Agenda item

Outer West Community Committee Finance Report

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)

Minutes:

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:

 

Project

Organisation/Dept

Amount requested

PHAB Club

Prince Philip Centre PHAB Club

£397.81

Leeds Walking Football Club

Leeds Walking Football Club

£500

Community Bingo

Swinnow Community Centre

£356.88

Calverley Carnival

Calverley Project 2000

£500

Bowling

Claremont Grove Community Centre

£426.15

The Great Pudsey Get Together

Pudsey Community Hub

£500

Total spend so far 2019/20:

£2680.84

 

Location of skip

Date

Total

amount

Calverley Allotments

11/04/2019

£128.91

Total spend so far 2019/20:

£128.91

 

 

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:

 

Wellbeing Fund Project

Applicant

Amount Requested (£)

Amount approved/declined/deferred (£)

Neighbourhood Improvement Budget

Community Committees Team

£5,067

£5,067

Community Family Sessions

Farnley Children’s Centre

£5,090

£5,090

Pudsey park weekend littering

Leeds City Council, Parks and Countryside

£1,150.20

£1,150.20

Game Changer Youth Group

LED Community Foundation

Calverley & Farsley - £9,083.95

- £9,083.95 SUBJECT TO FURTHER INFORMATION

Farnley & Wortley - - £9,083.95

- £9,083.95

Youth Summit

Community Committees Team

£1,500

£1,500

Type 2 Diabetes Peer Support Intervention

West Leeds Family Practice

£1,300

DEFERRED FOR INFORMATION

Planters at Pudsey marker

Leeds Kirkgate Market

£1786.58

£1786.58

Small Grant – two barrier troughs (Calverley and Farsley)

Parks and Countryside

£393.61

£393.61

Parking signs for all wards

 

£4,000

£4,000

 

 

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