Issue - meetings

REPORT OF THE POLICY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER

To bring to the Committee’s attention some  important community-based activities that will take place during the next few months.

RESOLVED: That the actions taken by the Community Engagement Officer to promote greater community capacity and well-being for Royston be endorsed.

Audio recording – 13 minutes 28 seconds

The Community Engagement Officer presented the report entitled Grants and Community Update together with the following appendix:

·                Appendix 1 – 2021/2 Financial Year Budget Sheet

He advised Members that:

·                The total budget for the Committee for the year was £7,145, made up of the £6,000 base budget and £1,145 carried forward from last year;

·                £1,500 had already been taken out of the budget for the Free After Three parking initiative;

·                If the Committee was minded to award the grants as requested at this meeting and continued to fund the Free After 3pm parking initiative, this would leave a remaining budget of £3,351 for the rest of the year.

Councillor Tony Hunter clarified for newly-elected Members that the Committee had to be mindful that £1,500 funding for the Free After 3pm parking initiative would come out of the budget before the next financial year.

Councillor Tony Hunter proposed, Councillor Jean Green seconded and it was:

RESOLVED: That the actions taken by the Community Engagement Officer to promote greater community capacity and well-being for Royston be endorsed.