Decision details

Further to Minute No. 97 of the meeting held on 31 January 2013 and Minute No. 142 (3) of the meeting held on 25 April 2013, the Cabinet considered the report of the Director of Corporate Services on the proposed purpose and priorities for the use of the Community Support Fund and the Capital Priorities Fund, and the governance structure for decision making on the utilisation of the financial resources available.

This was a Key Decision and was included in the Council’s Forward Plan of Key Decisions.

Decision Made:

That:

(1)       the purpose of the funds as set out in paragraphs 2.1 - 2.3 of the report be approved;

(2)       approval be given to the delegation of decision making on the:

Community Support Fund to the Cabinet Member - Communities and Environment and on the Cabinet Priorities Fund to the Cabinet Member - Regeneration and Tourism; and

(3)       all decisions to be made in consultation with the relevant Cabinet Member portfolio holder and any comments arising from the consultation be included in the reports to the Cabinet Members referred to in Resolution (2) above.

Reasons for Decision:

To enable the Council to achieve its budget reduction targets, but enable alternative methods of service delivery to be explored at no future cost to the Council and to further advance the delivery of priorities determined by the Council

Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:

One option would be to not have these funds in place but this would limit the development of priorities and alternative methods of delivery and potentially prevent new ideas being explored.