Issue - meetings

REPORT OF THE POLICY & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER

To update the Committee on the activities and actions of the Communities Officer, to advise on the current expenditure and balances of the delegated budgets and to consider applications for grant funding.

RESOLVED:

(1)       That £3,658 carried forward from 2018/19 and previously allocated to signage at Woodside Car Park, be reallocated to the general development budget;

(2)       That the actions taken by the Community Engagement officer to promote greater community capacity and well-being for Hitchin be endorsed.

REASONS FOR DECISIONS:

(1)       To ensure the Committee is kept informed of the work of the Community Engagement Team;

(2)       To inform Members of the financial resources available to the Committee. It draws attention to the current budgetary situation by assisting in the effective financial management of the Committee’s budget. This ensures that all actions are performed in line with the Authority’s Financial Regulations, the Council’s Constitution, and the guidance of the existing Grants policy as agreed by Cabinet in June 2016.

Audio Recording – 1 hour 5 minutes 45 seconds

The Community Engagement Team Leader presented the report entitled Grants and Community Update, and drew attention to the following:

·               There was £7,531 available in the budget;

·               The grant funding applications being considered at this meeting totalled £4,840;

·               If the Committee were minded to award all of the grants it would leave £2,691 for the next two Hitchin Committee meetings scheduled in December and March.

RESOLVED:

(1)       That £3,658 carried forward from 2018/19 and previously allocated to signage at Woodside Car Park, be reallocated to the general development budget;

(2)       That the actions taken by the Community Engagement officer to promote greater community capacity and well-being for Hitchin be endorsed.

REASONS FOR DECISIONS:

(1)      To ensure the Committee is kept informed of the work of the Community Engagement Team;

(2)      To inform Members of the financial resources available to the Committee. It draws attention to the current budgetary situation by assisting in the effective financial management of the Committee’s budget. This ensures that all actions are performed in line with the Authority’s Financial Regulations, the Council’s Constitution, and the guidance of the existing Grants policy as agreed by Cabinet in June 2016.