Agenda and draft minutes

To consider any appeals in accordance with Procedure Rule 15.2 of the Access to Information Procedure Rules (in the event of an Appeal the

press and public will be excluded). (*In accordance with Procedure Rule 15.2, written notice of an appeal must be received by the Head of Governance Services at least 24 hours before the meeting)

There were no appeals against the refusal of inspection of documents.

1  To highlight reports or appendices which officers have identified as containing exempt information, and where officers consider that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, for the reasons outlined in the report.

2   To consider whether or not to accept the officers recommendation in respect of the above information.

3   If so, to formally pass the following resolution:-

RESOLVED – That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following parts of the agenda designated as containing exempt information on the grounds that it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the press and public were present there would be disclosure to them of

exempt information, as follows:-

There were no exempt items.

To identify items which have been admitted to the agenda by the Chair for consideration (The special circumstances shall be specified in the minutes)

There were no late items.

To disclose or draw attention to any interests in accordance with Leeds City Council’s ‘Councillor Code of Conduct’.

Cllr Downes declared an interest in respect of Agenda Item 8 – Finance Report as he is a member of the Yeadon Town Hall CIC and there was an application from them in relation to refurbishment of the stone steps at the front of the Town Hall. 

To receive any apologies for absence.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Leighton and Lay.

To receive the minutes of the previous meeting held on 30^th September 2024, for approval as a correct record.

RESOLVED – That the minutes of the previous meeting held on 30^th September 2024, be approved as a correct record.

In accordance with Paragraphs 4.16 and 4.17 of the Community Committee Procedure Rules, at the discretion of the Chair a period of up to 10 minutes may be allocated at each ordinary meeting for members of the public to make representations or to ask questions on matters within the terms of reference of the Community Committee. This period of time may be extended at the discretion of the Chair. No member of the public shall speak for more than three minutes in the Open Forum, except by permission of the Chair.

On this occasion no members of the public present wished to speak at the Open Forum.

This report 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 2024/25.

Cllr Campbell arrived at 13:10 at the start of this item.

Cllr Edwards arrived at 13:25 part way through this item

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, and the Community Infrastructure Levy Budget for 2024/25.

The report was presented to the Community Committee highlighting the following points:

·  The Community Committee currently has a remaining balance of £52,078.09 in Wellbeing Fund. Projects were listed in Table 1 of the submitted report

·  At Paragraph 20 of the submitted report a list was provided of the projects which have been approved since the last Outer North West Community Committee meeting held on 30^th September 2024, via Delegated Decision Notice (DDN).

·  It was noted that no projects had been declined since the last meeting held on 30^th September 2024.

·  The current remaining balance for the Youth Activity Fund is £22,707.56 with projects listed at Table 2 of the report.

·  It was noted that the Community Committee had approved a starting balance of £6,500.00 for the Small and Grants and Skips Budget 2024/25, this had since been topped up to £7,500.00. Table 3 provided a breakdown of the projects and skips funded, and a breakdown of allocations per ward.

·  The Committee has a remaining balance of £33,191.80 in the Capital Budget. Allocations per ward were summarised in Table 4.

·  Members were asked to note that the Community Infrastructure Levy Budget has a remaining balance of £296,274.32. This was detailed in Table 5.

·  Members were asked to consider applications from 2024/25 Wellbeing, YAF, Capital or CIL budgets, projects listed at Paragraphs 30,31 and 32.

·  Members had a long discussion in relation to the Arthington SID application which included representation in support of the application from two of the Arthington Parish Councillors. The discussions included the following:

o  This application had been ongoing since 2022. The SID is to be positioned near to the pre-school, as traffic needs to stop to enter the school[village hall car park]. It was noted that there are a lot of houses near, and the uses of the road need to be reminded that the speed limit is 30mph.

o  The Committee were informed that the village already has 1 SID which is run off a solar panel as the village has no electric streetlights. It was noted that there is also no pavement on one side of the road.

o  The Parish Council had not requested a speed camera only a SID. The Parish Council will own it, the current SID has been found to be low maintenance and has been operational for 5 years.

o  It was clarified for the Committee that the Pool-in Wharfedale and Bramhope Parish Councils had bought their own SID’s.

o  The Police have identified a location for a speed camera, which would be the grounds of the village hall. However, they were still in the process of assessing the need for  ...  view the full minutes text for item 32.

The report of the Head of Locality Partnerships brings to members’ attention an update of the work which the Communities Team is engaged in, based on priorities identified by the Community Committee. It also provides opportunities for further questioning, or to request a more detailed report on a particular issue.

The report of the Head of Locality Partnerships provided an update of the work which the Communities Team has been engaged in, based on priorities identified by the Community Committee.

The Community Committee Champions provided the following update on the work of the sub groups:

Children and Families

·  The date for the next sub group meeting may change as only a few members were available for the proposed date. The next meeting will focus on the preparations for the next Youth Summit as a date has been agreed and on knife danger.

Community Safety and Environment

·  The next meeting is set up. Yorkshire Water had provided a briefing which some Members had attended. It was noted that Cllr Thomson had links in relation to the briefing that she could provide to Committee Members.

·  Cllr Edwards had attended an event held by the West Yorkshire Mayor. It was noted that the event had provided useful information on issues of bikes.

Transport

·  Cllr Jones is pursuing West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) in relation to the issues of the bus services in the area. He has written to the West Yorkshire Mayor on concerns over First Bus reducing services particularly the X84 service.

·  Cllr Thomson suggested that she draft a letter on behalf of the Committee to the MP regarding the issues faced by the Outer North West area for bus services.  Committee Members suggested a proper Passenger Charter was required. Members also suggested that the communities needed to be encouraged to use the services and give support for the franchise of the bus service.

Health, Wellbeing and Adult Social Care

·  A meeting had been held and well attended on 14^th November. Issues discussed were in relation to the take up of flu and covid vaccines and winter preparedness. It was noted that there were slides of the presentation which could be shared with Members.

Employment and Skills

·  It was noted that a sub group meeting was due to take place and in the absence of Cllr Lay, Members were requested to email the Locality Officer with any items for discussion.

RESOLVED – To note the content of the report and the discussions.

The Chair showed a framed certificate from the Air Ambulance Service in appreciation of the Community Committees funding for the Air Ambulance Commemorative Garden. It was suggested that this could be shown and moved to different locations.

To note the next meeting will be on Monday 10^th March 2025, at 1pm.

RESOLVED – To note the next meeting of the Outer North West Community Committee will be held on 10^th March 2025, at 1pm. The venue to be confirmed nearer the time.

The meeting concluded at 14:10