Issue - meetings

To recommend allocation of grants for 2016/17.

Members received a report which proposed grant allocations through the Parish and Community Initiative Fund 2016/17. It was noted that over £1million had now been allocated under the scheme since it commenced and that the fund had been increased by the Council for this year.

It was reported that eight schemes would be rejected under the current criteria, but that if the criteria was amended, as recommended, for this year only, five of these would be supported, which would make the best use of the funding available. Members expressed concern about amending the criteria to fund schemes such as fencing and car park improvements, but supported the amendment for this year only.

RESOLVED –

(i)            The funding allocations recommended in the report be endorsed and recommended for approval by the Strategic Leadership Board;

(ii)           SLB be recommended to amend the scheme conditions for this year only to allow a further five schemes to be supported;

(iii)          The carry forward request of £2,263 as detailed in the report, allowing the previous years’ schemes to be completed, be endorsed.