Agenda and draft minutes

To receive apologies for absence.

Apologies were received from Councillors Alison Thomson and Melinda Tilley.

To adopt and sign as a correct record the minutes of the committee meeting held on Wednesday 4 February 2014 (previously circulated). 

The minutes of the meeting held on 4 February 2014 were agreed as a correct record of the meeting and the chair signed them.

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

There were no declarations from councillors.

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. 

The next committee will take place on 18 November 2014, in Abingdon. The closing date for applications for both the Capital Community Grants Scheme, and the New Homes Bonus Policy Scheme, is 15 September 2014. Area Committees will consider applications for both of the schemes in November.

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

To consider the head of corporate strategy’s report.

The committee considered the head of corporate strategy’s report. This set out details of six applications, that the council had received, for capital community grants, requesting a total of £22,883. The report also set out the financial position, there being £26,898 remaining in the current year’s budget, which included £3,395 of unallocated funds and underspend carried forward from the previous financial year.

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

The committee agreed to carry the remaining balance of £4,442 over to the financial year 2015/16 rather than allocating any capital community grants in November 2014 alongside the New Homes Bonus Fund scheme.