Agenda item

The report of the Head of Locality Partnerships 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 2023/24.

The report of the Head of Locality Partnerships updated the Inner West Community Committee on the budget position for the Wellbeing Fund, Youth Activity Fund, Capital Budget and the Community Infrastructure Levy Budget (CIL) for 2023/24.

The Locality Officer presented the report and provided the following information:

·  The Wellbeing Fund currently has a remaining balance of £19,621.07. Table 1 of the submitted report showed a full breakdown of projects.

·  Members were asked to consider a project for a Speed Indication Device on Raynville Road, Bramley, submitted by LCC Highways for £3,500.00 from the Capital Budget.

·  Since the last meeting on 5^th September 2023 the following projects had been considered and approved:

o  Wellington Gardens Burglary – WYP - £1,100.00

o  Armley Basketball Project – WNW Youth Service - £875.00

o  Ministry of Boxing at Armley Leisure Centre – Armley Leisure Centre - £1,310.00

o  Kepstorn Close Parking Bays – LCC Highways - £25,984.80

o  Bramley Festive Light Switch on – LCC Breeze - £3,700.00

o  Armley Festive Lights Switch on – LCC Breeze - £6,468.12

·  It was noted that no projects had been declined.

·  Monitoring information was provided at Paragraph 24 of the submitted report.

·  The remaining balance of the Youth Activity Fund is currently £18,019.87. Table 2 of the submitted report provided a breakdown of projects supported.

·  Table 3 presented a breakdown of Small Grants and Table 4 showed the skips provided to date.

·  The Capital Budget currently has £9,858.84 available to spend. Table 5 summarised the capital allocation.

·  The Community Infrastructure Levy budget has £69,498.13 available to spend. Table 6 showed the projects funded to date.

Members discussions included:

·  Cllr Ritchie explained that the old tennis courts at Stanningley Park needed resurfacing. He said that the courts had not been used for tennis for a few years, and the area was currently used as a Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA), but the surface was now degrading. Cllr Ritchie informed the Members that £5,000 had been secured through S106 money, the area had recently received a Capital boost of £13,000. However, he was requesting that Members support an application from Bramley and Stanningley to use £36,000 of the CIL Budget towards this project.

·  Cllr McKenna also requested Members support for an application to use £1,000 of the CIL Budget to replace a wall at New Wortley Cemetery which had been demolished by a lorry.

·  Members requested information on an outdoor summer cinema which the Committee had helped fund. The Locality Officer is to make enquiries about this and report back.

·  Cllr Parnham at this point in the meeting declared a non-pecuniary interest as a member of the Armley Common Rights Trust. He informed the Committee that the Trust required a new ride on mower as the one they were using was no longer working properly and had already had a number of repairs. He advised the Committee that the cost for a new ride on mower would be £4,500. The Armley Ward Councillors requested an email setting out the proposal for consideration.

RESOLVED – To note:

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

b. Wellbeing proposals for consideration and approval (paragraph 21)

·  Raynville Road SID requested by LCC Highways for £3,500 from Capital was approved.

c. Details of the projects approved via Delegated Decision (paragraph 23)

d. Monitoring information of its funded projects (paragraph 27)

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

f. Details of the Small Grants & Skips Budget (Tables 3 & 4)

g. Details of the Capital Budget (Table 5)

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