Agenda and minutes

Budget Meeting, Eyres Monsell Community Meeting - Wednesday, 12 June 2013 10:00 am

Venue: KETTON ROOM - SECOND FLOOR, TOWN HALL, TOWN HALL SQUARE, LEICESTER

Items
No.	Item
1.	ELECTION OF CHAIR View the background to item 1. Councillors will elect a Chair for the meeting. Minutes: Councillor Palmer was elected Chair for the meeting.
2.	APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE View the background to item 2. Minutes: There were no apologies for absence.
3.	DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST View the background to item 3. The first main item on theagenda is Declarations of Interest where Councillors have to say if there is anything on the agenda they have a personal interest in. For example if a meeting was due to discuss a budget application put forward by a community group and one of the Councillors was a member of that group, they would not be able to take part in the decision on that budget application. Councillors are asked to declare any interest they may have in the business on the agenda, and/or indicate that Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 applies to them. Minutes: There were no declarations of interest.
4.	MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING PDF 112 KB View the background to item 4. The minutes of the previous Eyres Monsell Community Meeting, held on 6^th March 2013, have been previously circulated and Members are asked to confirm them as a correct record. Minutes: RESOLVED: That the minutes of the previous meeting held on 6^th March 2013 be confirmed as a correct record.
5.	GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR APPROVAL PDF 52 KB View the background to item 5. Councillors are reminded that they will need to declare any interest they may have in budget applications, and/or indicate that Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 applies to them. To consider the following applications for grants from the 2013/14 Eyres Monsell Ward Community Budget:- a) Goldhill Play – Youth Work sessions - £500 b) Eyres Monsell (Joint bid with Freemen) – The BIG Lunch - £250 – submitted by Saffron Community Health Alliance in partnership with: Linwood Lunch Club & Linwood Community Association c) Parks Services / Goldhill Adventure Playground – Security Bollards, Goldhill Adventure Playground - £690 d) Andy Perkins – Andy’s Community Kitchen, Feeding the Community - £500 e) Pink Lizard developing youth and community – Open access young ladies dance and sports sessions - £500 f) Smart Sports Solutions Limited – Eyres Monsell Summer Scheme 2013 - £1,550 g) Saffron Neighbourhood Management Board on behalf of the event steering group – Saffron Neighbourhood Christmas Celebration Event - £500 h) Steve Joseph – Steel Pans Workshops - £500 fast tracked awaiting payment i) Eyres Monsell Primary School Parent School Association – Eyres Monsell Primary School Annual School Fete - £2,000 A budget information sheet is attached to the agenda for information. Minutes: The Chair explained that the following funding applications had been received and considered by the Ward Councillors. Proposal: Youth Work Sessions Submitted by: Dee Dixon, Goldhill Play Amount requested: £500 (joint bid with Freemen Ward - £1,000 in total) RESOLVED: that the funding application be supported in full to the value of £500. Proposal: The Big Lunch Submitted by: Saffron Community Health Alliance in partnership with Linwood Lunch Club & Linwood Community Association Amount requested: £250 (joint bid with Freemen Ward) Members approved the application but requested information on whether the funding was still required. RESOLVED: that the funding application be approved in full pending further information - £250. Proposal: Goldhill Adventure Playground Security Bollards Submitted by: Parks Services / Goldhill Adventure Playground Amount requested: £690 Members deferred the application, and requested further information from Parks Services as to whether the bollards would be effective in improving security. RESOLVED: that the funding application be deferred pending further information. Proposal: Andy’s Community Kitchen – Feeding the Community Submitted by: Andy Perkins Amount requested: £500 Members were minded to support the application for the full amount, but requested further information on the status of the organisation and accounts information. RESOLVED: that the funding application be approved in full pending further information - £500. Proposal: Open access young ladies dance and sports sessions Submitted by: Pink Lizard – developing youth and community Amount requested: £500 RESOLVED: that the funding application be supported in full to the value of £500. Proposal: Eyres Monsell Summer Scheme Submitted by: Smart Sport Solutions Limited Amount requested: £1,550 Members asked for information on what funding schools received from Government. They were also aware Saffron Young People’s Project had been awarded £300,000 and asked if some of the money was being used at the Academy. Members were minded to fund half of the requested amount in the application pending further information received. RESOLVED: that the funding application be supported to the value of £775. Proposal: Saffron Neighbourhood Christmas Celebration Event Submitted by: Saffron Neighbourhood Management Board on behalf of the event steering group Amount requested: £500 RESOLVED: that the funding application be supported in full to the value of £500. Proposal: Eyres Monsell Primary School Annual School Fete Submitted by: Eyres Monsell Primary School Parent School Association Amount requested: £2,000 Members requested that the application be reviewed in 2014/15, and information be passed on to the applicant informing them they should undertake fundraising activities. RESOLVED: that the funding application be supported to the value of £1,500. Proposal: Christmas Dinner for the Coffee Morning Club Submitted by: Jean Dutfield, The Coffee Morning Amount requested: £200 RESOLVED: that the funding application be supported in full to the value of £200. Applications Approved under the Fast Track Process Proposal: Steel Pans Workshop Submitted by: Steve Joseph Amount requested: £595 RESOLVED: that the funding application be supported to the value of £500. The meeting heard that after the above applications had been supported, there was a balance of £13,725 in the Eyres Monsell ... view the full minutes text for item 5.
6.	CLOSE OF MEETING View the background to item 6. Minutes: The meeting closed at 10.45am.