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.
There will be an update of the community meeting budget. The following funding applications have been received:
Burglary Target Hardening Project (2053) Insp. Bill Knopp (Spinney Hill LPU) and Nazira Vania (LCC Community Safety Team)
Amount requested: £1200
Details of the proposal, (taken from the application form)
There has been an increase in burglaries in the Spinney Hill Local Policing Unit (LPU) area, which includes the Evington Ward. Police and partners are already undertaking prevention and enforcement work to tackle the problem.
This includes the Joint Action Group approving funding (£1000) for timer switches, which help to prevent burglary by making a house look occupied when the residents are not at home. The JAG's funding will allow for 500 of these switches to be given free to residents. However, this is across the LPU as a whole, so the impact will be spread quite thinly.
The proposal:
The proposal is to target more properties in the most affected streets within the Evington ward using 'Target Hardening Packs', which will include the timer switches along with window alarms (these are attached to accessible windows, and the alarm goes off if the window is hit/broken).
The Packs will be taken to properties in hotspot areas to prevent burglaries, and to properties that have already been burgled to prevent re-victimisation. We anticipate that the average property will require 4 window alarms and 1 timer switch for each property, equating to £12.00 per property.
We would like to begin with targeting 100 properties in the ward at an estimated cost of £1,200, expanding to more depending on the success of the scheme. Target Hardening Packs purchased from the Evington ward's funding will only be used to benefit Evington constituents (we will maintain a list of addresses in receipt of a Pack), and will not be given to residents elsewhere in the LPU.
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Item |
Cost (£) |
Estimate/ Actual cost? |
Request to Ward Meeting (£) |
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Window Alarms @ £2.50 x 400 |
£1,000 |
Actual |
£1,000 |
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Timer Switches @ £2.00 x 100 |
£200 |
Actual |
£200 |
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|
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Total |
£1,200 |
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£1,200 |
Meesha 88 (2054)
Amount requested: £1400
Details of the proposal:
Meesha are a community group that promotes and offers physical activity and exercise through football and multi sports activities for young and older people aged 12 – 75 plus. Most of the young members live in the Evington area. They plan to continue to help youngsters to employ healthier lifestyles and to continue to work in Evington Leisure Centre, Judgemeadow College, Evington Park and Goals Soccer Centre. Plans for 2012 already include that from March to September a set up format to run a 7 v 7 and 11 v 11 football league, coaching sessions and the annual football tournament held at Judgemeadow. They also plan to organise a day trip to tour a football league ground and watch a game and joing a 14 week, 5 a side league at Goals. The support from Evington Community Meeting would help with some additional coaching courses for Meesha’s voluntary members and some needed sports equipment i.e. indoor goal posts, balls, bibs and some incentive awards.
Costs:
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Item |
Cost £ |
Estimate or Actual cost (E or A)? |
Request to Ward Meeting (£) |
|
Football foundation pitch hire |
£1200 |
A |
£550 |
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Football tournament 14-18 |
£350 |
A |
£150 |
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Sports equipment, indoor goal post, balls, bibs, etc |
£590 |
A |
£350 |
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14 week football league Goals Centre |
£520 |
A |
£200 |
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F.A.Football Foundation Course |
£250 |
A |
£150 |
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|
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|
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Total |
£2910 |
|
£1400 |
Evington in Bloom: Flowers, Planters, Competitions, Events (2055): Friends of Evington Park and Village Green – Helen Pettman
Amount requested: £1500
Details of the proposal:
Evington in Bloom wish to purchase 1) fourteen planters, 2) plants for their various containers and beds on highway land and park land, and 3) money for competition prizes. Competitions would include Best front garden, best hanging basket, best container, best novice garden and possibly the tallest sunflower.
Planned events include:
14 March – Launch Event at Evington Library with celebrities, exhibitions and refreshments.
5 June - Plant fair and picnic in Evington Park.
The East Midlands in Bloom/ Royal Horticultural Society judges will come to Evington during week beginning 89 July 2012 to judge the entry.
Costs:
|
Item |
Cost £ |
Estimate / Actual Cost £ |
Request to Ward Meeting £ |
|
Planters (filled) |
800 |
E |
500 |
|
Competition prizes |
300 |
E |
300 |
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Plants, including shrubs and a tree |
500 |
E |
400 |
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Evington in Bloom notice 5’ x 13” |
100 |
A |
100 |
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Mounting exhibitions |
100 |
E |
100 |
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Events |
100 |
|
100 |
|
Total |
£1900 |
|
£1500 |
Evington in Bloom and Evington Village Hall Centenary Year Celebrations (2056): Jean Matthews, Secretary at Evington Village Hall.
Amount requested: £500
On May Day (7 May at Evington Village Hall, the group are preparing for Evington in Bloom and their centenary year. They propose to hold an open day at the village hall where all the groups that use the hall will promote their meetings. These will include the recorder group, the zumba group and the calligraphy group. They want to provide hanging baskets and planters for the front of the hall along with planting out the garden beds and smartening the garden paths for the occasion. They would like to offer free drinks and light refreshments with a number of stalls. There will also be a May Pole display along with other local dancing demonstrations.
Costs:
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Item |
Cost £ |
Estimate / Actual Cost £ |
Request to Ward Meeting £ |
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Hanging baskets and planters |
|
150 |
150 |
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Plants, compost, gravel and paint for notice boards and front doors |
|
150 |
150 |
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Refreshments, drinks, paper plates, cups |
|
100 |
100 |
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Raffle prizes |
|
50 |
50 |
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Plants etc for sale on plant stall |
50 |
50 |
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|
|
|
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|
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Total |
500 |
500 |
To Involve Evington Youth Club in Evington in Bloom (2058): Evington Youth Club
Amount requested: £2,000
Details of the proposal:
To involve members of the youth club in the Evington in Bloom project, to garden, make beds and plant and maintain them. The aim is also to improve the outside of the building, to enhance the area and for the community to use the building.
Costs:
For containers, baskets, lighting, paint and plants - £2000 (estimated costs)
Coleman Evergreens Summer Outings (2059) : Coleman Evergreens
Amount requested: £983 (Joint bid to the Coleman and Evington Wards).
Details of the proposal:
The Coleman Evergreens are a small group of 13 members, all but 2 of them go on these trips. They would be very grateful if their funding bid was supported as they do not go very far on their own and they look forward to the outings.
Costs:
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Item |
Cost £ |
Estimate or Actual cost (E or A)? £ |
Request to Ward Meeting (£) |
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Southend on Sea - coach |
|
348 |
|
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Lunches |
|
55 |
|
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Skegness – coach |
|
295 |
|
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Lunches |
|
60 |
|
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Oliver |
|
60 coach 140 |
|
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Refreshments |
|
25 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Total |
|
983 |
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Install 4 Pedestrian lighting columns on Evington Park (2060): Jane Ushwell.
Amount requested: £6618.00
Details of proposal
Evington Park House is situated within Evington Park and is utilised by members of the local Community. The Car Park for Disabled House users is next to the House but the whole area from Cordery Road entrance to the Car Park and House is not lit and therefore becomes a serious H&S risk during the evenings and in winter when people coming onto the Park want to access the House. This entrance is a popular one and is used daily by parents taking Children through the Park to School.
The main issue is the feeling of being unsafe in the dark and possible trips and falls.
People coming to Evening meetings are advised to bring a torch, or they decide they don’t feel safe and choose not to attend the meetings at all!
This area is also the vehicular road to the yard and House Car Park, drivers are aware of a speed reduction but due to the darkness there may be a risk of hitting pedestrians and animals. A pedestrian path has been installed by Park Services but finishes halfway down the path where it turns into the road to the Car Park.
By installing the lights, this entrance and path will make access much safer through the Park and to the House.
With the addition of a timer we can set times when we want the lighting to be available and therefore not inconvenience local residents who back onto the Park and encourage anti-social behaviour in the late evenings.
The poor lighting situation has been a H&S issue for many years and requests have been made from House and Park users to install lighting on many occasions.
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Item |
Cost £ |
Estimate or Actual cost (E or A)? |
Request to Ward Meeting (£) |
|
Supply and erect 4 Lighting Columns |
6,618.00 |
A |
6,618.00 |
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Install a time clock |
130.00 |
A |
|
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Ongoing Energy costs for 10 years |
420.00 |
E |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
7,168.00 |
|
6,618.00 |
Evington Friendship Club (2061): Mrs Valerie Ridsdale
Amount requested £700
Details of the proposal:
The Evington Friendship Club is a group of pensioners who meet every Monday afternoon in Evington House. The members like outings and speakers. The oldest participating member is 96 years old and two other members are over 90 years. A bus is hired with a lift, so that everyone can go on outings (approximately 8 per year). All members pay towards the cost of hire plus an annual subscription and weekly monies, but the cost of outings and speakers continues to rise. The cost of insurance also continues to rise.
Costs:
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Item |
Cost £ |
Estimate / Actual Cost £ |
Request to Ward Meeting £ |
|
Transport |
1200.00 |
A |
|
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Speakers |
254.00 |
A |
|
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Insurance |
157.98 |
A |
|
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Room rental |
277.00 |
A |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
1888.98 |
|
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(The above costs were for 2011)
Evington Flower Club (2062): Mrs V Ridsdale
Amount requested: £1000
Details of the proposal:
The flower club is in its 45th year, but with a decline in membership and rising costs, like many other flower clubs it may not exist for much longer. Each member pays a subscription of £20 plus a £2 entrance fee at each of the ten meetings. As well as the demonstrator’s fee, the club have to cover the cost of hall hire, insurance and affiliation to the National Association of Flower Arranging Society, without which it would not be possible to get demonstrators.
Costs:
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Item |
Cost £ |
Estimate / Actual Cost/ £ |
Request to Ward Meeting £ |
|
Hire of hall 2011 |
245 (A) |
|
260 (E) |
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Affiliation Fee |
168 (A) |
|
180 (E) |
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Insurance 2011 |
30 (A) |
|
40 (E) |
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Help with Demonstrators’ fees |
1443.72 (A) |
|
520 (E) |
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|
|
|
|
Total |
£1886.72 Actual costs for 2011
|
|
£1000
Estimate for 2012 |
New Pathway and Door (2063) : 19th Leicester (Evington) Scouts
Amount requested: £610
Details of the proposal:
The pathway leading to the main pedestrian access to the Scout hut is unpaved, uneven and often waterlogged. The path is currently covered in loose stone chippings, which is difficult to walk on and leads to excessive dirt being walked into the hut. The Scout group propose to lay a concrete path to make the access safer and cleaner. They would also like to replace the pedestrian access door to the scout hut. The current door is only an internal door and not very secure.
Costs:
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Item |
Cost £ |
Estimate / Actual Cost £ |
Request to Ward Meeting £ |
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New exterior door to scout hut |
£350 |
Estimate |
£350 |
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New pathway |
£260 |
Estimate |
£260 |
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|
|
|
|
|
Total |
£610 |
|
£610 |
Pink Lizard Cohesion Project (Bringing young people together) (2064): Pink Lizard developing youth / community / Magpie
Amount requested £3225 (between Evington, Freeman and Eyres Monsell Wards)
Details of the proposal (taken from the application form)
Pink Lizard developing youth and community proposal is to deliver an community cohesion, Arts project. The project will work with young people from 3 different communities. Evington, Freemans and Eyres Monsell.
The young people have attended community ward meetings and have expressed their need for a project that support s their development, interest and passion in the Arts.
Through course of the the project the young people will gain a accreditaion qualification and take away skills in music production using pro logic music soft ware, tutored in singing, lyric/song writing and playing live instruments as guitar, drums, bass guitar and piano.
The project will also deliver a urban Hip Hop dance session which will be delivered to both male and females
who are interested in dance.
The young people will have the chance to showacse their new skills at the 2012 Saffron Summer Fete. In 2011 the Fete attracted a local audience of around 2,000 people. The major attraction is the ‘Stage Show’ which show cases the talents of local young people. The Saffron Fete for 2012 is in August, this would be a great opportunity for the young people to show their new skills and talent.
We will know it was successful when we see the young people on stage performing and showing their talent before those attending the fete, and also delivering peer mentoring music project in our youth centres, and see the same young people enroling on to performing arts college courses.
Costs:
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Item |
Cost (£) |
Estimate/ Actual cost? |
Request to Ward Meeting (£) |
|
Lead youth worker /Music tutor 15 Week project x 6 over 2 days
|
£20hr |
A |
1800 |
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Music engineer 15 Weeks project 6 hrs over 2 days
|
£10hr |
A |
900 |
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Travel 2 x times a week |
£10 a session |
A |
300 |
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Dance Tutor 1hr week |
£15hr |
A |
225 |
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|
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Total |
£3225 |
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£3225 Between three Wards |
Minutes:
Jane Ushwell, Senior Parks Officer thanked the Community Meeting for the funding previously granted for crocus bulbs, which had been planted on various locations including Goodwood Road and in Evington Park. There was a bee hive in the park and the crocus pollen provided food for the bees as well. Jane added that the funding had paid for a special planting machine and operator, as there were too many bulbs to be planted by hand.
Julie Harget, Democratic Support Officer then presented the Community Meeting budget. The following funding applications had been received and had been considered in depth by Francis Connolly (the Member Support Officer to the meeting) and the Ward Councillors. The value of funding bids received had been greater than the balance that remained in the community meeting budget, which meant that some bids could only be partially supported and some could not be supported at all.
