Agenda item

The report of Head of Stronger Communities 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 2020/21.

(Report attached)

The report of the Head of Stronger Communities 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 2020/21.

The Community Committee were informed of the following points:

·  Paragraph 16 – set out those projects that had been passed by DDN since the last meeting on 9^th November 2020;

·  Paragraph 18 – set out the Wellbeing Fund 2020-21, it was noted that that so far, a total of £106,303.04 had been allocated to Wellbeing ring-fences and projects. There is currently a remaining balance of £23,025.02 in the Wellbeing Fund. A full breakdown of the wellbeing projects was listed in Table 1. Members were advised that no Wellbeing projects had been declined and there were no projects to consider;

·  A total of £36,779.50 has been allocated to projects from the Youth Activity Fund, which were listed in Table 2. The Community Committee has a remaining balance of £6,283.94 in the Youth Activity Fund;

·  Members were advised that the following Youth Activity Fund projects would close down, with money returning to the fund:

o  Andy’s Youth Project;

o  Farnley Youth Service;

o  Youth Drama Workshops;

o  A Christmas Carol Playhouse Trips;

o  Pudsey Youth Café;

o  Outer West Activity Programme;

o  Friday Night Project;

o  Woodhall Scouts;

o  Youth Summit;

·  Money Buddies projects are to be closed and funding will be put back into the Wellbeing Fund.

·  Moravian project is ongoing and it is hoped that the project will be completed by July;

·  It was noted that 20 Years of Dazl project is running till March, although there may be an underspend;

·  Friends of Farsley Rehoboth Burial Ground provided monitoring information on their project for the completion of re-landscaping of a section of land within the Farsley Rehoboth Burial Ground, developing a memorial garden for the benefit of the attending public;

·  Members were advised of the following two small grant applications for the Pudsey ward:

o  £150 to purchase 200 sandbags to assist in the mitigation of flooding in Troydale;

o  £130 to purchase 3 time capsules to capture the events experienced in the past twelve months. Other Ward Members were of the view that this was a good idea and may consider purchasing some for their wards;

·  Paragraph 35 listed no change in the Capital Budget with Table 5 showing the capital projects which had been completed;

·  Table 6 showed the balances for Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and Table 7 showed the CIL projects which had been completed. Members noted that the CCTV at Claremont Grove was still to be completed and Highways had confirmed April as the completion date for Calverley & Farsley SIDs and Connections;

·  Table 8 set out the balances for Covid 19 Discretionary Fund for each ward with a  remaining balance of £8,200.00;

·  Table 9 set out the balance statements for the New Central Government Ward Based Covid Fund with a note that this funding should be spent before the end of this financial year.

Members requested that all allotments in the outer west area be contacted to see if they required a skip before the end of the financial year.

Cllr Seary provided an update on the project, Computers for Kids. Cllr Carter informed the Committee that the Calverley and Farsley Ward had set aside £2,000 for the Computer Project as needed.

Cllr Andrew Carter requested that the Localities Officer confirm costs for 2 ‘natter benches’ to be placed in Farsley Westroyd Park, and Calverley Park, 1 of which would be part funded. Localities Officer to confirm costs back to the Councillors. It was suggested that these benches be funded from Calverley & Farsley Covid funds.

RESOLVED – To note:

a. Details of the Wellbeing Budget position (Table 1)

b. Wellbeing proposals for consideration and approval (Paragraph 23)

c. Details of the Youth Activities Fund (YAF) position (Table 2)

d. YAF proposals for consideration and approval (Paragraph 27)

e. Details of the Small Grants & Skips Budget (Table 3)

f. Details of the Capital Budget (Table 4)

g. Details of the Community Infrastructure Levy Budget (Table 6)

h. Details of the Covid-19 Discretionary Fund Budget (Table 8)

i. Details of the Central Government Ward Based Covid-19 Fund Budget (Table 9)

The Community Committee also approved the following applications

a) £150 to purchase 200 sandbags to assist in the mitigation of flooding in Troydale; (Pudsey Ward)

b) £130 to purchase 3 time capsules to capture the events experienced in the past twelve months; (Pudsey Ward)

c) £2,000 to set this amount aside for the Computer Project from the Calverley & Farsley Covid Budget for when needed ; (Calverley and Farsley Ward)

Members also approved that contact be made with all the allotments in Outer West area to ask if they required a skip.