Agenda item

The report of the Area Leader 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 2019/20.

(Report attached)

The report of the Area Leader updated the Committees on the budget position for the Wellbeing Fund and the Youth Activity Fund 2019/20 and the current position of the small grants and skips pots.

The Committee were advised on the minimum conditions for taking of delegated decisions outside of the Community Committees which were set out at point 14 of the submitted report.

Members’ attention was drawn to the following:

·  There is a remaining balance of £42,517 still available for allocation for Wellbeing Revenue in the 2019/20 budget

·  Projects considered and approved by delegated decision:

o  Sports Group, Swinnow Community Centre - £2,350

o  Positive Futures, LED Community Foundation - £4,210

o  Money Buddies, Leeds Money Buddies - £4,123.26

o  Andy’s Youth Project, Youth Services - £2,400

·  0 projects had been declined since the last Community Committee

·  There is a remaining balance of £754 in the Youth Activity Fund

·  Capital budget currently available is £37,600

·  Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) – there is still £179,073 available to spend with a breakdown as follows:

Calverley & Farsley – £34,787

Pudsey – £134,006

Farnley & Wortley - £10,280

·  There is still £2,190 available for allocation for Small Grants and Skips Budget 2019/20;

·  Table 3 and 4 of the report set out applications that had been received and approved since the last meeting for:

Members were also asked to consider two Wellbeing Applications and a Small Grant as set out in the supplementary information pack for:

·  Type 2 Diabetes Peer Support Intervention

·  Planters at Pudsey Market

·  Small Grant – two barrier troughs with brackets

In addition, Councillor Carlill raised concerns in relation to parking issues in the locality, and requested the Committee consider buying a selection of signs for the Community Committee to take to different schools. During discussion Members agreed with the idea and suggested that 6 parking signs per ward would be satisfactory. Members agreed that £4,000 would be set aside to fund a set of 6 signs per ward.

RESOLVED – To:

a)  Noted the current budget position for the revenue Wellbeing Fund for 2019/20, and note consider applications that have been approved / received since the last meeting – Table 1

b)  Note the current budget position for the Youth Activities Fund for 2019/20 and note or consider applications that have been approved / received since the last meeting – Table 2

c)  Note the monitoring information of its funded projects

d)  Note the current budget position for the small grants – Table 3

e)  Note the current budget position for community skips – Table 4

f)  Note the current budget position for the capital budget for 2019/20

g)  Note the current budget position for the CIL budget and note or consider applications that have been approved since the last meeting – Table 5

h)  Consider the minimum conditions as set out in paragraph 14 of the submitted report

i)  Members also approved the following projects for 2019/20 as follows: