Agenda item

Outer West Community Committee - Finance Report

To receive and consider the attached report of the Head of Locality Partnerships that 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 2022/23.

 

Minutes:

The report of the Head of Locality Partnerships provided the 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 2022/23.

 

Members were informed of the following points:

·  Since the last Community Committee meeting on 7th November 2022, 1 project (Friday Night Youth Project) has been approved by DDN and 0 projects have been cancelled.

·  The Wellbeing Balance 2022/23 stands at £8,428.82.

·  The Youth Activities Fund (YAF) Balance 2022/23 stands at £13,992.01.

·  The remaining balance for the Small Grants & Skips 2022/23 stands at £1,448.58.

·  The Capital Budget 2022/23 Budget stands at £17,463.69 and a breakdown per ward was outlined as per Table 4.

 

Projects were discussed and agreed as follows:

Project Title

Wards

Amount Requested

Decision

Calverley in Bloom 2023

Calverley and Farsley

£6,777.97 (Wellbeing)

Deferred

Farsley in Bloom 2023

Calverley and Farsley

£3,141.08 (Wellbeing)

Deferred

New Farnley in Bloom 2023

Farnley and Wortley

£1,000 (Wellbeing)

Deferred

Pudsey in Bloom 2023

Pudsey

£5,306.34 (Wellbeing)

Deferred

Additional Area Resource at Tyersal Park and New Farnley Park

Pudsey & Farnley and Wortley

£15,570 (Wellbeing)

Deferred

Pudsey Park weekend littering

Pudsey

£1,218.70 (Wellbeing)

Deferred

Adult Band Project

Pudsey

£2,950 (Wellbeing)

Deferred

Pudsey Carnival Committee

All

£2,600 (Wellbeing)

Deferred

Get into the community to rock up to do a mock up

Pudsey

£12,000 (YAF)

Deferred

Mini Summer Sports Programme 2023

All

£720 (YAF)

Deferred

Farnley Football Project

Farnley

£1,000 (YAF)

Deferred

Farnley Youth Project

Farnley

£2,500 (YAF)

Deferred

Outer West Easter Holiday Activity Days

All

£2,592 (YAF)

Approved

Farsley and Calverley transition group

Calverley and Farsley

£1,530 (YAF)

Deferred

Summer Holiday Targeted Provision – Outer West

All

£1,500 (YAF)

Deferred

Pudsey Youth Café

Pudsey

£4,120 (YAF)

Deferred

West Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra – Spring Concert at The Old Woollen

Farsley

£489.75 (Small Grant)

Deferred for further information

Badminton

Pudsey

£277 (Small Grant)

Approved £138.50 (half of the amount)

Self-defence for women to build confidence and self-esteem

Pudsey

£440 (Small Grant)

Approved £220 (half of the amount)

Environmental Improvements at Owlcotes Road

Pudsey & Calverley and Farsley

£6,080.40 (Capital)

Deferred for further information and a site visit

Farnley Falcons Clubhouse Build

Farnley and Wortley

£20,490.00 (CIL)

Approved

Replacing New Wortley Rec safety surface

Farnley and Wortley

£27,200.80 (CIL)

Approved

 

Members discussed the following matters:

·  Members requested that a number of applications be considered as part of a special / additional meeting of the Outer West Community Committee, following the next meeting of Council, to determine funding.

·  A number of the applications may benefit from Leeds 2023 funding, in particular, the West Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra – Spring Concert at The Old Woollen.

·  It was requested that the project for Environmental Improvements at Owlcotes Road will benefit from a site visit from all Outer West Community Committee members and requested that further information is received regarding maintenance and HAP funding.

·  It was acknowledged that alternative funding streams to CIL monies need to be considered regarding playground repairs. in addition to this, it was confirmed that a new Friends of New Wortley Rec group has been constituted.

 

RESOLVED – To:

a)  Note details of the Wellbeing Budget position (Table 1 of the submitted report)

b)  Consider and approve the projects as set out in the table above

c)  Note details of the YAF position (Table 2)

d)  Note details of the Small Grants & Skips Budget (Table 3)

e)  Note details of the Capital Budget (Table 4)

f)  Note details of the CIL Budget (Table 5)

 

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