Agenda

Beaumont Leys Community Meeting - Wednesday, 7 March 2012 6:00 pm, CANCELLED

Contact: Matthew Reeves / Steve Letten 

Items
No. Item

 

6:00pm – 6:30pm

 

 

Officers will be available to discuss the proposals for gypsy and traveller sites in North West Leicester.

6:30pm – 8:00pm

 

Get involved in your area and planning for the future. There will be presentations and discussions on:

 

  • Policing Update
  • Funding Applications
  • Consultations on proposals for Gypsy and Traveller Sites in North West Leicester

 

 

 

INFORMATION FAIR

 

PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS OF SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES YOU CAN TALK TO AT THIS MEETING

 

You can raise matters of concern, give opinions and find out information which may be of use

Ward Councillors and General Information

 

Talk to your local councillors or raise general queries

Proposals for Gypsy and Traveller Sites in North West Leicester

Officers will be available to discuss general queries.

 

 

 

Making Meetings Accessible to All

 

WHEELCHAIR 

Meetings are held in a variety of community venues. We will only hold meetings in venues where there is suitable access for wheelchairs. If you have any concerns about accessing a venue by wheelchair, please contact the Democratic Services Officer on the details provided.

 

BRAILLE / AUDIO TAPE – CD / TRANSLATION

If you require this agenda or a particular part of it to be translated or provided on audio tape, the Democratic Services Officer can organise this for you (production times will depend on equipment facility availability). In certain cases, subject to the agreement of the local Councillors, translation facilities can be provided at the meeting.

 

INDUCTION LOOPS – HEARING AT MEETINGS

We provide a loop system at every meeting for people with hearing aids. If you have a hearing aid, please speak to the Democratic Services Officer at the meeting for further assistance if you think you won’t be able to hear what’s being discussed. There is also a facility which can help people hear better if you don’t have a hearing aid but are hard of hearing, again please speak to the Democratic Services Officer about this.

 

 

 

 

1.

ELECTION OF CHAIR

Councillors will elect a Chair for the meeting.

The first part of the agenda covers formal items which the Councillors need to deal with to ensure that regulations on holding meetings are kept to.

 

2.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

3.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

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.

 

4.

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING pdf icon PDF 145 KB

The minutes of the previous Beaumont Leys Community Meeting, held on 7 December 2011, are attached and Members are asked to confirm them as a correct record.

This next part of the agenda covers items where input from you on issues that affect your community is welcomed.

 

5.

BUDGET

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.

 

Application 1

 

Applicant:      Food Parcel Scheme Partners

 

Amount:         £200

 

Proposal:       Emergency Food Parcel Scheme

 

Summary:     The Emergency Food Parcel Scheme, run in partnership with two churches, HLCs, Kirton Lodge and the Housing Office, is a short term measure to assist people in times of hardship, and provides people who need a meal for one night, or weekend until they have managed to get their situation resolved. Measures are in place to ensure the same people do not abuse the service, which is run in Beaumont Leys and Abbey Wards. Funding has been applied for from the Abbey Ward community funding also.

 

Application 2

 

Applicant:      Heathley Park Residents Association

 

Amount:         £400

 

Proposal:       8th Annual Community Event

 

Summary:     Residents have applied for funding for the assistance in holding the annual community event. Funding has been requested for entertainment; food, soft drinks and disposables; 300 A4 Fly Posters x 3; Tombola.

 

Application 3

 

Applicant:      Unity Boxing Club

 

Amount:         £500

 

Proposal:       Equipment Upgrade

 

Summary:     The proposal is for the upgrade of equipment to meet the standards of ABA status which has been awarded. A proportion of the total cost required of £3,280 has been requested, and the bid is for £500.

 

Funding has been awarded by a housing association, and the balance of the application is being made to Abbey Ward community funding.

 

Application 4

 

Applicant:      Dave Vale

 

Amount:         £300

 

Proposal:       Waste Bin – Anstey Heights – Park Bin

 

Summary:     The funding application is for a large combined general waste and dog poop bin for Castle Hill Country Park – Bluegates quarter entrance.

 

Application 5

 

Applicant:      Dave Vale

 

Amount:         £300

 

Proposal:       Waste Bin – Anstey Heights – Black Pad Bin

 

Summary:     The funding application is for a large combined general waste and dog poop bin for the Astill Lodge footpath / bridleway (Black Pad).

6.

CONSULTATION ON PROPOSALS FOR GYPSY AND TRAVELLER SITES IN NORTH WEST LEICESTER

The City Mayor will present this report.