Agenda item

The Community Assembly Manager submitted a report containing proposals with regard to the allocation of the remaining amounts of funding from the Central Community Assembly’s Discretionary Budget 2012/13.

10.1

Public Questions

Members of the public raised questions and the following responses were provided:-

·               The reason why the project relating to the Sheffield General Cemetery Trust had not been recommended for support at this time was due to the fact that it was viewed to be a City-wide resource and not a community resource.  The Community Assembly Manager however, would contact the South Community Assembly Manager to see if the Assemblies could look to allocate a shared sum towards this project in the future.

·               An application for Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) funding had been made in respect of the provision of a security gate at Walkley Library.  The Community Assembly was also aware of the local residents’ desire for a security gate at the rear of the rehabilitation centre at Upperthorpe, but the Assembly’s Safer Neighbourhood Officer was still investigating the provision of the gate. It was noted that the site was owned by the Primary Care Trust, who should be responsible for funding such a gate.

·               A noticeboard at the Bolehills Recreation Ground could potentially be funded from Section 106 monies or Community First.

10.2

Decision Taken

RESOLVED: That the Community Assembly:-

(a)

notes the information on the allocations of the remaining funding from the Central Community Assembly’s Discretionary Budget 2012/13, as detailed in the report now submitted;

(b)

allocates the following sums from the Central Community Assembly’s Discretionary Budget and carry forward:-

Project

Amount (£)

Mobile CCTV Camera

4,000

Sharrow Community Forum

6,000;

(c)

agrees the recommendation not to fund the projects listed in Section 11 of the report now submitted at this time;

(d)

delegates authority to the Community Assembly Manager, in consultation with the Chair of the Community Assembly, to:-

(i)

work up and agree the details of the proposed allocations and projects set out in paragraph (b) above; and

(ii)

agree the utilisation of the remaining funds from the Discretionary Budget, totalling £26,130, plus £2,000 of carry-forward, including the power to revisit those projects in Section 11 of the report;

(e)

authorises the Director of Community Services, in consultation with the Director of Legal Services, to agree the terms on which all funding referred to in this report is made available and to enter into such funding agreements with recipients of the funding and any other related agreements or arrangements, and on such terms, that she considers appropriate; and

(f)

notes the specific allocations of additional youth provision funding outlined in the report.

10.3

Reasons For The Decision

The purpose of the Discretionary Budget is to help fulfil the priorities of the Central Community Assembly Plan, which had been identified through consultation with local residents, groups and partners, namely:-

·                    Things for young people to do

·                    Education, jobs and incomes

·                    The environment

·                    Good shops and local services

·                    Traffic and parking

·                    Community sport and people getting on together

·                    Health

·                    Community safety

10.4

Alternatives Considered and Rejected

Several alternative projects had been considered, but had not currently been recommended for funding as they were not deemed a priority at this time, as follows:-

Project

Amount (£)

Sheffield General Cemetery Trust

5,000

Winn Gardens Boiler

7,300 (plus 2,000 match funding from Parks and Countryside)

Digital Inclusion Outreach Project (Heeley Development Trust)

4,000

Security gate for Walkley Library

900

Grit Bins – Bolehills and Thoresby Road

249 for purchase/ installation/initial fill and 2,054 commuted sum for ongoing maintenance

Notice Boards for Bolehills/Walkley

To be determined