Purpose

For Cabinet to approve the use of the Pride in Place Impact Fund for Boston and delegate authority to the Executive Director – Economic Development to authorise all associated delivery and contractual matters, in consultation with the Leader and Deputy Leader of the Council and the Council’s Section 151 Officer.

Decision

Resolved:

1. 1.    That the funding allocations and priority themes for the Pride in Place Impact Fund for Boston, as set out in Section 2 within the report, be agreed; and
2. 2.    That authority be delegated to the Executive Director – Economic Development to approve all of the necessary delivery arrangements and the award of funding allocations to individual projects, in consultation with the Council’s Leader, Deputy Leader, and Section 151 Officer.

Reasons for the decision

To enable the Council to proceed with the process of agreeing and commencing the delivery of the funding programme and ensure to fully commit the spending by March 2027.

Alternative options considered

·         To not allocate the funding to any priorities (do nothing)

·         To allocate the funding to different priorities which are less closely aligned to the Council’s priorities and evidence of local community’s priorities as evidenced through recent engagement activities.