Decision details

6.

SOUTH WEST LOCAL AREA COMMITTEE SPEND 2022/23

6.1

The Committee considered a report of the Community Services Manager (Tania Bustamante) that advised that each Local Area Committee had a £100,000 budget to address local priorities, identified within their respective Community Plans.  The report set out details of the spend in respect of the £89,890 that had been authorised by the Community Services Manager, in consultation with the Local Area Committee Chair, and in accordance with the delegation granted in September 2021, July 2022 and January 2023. 

6.2

The Chair referred to the £10k underspend under the Transport and Highways priority, which it had been suggested should be used towards measures to safeguard the parking at Totley Rise Shops, Baslow Road, following two accidents at the Totley Deli and Café which had resulted in in cars crashing into the building.  Whilst officers had made initial investigations into this, it was suggested that the LAC continue to work with officers and local residents and business owners at Totley Rise Shops to find a suitable solution.

6.3

RESOLVED: That the Committee:-

(a)      notes (i) the expenditure against the £100,000 budget to address local priorities in the North East Local Area Committee in 2022/23 and (ii) the expenditure of the surplus budget reallocated to fund grants for organisations and groups to address local priorities in the South West LAC Community Plan 2022/23, as detailed in the report; and

(b)      agrees that the underspend of £10k under the Transport and Highways priority be used to enable Transport and Highways officers and the LAC to continue to work with local residents and business owners at Totley Rise Shops to find a suitable solution in terms of safeguarding the parking at this location.

6.4

ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS CONSIDERED

None. This is in line with the previous decisions of September 2021, July 2022 and January 2023 regarding LAC expenditure and the South West Community Plan agreed on 17th March 2022.

6.5

REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS

The South West LAC is asked to note the use of funding as per previous decisions of September 2021, July 2022 and January 2023.