North East Local Area Committee - Proposed Spend 2022/23
(a) Approval of the report
(b) Time for the public to attend roadshows and stalls on the themes and priorities of the Community Plan
Additional documents:
Decision:
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Minutes:
7.1 |
The North East Community Services Manager, Lindsey Hill gave an overview of how the LACs budget was intended to be distributed across 8 themed priorities.
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7.2 |
It was mentioned that from the LACs £100,000 budget, there had been £80,000 allocated to the priority themes. The remaining £20,000 would be reserved for additional schemes that may arise throughout the year.
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7.3 |
Each of the 8 priority themes had a proportion of the £80,000 and their proportion depended on how much was estimated to deliver their plan.
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7.4 |
A Member of the Public asked if the LAC budget of £100,000 had to be spent before the end of March 2023. They added that consultation needed to happen to best decide what the priorities were.
The Chair (Councillor Fran Belbin) explained that consultation had occurred in previous LAC meetings therefore the proposed spend was based on those discussions.
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7.5 |
A member of the public referred to priority 3 in the proposed spend 2022/23 report. They asked how they would be able to tell if the clean-up and regenerate of hot spot areas had been a success. They added that litter in the community had been an ongoing issue that never seemed to be dealt with.
The Chair stated that residents would be able see visible improvements at the hot spot areas.
Councillor Peter Price mentioned the issue was with educating the communities residents to prevent people littering. Councillor Price stated he had been involved in litter picking before although the problem always returned.
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7.6 |
A member of the public raised concerns around the amount of vehicles parking on grass verges.
The Chair stated that Waste and Street Scene Policy Committee was looking at this issue.
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7.7 |
A member of the public asked where the funding of £100,000 for the LAC budget came from.
The Chair confirmed that this was council funding, generated by Council tax.
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7.8 |
A member of the public asked why there was not an Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) had not been undertaken.
The Community Services manager explained that the council process around proposed spend did not require an EIA. This process could be shared with members of the public if they requested sight of it. It was added that specific projects within the priorities will have an EIA.
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7.9 |
A member of the public asked how much of the LAC budget would be used to fund administrative work.
The Chair confirmed that none of the £100,000 will be used to fund administrative work. The proposed spend for the LAC was highlighted in the report. The budget for the LAC teams could be found in the full council budget which was agreed in May.
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7.10 |
A member of the public asked what percentage of residents in the north east were part of a Tenants and Residents Association (TARA).
Councillor Safiya Saeed was unable to confirm the figure although mentioned it was low. Councillor Saeed raised the importance of needing more people to come forward for TARA and that this needed ... view the full minutes text for item 7 |