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 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 2023/24.

The Locality Officer presented the report and highlighted the following points:

·  Paragraph 10 of the submitted report provided information o the Subsidy Control Act 2022.

·  The Committee was advised that there is currently a remaining balance of £32,503.33 in the Wellbeing Budget (including underspends not listed in Table 1). A full breakdown of the projects was listed in Table 1.

·  The Youth Activity Fund has a remaining balance of £8,242.54 (including underspends not listed in Table 2). A full breakdown of the projects was listed at Table 2

·  The Outer North West will have a proposed £7,000.00 (Otley and Yeadon Ward topped up their ward by a further £1000) in the Small Grants and Skips Budget. The allocation was broken down by ward and summarised in Table 3, it was noted that the table showed projects already approved for 2024/25).

·  The Committee has a capital budget of £43,191.80 available to spend. Members were asked to note the capital allocation broken down by ward and summarised in Table 4.

·  The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) has £356,841.68 currently available to spend. Members were asked to note the CIL allocation broken down by ward and summarised in Table 5.

·  Members were asked to consider and determine the applications set out at Paragraphs 31 to 35.

·  Since the last Community Committee on 4th December 2023 four projects have been considered and approved by DDN.

·  Since the last Community Committee on 4th December 2023 no projects have been declined.

·  Monitoring information for projects completed recently are currently being reviewed and will be provided for the next Community Committee meeting or emailed to Members directly on request.

Members discussions included:

·  Clarification on who owned the SID’s and the maintenance of them. A meeting was requested for further discussions on this and a formal agreement to be drawn up.

·  In relation to the Guiseley Clock, it was suggested that at the beginning of the municipal year it should be checked whether car park charges are being implemented. It was the view that the upkeep of the clock by the Community Committee should not be continued if car park charges were in place and that it should instead be funded from the charges.

It was noted that applications for next year would be forwarded to Members for consideration. The Committee were informed that there was to be a 15% cut in Community Committee funding.

Members suggested that any groups or organisation were advised that the Community Committee funding had been cut, and that 100% funding would not be available in the coming year, and that they be encouraged to match fund.

Members requested that clarification was provided in relation to CIL money.

RESOLVED – That:

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

b. Funding proposals for consideration and approval (paragraphs 31-35) be noted and that the outcomes of the determination be listed below.

c. Details of the projects approved via Delegated Decision (paragraph 21-22) be noted.

d. Monitoring information of its funded projects be noted.

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

f. Details of the Small Grants and Skips Budget (Table 3) be noted.

g. Details of the Capital Budget (Table 4) be noted.

h. Details of the Community Infrastructure Levy Budget (Table 5) be noted.

i. Details of the Subsidy Control Act 2022 & the implications of this act for the

committees, as funding bodies set out at paragraph 10 to be noted.