Agenda item

The report of the 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)

It was noted that Cllr Taylor had been viewing the Community Committee Facebook page and requested that the page was updated to reflect the current Committee membership.

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.

Members were informed of the following points:

·  Wellbeing Fund had a remaining balance of  £41,860.38 A full breakdown of the projects was listed in Table 1

·  Members were asked to consider the following applications which were set out at Paragraphs 20, 21, and 22 of the submitted report:

o  Site Based Gardener - Parks and Countryside had requested £13,941.50. It was proposed that this amount would be split between Horsforth £6,120 and Guiseley & Rawdon £7,825

o  Wilderness on Your Doorstep - Parks and Countryside had requested £7,350

o  Sensory Garden -  AVSED had requested £3,960

·  1 application had been considered and approved by Delegated Decision in relation to Boules in Horsforth Hall Park £2,128.50 from the Youth Activities budget;

·  No applications had been declined;

·  There is a remaining balance of £12,870.28 in the Youth Activity Fund and Table 2 provided a breakdown of Youth Activity Fund projects;

·  In the Small Grants and skips budget there is currently a remaining balance of £6,831.22.  Details of the skips and small grants projects were provided in Table 3; 

·  A Capital Budget of £48,773 is available to spend, as a result of new capital injections. Members are asked to note the capital allocation broken down by ward and summarised in Table 4;

·  Table 6 provided a breakdown by ward of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding;

·  Table 8 provided an up-to-date balance statement on the Outer North West Covid-19 Discretionary Funds.

·  Table 9 provided the Community Committee with an up-to-date balance statement on the New Central Government Ward Based Covid Funds this had been revised and was available as supplementary information. It was noted that any money left in this fund would be returned to Central Government at the end of the financial year.

Members’ discussions included:

·  Consideration of the three applications. Members requested more information from Parks and Countryside in relation to costs relating to maintenance costs of the Boule Pitch and also in relation to the Wilderness Doorstep;

·  Spend in relation to the Covid 19 Discretionary Fund and the Covid 19 Fund provided by Central Government. Members requested further advice on the use of both these funds.

RECOMMEDED – To note:

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

b. Wellbeing proposals for consideration and approval (paragraphs 20-22)

c. Details of the projects approved via Delegated Decision (paragraph 24)

d. Monitoring information of its funded projects

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

f.  Details of the Small Grants and skips Budget (Table 3)

g. Details of the Capital Budget (Table 4)

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

i.  Details of the Outer North West Covid-19 Discretionary Funds (Table 8).

j.  Details of the New Central Government Ward Based Covid Funds (Table 9)

Members recommended the following on the 3 applications: