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.
The approved expenditure for on Grants so far this year for the Ward is £9,279.50 which leaves a balance of £8,720.50 for the remainder of the year and any bids submitted for approval at the meeting.
The following applications have been received and are to be considered by the meeting.
1) Gilmorton Development Group £989
An application (No 1378) has been received from the Gilmorton Development Group to provide a small computer network and internet connection at the Gilmorton Community Rooms. Internet access and training will be free to help residents to access essential online public services. It is hoped to set up a Work Club with the support of the Neighbourhood Learning Centre.
2) Gilmorton Development Group £500
An application (No 1379) has been received from the Gilmorton Development Group for Pink Lizzard Youth Activities involving football and rugby and the hire of rooms.
3) Leicester City Council Parks Services £498
An application (No 1380) has been received from Leicester City Parks Services for the repair of St Andrews Church Footpath. The crazy paving slabs have lifted in places and are causing a trip hazard. The Parks Services don’t have a budget for footpaths etc in closed church yards.
4) Leicester City Council Highways £400
An application (No 1381) has been received from Leicester City Highways to provide Grit Bins for Hopyard Close and Montrose Road at the car parking area at the closed end of each place. If provided by the Ward, the bins will be maintained and filled with salt as and when necessary at no cost to the Ward.
5) Gilmorton Development Group £500
An application (No 1382) has been received from the Gilmorton Development Group for a Spring Summer Fete for Gilmorton Estate. There will be rides, stalls food and refreshments. The event will also encourage people to volunteer and help in projects to improve the estate.
6) Saffron Resource Centre £1,500
An application (No 1383) has been received from the Saffron Resource Centre for Welfare Advice for people on Gilmorton Estate. There is no face-to-face welfare benefits or debt advice for the Gilmorton Estate residents. The funding would provide a weekly advice session at the Community Rooms, Hopyard Close. The project will be administered by a qualified advice worker, client contacts and outcomes will be monitored to AQS standards and an evaluation report will be compiled at the end of the three month pilot to support applications to Charitable Trusts and Foundations for continuing funding.
7) Bio Blitz £2,000
An application (No 1384) has been received from Bio Blitz for an event that will take place on Aylestone Meadows Local Nature Reserve on 17 and 18 May 2013. The aim is to record as many different species within the timeframe allowed and encourage the public’s interest in their local biodiversity. The costs are higher than usual because the Nature Reserve does not have any infrastructure to support the event. In addition to the materials needed to support the event, the grant is needed to provide welfare facilities including toilets and hire a marquee.
8) Aylestone Hall Gardens Annual Garden Party £500
An application (No 1385) has been received from Leicester City Parks Service to support the Annual Garden Party and provide additional activities to cater for the increasing attendance at the event.
9) Aylestone Playing Fields – Naturalised Drainage Scheme £1,500
An application (No 1386) has been received from Leicester City Parks Service to install a natural drainage scheme at Aylestone Playing Fields. The scheme was originally going to cost approximately £5k, but due to the range of community groups, site partners and local residents, the majority of the work will be undertaken as part of environmental volunteer week.
10)Aylestone Local Action Group £285
An application (No 1387) has been received to provide volunteer insurance, launch materials, seeds, plants, compost and pots for the ‘It’s Your Neighbourhood Aylestone in Bloom 2013 event. The event is part of the national event ‘It’s Your Neighbourhood’ organised by the Royal Agricultural Society and the East Midlands in Bloom as part of Britain In Bloom.
11)Aylestone Local Action Group £1,980
An application (No 1388) has been received to commission, purchase and install 3 large stainless steel planters to match existing ones n Aylestone and materials to plant them. The proposal is part of the national event ‘It’s Your Neighbourhood’ organised by the Royal Agricultural Society and the East Midlands in Bloom as part of Britain In Bloom.
12)Aylestone Local Action Group £492
An application (No 1389) has been received to refurbish materials for planters, hanging baskets, and road side troughs. The proposal is part of the national event ‘It’s Your Neighbourhood’ organised by the Royal Agricultural Society and the East Midlands in Bloom as part of Britain In Bloom.
13)Leicester City Council Urban Design Team £478.49
An application (No 1390) has been received to erect bat and bird boxes to further increase the wildlife and amenity value of the spinney.
14)Eyres Monsell Allotment Society £830.00
An application (No 1391) has been received to replace the locks on both main gates and provide 70 sets of keys for the locks.
15) EyresMonsell Allotment Society £480.00
An application (No 1392) has been received to repair a container donated by the Riverside Group. The container needs a new floor and the welding of a steel plate as well as new locks and keys for the door.
16)Leicester City Council – Parks Services Team £800.00
An application (No 1393) has been received to purchase equipment for the volunteers who carry out targeted work to clean brooks and streams of litter and flotsam which falls outside the remits of all official agencies.
17)Leicester City Council - Parks Services £500.00
An application (No 1394) has been received to actively encourage people to become involved in helping to look after the environment through encouraging the site to be used for formal education training to help people gain qualifications. The groups using the site range from children to adults of all abilities.
18)Leicester City Council - Creative Works Team £800.00
An application (No 1395) has been received to produce a community leaflet to be distributed to 6,000 households in the Aylestone Ward containing information on how the ward fund was spent in 2012/13 and how community groups can bid for funding.
19)Leicester City Council - Parks Services £400.00
An application (No 1396) has been received to fund a vocal entertainer, provide refreshments and First Aid cover for a Golden Oldies event in Aylestone Hall Gardens. Parks services staff will assist in staffing and providing 100 chairs for the event and with providing toilets and the electrics required for the singer.
20)Leicester City Council – Cleansing Services £200.00
An application (No 1397) has been received to provide and install a litter bin at the end of Duncan Road, in response to persistent dog fouling in the area.
Discussion will also take place on grant applications for next year and provisions for any underspend in the current year.
Minutes:
It was noted that the approved expenditure so far this year for the Ward, was £9,279.50 which left a balance of £8,720.50 for the remainder of the year and any bids submitted for approval at this meeting.
The following applications had been received and were to be considered by the meeting. Councillor Clarke stated that the value of the bids received was in excess of the funds available and that any bids that were not approved at the meeting could be considered at a budget meeting at the Town Hall after 1 April 2013 when the budget for 2013/14 would be available.
1) Gilmorton Development Group
An application (No 1378) for £989 had been received from the Gilmorton Development Group to provide a small computer network and internet connection at the Gilmorton Community Rooms. Internet access and training would be free to help residents to access essential online public services. It was hoped to set up a Work Club with the support of the Neighbourhood Learning Centre.
RESOLVED:
that consideration of the application be deferred as Councillor Porter had asked for further information.
2) Gilmorton Development Group
An application (No 1379) for £500 had been received from the Gilmorton Development Group for Pink Lizard Youth Activities involving football and rugby and the hire of rooms.
RESOLVED:
that a grant of £500 be approved.
3) Leicester City Council Parks Services
An application (No 1380) for £498 had been received from Leicester City Parks Services for the repair of St Andrews Church Footpath. The crazy paving slabs had lifted in places and were causing a trip hazard. The Parks Services didn’t have a budget for footpaths etc in closed church yards.
RESOLVED:
that a grant of £498 be approved.
4) Leicester City Council Highways £400
An application (No 1381) for £400 had been received from Leicester City Highways to provide Grit Bins for Hopyard Close and Montrose Road at the closed end of each car parking area. If provided by the Ward, the bins would be maintained and filled with salt as and when necessary at no cost to the Ward. Councillor Porter stated that he had received representations from residents stating that if there was requirement to provide the grit bins then the City Council should fund its provision.
RESOLVED:
that consideration of the application be deferred until a Budget Meeting in April or May 2103.
5) Gilmorton Development Group
An application (No 1382) for £500 had been received from the Gilmorton Development Group for a Spring Summer Fete for Gilmorton Estate. There would be rides, stalls food and refreshments. The event would also encourage people to volunteer and help in projects to improve the estate.
RESOLVED:
that consideration of the application be deferred until a Budget Meeting in April or May 2103.
6) Saffron Resource Centre
An application (No 1383) for £1,500 had been received from the Saffron Resource Centre for Welfare Advice for people on Gilmorton Estate. There was no face-to-face welfare benefits or debt advice for the Gilmorton Estate residents. The funding would provide a weekly advice session at the Community Rooms, Hopyard Close. The project would be administered by a qualified advice worker, client contacts and outcomes would be monitored to AQS standards and an evaluation report would be compiled at the end of the three month pilot to support applications to Charitable Trusts and Foundations for continuing funding.
RESOLVED:
that consideration of the application be deferred until a Budget Meeting in April or May 2103.
7) Bio Blitz
An application (No 1384) for £2,000 had been received from Bio Blitz for an event that would take place on Aylestone Meadows Local Nature Reserve on 17 and 18 May 2013. The aim was to record as many different species within the timeframe allowed and encourage the public’s interest in their local biodiversity. The costs were higher than usual because the Nature Reserve did not have any infrastructure to support the event. In addition to the materials needed to support the event, the grant was needed to provide welfare facilities including toilets and hire a marquee.
RESOLVED:
that a grant of £1,577 be approved.
8) Aylestone Hall Gardens Annual Garden Party
An application (No 1385) for £500 had been received from Leicester City Parks Service to support the Annual Garden Party and provide additional activities to cater for the increasing attendance at the event.
RESOLVED:
that a grant of £500 be approved.
9) Aylestone Playing Fields – Naturalised Drainage Scheme
An application (No 1386) for £1,500 had been received from Leicester City Parks Service to install a natural drainage scheme at Aylestone Playing Fields. The scheme was originally going to cost approximately £5k, but due to the range of community groups, site partners and local residents, the majority of the work would be undertaken as part of environmental volunteer week.
RESOLVED:
that consideration of the application be deferred until a Budget Meeting in April or May 2103.
10)Aylestone Local Action Group
An application (No 1387) for £285 had been received to provide volunteer insurance, launch materials, seeds, plants, compost and pots for the ‘It’s Your Neighbourhood Aylestone in Bloom 2013 event. The event was part of the national event ‘It’s Your Neighbourhood’ organised by the Royal Horticultural Society and the East Midlands in Bloom as part of Britain In Bloom.
RESOLVED:
that a grant of £285 be approved.
11)Aylestone Local Action Group
An application (No 1388) for £1,980 had been received to commission, purchase and install 3 large stainless steel planters to match existing ones in Aylestone and materials to plant them. The proposal was part of the national event ‘It’s Your Neighbourhood’ organised by the Royal Horticultural Society and the East Midlands in Bloom as part of Britain In Bloom.
RESOLVED:
that a grant of £1,980 be approved.
12)Aylestone Local Action Group
An application (No 1389) for £492 had been received to refurbish materials for planters, hanging baskets, and road side troughs. The proposal was part of the national event ‘It’s Your Neighbourhood’ organised by the Royal Horticultural Society and the East Midlands in Bloom as part of Britain In Bloom.
RESOLVED:
that a grant of £492 be approved.
13)Leicester City Council Urban Design Team
An application (No 1390) for £478.49 had been received to erect bat and bird boxes to further increase the wildlife and amenity value of the Montrose spinney.
RESOLVED:
that a grant of £478.49 be approved.
14)Eyres Monsell Allotment Society
An application (No 1391) for £830 had been received to replace the locks on both main gates and provide 70 sets of keys for the locks.
RESOLVED:
that a grant of £830 be approved and the applicant be advised to reduce the costs of providing the keys if at all possible.
15) EyresMonsell Allotment Society
An application (No 1392) for £480 had been received to repair a container donated by the Riverside Group. The container needed a new floor and the welding of a steel plate as well as new locks and keys for the door.
RESOLVED:
that a grant of £480 be approved.
16)Leicester City Council – Parks Services Team
An application (No 1393) for £800 had been received to purchase equipment for the volunteers who carry out targeted work to clean brooks and streams of litter and flotsam which falls outside the remits of all official agencies. It was noted that the application had been withdrawn since the agenda was printed.
RESOLVED:
that no further consideration be given to application.
17)Leicester City Council - Parks Services
An application (No 1394) for £500 had been received to actively encourage people to become involved in helping to look after the environment through encouraging the site to be used for formal education training to help people gain qualifications. The groups using the site range from children to adults of all abilities.
RESOLVED:
That a grant of £500 be approved.
18)Leicester City Council - Creative Works Team
An application (No 1395) for £800 had been received to produce a community leaflet to be distributed to 6,000 households in the Aylestone Ward containing information on how the ward fund was spent in 2012/13 and how community groups could bid for funding.
RESOLVED:
that that consideration of the application be deferred until a Budget Meeting in April or May 2103.
19)Leicester City Council - Parks Services
An application (No 1396) for £400 had been received to fund a vocal entertainer, provide refreshments and First Aid cover for a Golden Oldies event in Aylestone Hall Gardens. Parks services staff would assist in staffing and providing 100 chairs for the event and with providing toilets and the electrics required for the singer.
RESOLVED:
that a grant of £400 be approved.
20)Leicester City Council – Cleansing Services
An application (No 1397) for £200 had been received to provide and install a litter bin at the end of Duncan Road, in response to persistent dog fouling in the area.
RESOLVED:
that a grant of £200 be approved.