Agenda and draft minutes

To receive apologies for absence.

Councillors Matthew Barber, Anthony Hayward, Mike Murray, Janet Shelley, and Margaret Turner had all sent their apologies for absence. 

To adopt and sign as a correct record the minutes of the committee meeting held on 15 April 2013 (previously circulated). 

RESOLVED: to adopt as a correct record the minutes of the committee meeting held on 15 April 2013 and agree that the chair signs them. 

To receive any declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests in respect of items on the agenda for this meeting.  

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To receive notification of any matters, which the chairman determines, should be considered as urgent business and the special circumstances, which have made the matters urgent, and to receive any announcements from the chairman.

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Any statements, petitions and questions from the public under standing order 32 will be made or presented at the meeting.

Brian Morris made a statement on behalf of Chilton Parish Council in support of its application for improvements to the village hall.  He reported that the parish council wished to further improve the village hall to provide facilities for the increasing population of Chilton village. 

To consider the head of corporate strategy’s report.  

The committee considered the head of corporate strategy’s report updating on projects previously funded by the committee.  This showed the amount awarded by the committee for each project, and whether the project was complete.  The committee noted that there were two underspends, which had been returned to the committee’s balances and were available for grants to other applicants. 

RESOLVED: to note the report. 

To consider the head of corporate strategy’s report.  

The committee considered the head of corporate strategy’s report.  This set out details of five applications for capital community grants.  The report also set out the financial position, there being £23,840 remaining in the current year’s budget. 

The committee considered each application carefully, assessing it against the grants criteria, and awarding grants as follows. 

RESOLVED: to approve the following applications:

To consider the head of corporate strategy’s report.  

The committee considered the head of corporate strategy’s report that set out the council’s policy and procedure to allocate the new homes bonus in 2013/14.  Cabinet had prepared this with help from the Scrutiny Committee. 

The area committee noted that it would be considering applications for grants under this separate scheme at its next meeting on Monday 3 February 2014.  The committee would have a budget of £31,400 to allocate for this purpose in 2013/14.  This amount was a share of the council’s £100,000 budget, based on the growth in the number of band ‘D’ equivalent properties in the South East Area of the district.  The apportionment methodology had been agreed by the Cabinet member for grants. 

RESOLVED: to note the new homes bonus community funding policy and procedure. 

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