Issue - meetings

Arising from a report of the Chief Executive and Director of Growth, the Community Policy Development Group will make a recommendation to Cabinet at its meeting on 28 March 2017 (recommendation to follow).

Arising from a * report of the Chief Executive and Director of Growth, the Community Policy Development Group had recommended that:

a)    The recommended three-year funding levels set out in paragraph 2.3 of the report be approved with an additional £3k per annum for Citizens Advice;

b)    An allocation of £2k in year 1 and £1k in year 2 be made to the Tiverton Market Drop in Centre which had been unsuccessful in its application to the new Service Level Agreement grant programme, as a transitional arrangement.

c)    The recommended level of grants to other external organisations set out in paragraph 3.0 be approved.

d)    Any remaining funding be held in reserve in case any of those agencies awarded payments encountered problems and required additional support.  These payments would be agreed by Cabinet Member decision.

The Cabinet Member for Community Well-Being outlined the contents of the report explaining the new approach to grant funding and the process that had taken place which he felt was very open and transparent with service level agreements allocations now in place.

Consideration was given to:

·         The two stage grant application process

·         The increase of funding proposed for the Citizens Advice

·         How Service Level Agreements would direct how the funding should be spent

RESOLVED that the recommendations of the Policy Development Group be approved.

(Proposed by Cllr C R Slade and seconded by Cllr K I Busch)

Notes:

i)   Cllr R L Stanley requested that his vote against the decision be recorded;

ii)  * Report previously circulated, copy attached to minutes.