now changed to include more signage and curves, meaning that the price has increased to £33,872.86 instead of £27,716.61 which was approved earlier in the year by ward members.

·  It was noted that Parks and Countryside had submitted a revised quote for the work due to the time frame which had elapsed since the first quote in order for them to proceed with the works.

·  Members were advised that since the last Community Committee on 14th November 2022 the following projects have been considered and approved by DDN:

o  Refurbishment of the toilet facilities- Otley and Yeadon Wellbeing- £6,000

o  Local Centres Programme- Guiseley and Rawdon CIL- £28,500

·  So far, a total of £23,410.40 has been allocated to projects for the Youth Activity Fund, as listed in Table 2 of the report. There is a remaining balance of £31,041.84 in the Youth Activity Fund.

·  The Small Grants and Skips budget had a remaining balance of £3,054.73, a list of the projects allocated were summarised in Table 3 of the report.

·  The Outer North West Community Committee has a capital budget of £46,109 available to spend, as a result of new capital injections. Members were asked to note the capital allocations broken down by ward and summarised in Table 4.

·  The Community Committee noted there is £252,022.97 in the Community Infrastructure Levy Budget, with a total payable to the Outer North West Community Committee of £123,113.36 currently available to spend. The breakdown per ward was detailed in Table 5.

Member’s discussions included:

·  Page 24 – Balance of Wellbeing Budget to be checked and Member’s to be advised of correct balance.

·  Recognition that due to inflation costs of construction quotes had been revised with increased prices. However, Members were disappointed that the process had taken so long due to there being no decent map of the track provided with the initial application, which had meant that the project had been delayed. Members said that this project needed to be done quickly.

·  Members had noted concerns raised at the Housing Advisory Panel in relation to increased prices for work to be undertaken and that it had been commented on that it would be cheaper to source the work locally. However, Members acknowledged that all work undertaken by the Council had to be through an approved contractor. They suggested that there may need to be a change in current processes.

·  In relation to the Kirk Lane Park Bowling Pavilion Toilet, Members were disappointed in the costs quoted, particularly for the flooring. Members acknowledged that Parks and Countryside do have a lot of work which often gets backlogged and therefore projects deemed as low priority often are held up and this leads to increased prices.

·  It was noted that the final invoice for the Guiseley Christmas Lights would not include any lights which were not put up.

RESOLVED – To:

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

b. Consider and approve the wellbeing projects (paragraphs 20-33) with the following outcomes:

c. Note details of the projects approved via Delegated Decision (paragraph 33)

d. Note monitoring information of its funded projects (paragraph 34)

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)