Burglary Target Hardening Project (2053) Insp. Bill Knopp (Spinney Hill LPU) and Nazira Vania (LCC Community Safety Team)
Amount requested: £1200 : £500 already approved leaving a balance of £700 requested.
Funding was requested for timer switches and window alarms as crime prevention measures in ‘hotspot’ areas to prevent burglaries and also to properties which had already been burgled to prevent re-victimisation.
The meeting was advised that £500 had already been supported by Councillors and fast tracked.
RESOLVED:
that the balance of the funding bid from the Spinney Hill LPU and the LCC Community Safety Team for the burglary Target Hardening Project be supported to the value of £700
Pitch Hire and Football Equipment: Meesha 88 (2054)
Amount requested: £1400
Funding was requested for pitch hire, football equipment and additional coaching courses for Meesha’s voluntary members.
RESOLVED:
that the funding application from Meesha 88 be supported in full.
Evington in Bloom: Flowers, Planters, Competitions, Events (2055): Friends of Evington Park and Village Green – Helen Pettman
Amount requested: £1500
The proposal was for planters, flowers and competition prizes for the Evington in Bloom project.
RESOLVED:
that the funding application from the Friends of Evington Park and Village Green, for flowers, planters and competition prizes for the Evington in Bloom project be supported in full.
Evington in Bloom and Evington Village Hall Centenary Year Celebrations (2056): Jean Matthews, Secretary at Evington Village Hall.
Amount requested: £500
Funding was requested for an open day at the village hall to celebrate its centenary year and also Evington in Bloom.
RESOLVED:
that the funding application be supported in full.
To Involve Evington Youth Club in Evington in Bloom (2058): Evington Youth Club
Amount requested: £2,000
Details of the proposal:
The proposal was to involve members of the youth club in the Evington in Bloom project, to garden, make beds and plant and maintain them.
RESOLVED:
that the funding application be supported to the value of £1900.
Coleman Evergreens Summer Outings (2059) : Coleman Evergreens
Amount requested: £491.50 requested from each of the Coleman and Evington Ward budgets.
Funding was requested for coach trips to the seaside, to the theatre and lunches and refreshments.
RESOLVED:
that the application be supported to the value of £200
Jane Ushwell, Senior Parks Officer gave an outline on the following funding application.
Install 4 Pedestrian lighting columns on Evington Park (2060): Jane Ushwell.
Amount requested: £6618.00
Jane explained that the proposal was to install lights at Evington Park House as the whole area from the Cordery Road entrance to the car park and house was not lit. There was therefore was a serious health and safety risk during the evenings and in winter months when people coming onto the Park wanted to access the house. This entrance was a popular one and was used daily by parents taking children through the park to school.
RESOLVED:
that the funding application from Jane Ushwell, Parks Officer for lighting at Evington Park be supported in full.
Evington Friendship Club (2061): Mrs Valerie Ridsdale
Amount requested £700
The proposal was to pay for speakers and outings for members of the group. The oldest participating member was 96 years old and two other members were over 90 years.
RESOLVED:
that the funding application be supported to the value of £500.
Evington Flower Club (2062): Mrs V Ridsdale
Amount requested: £1000
Funding was requested to pay for the demonstrator’s fee, the cost of hall hire, insurance and affiliation to the National Association of Flower Arranging Society, without which it would not be possible to get demonstrators.
The meeting was informed that the Councillors had considered the bid carefully but had decided not to support the bid.
RESOLVED:
that the funding application be unsupported
New Pathway and Door (2063) : 19th Leicester (Evington) Scouts
Amount requested: £610
Funding was requested to pay for a concrete path to make the access to the scout hut safer and cleaner and also to replace the pedestrian access door to the scout hut. The current door was only an internal door and not very secure.
RESOLVED:
that the funding application from 19th Leicester (Evington) Scouts for a new pathway and door be supported in full.
Pink Lizard Cohesion Project (Bringing young people together) (2064): Pink Lizard developing youth / community / Magpie
Amount requested: £3225 (between Evington, Freeman and Eyres Monsell Wards)
The proposal was for funding to deliver a community cohesion arts project, to work with young people across communities in the Evington, Freeman and Eyres Monsell Wards.
The meeting heard that Councillors had considered the bid carefully but decided not to support the funding application.
RESOLVED:
that it be agreed that the funding application be unsupported.
Julie explained that it was anticipated that there would be approximately £60 remaining in the budget, after the agreed bids had been supported, and it was agreed that any outstanding balance should be set aside for hanging baskets for the Ethel Road flats.