Purpose

Council meeting 18th January 2023: Council
resolved that the following amounts from the East Herts UK Shared
Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) and the Rural Prosperity Fund (RPF) be
agreed:

Up to £287,000 from UKSPF and up to £236,421 from RPF
allocated to business support
Up to £630,000 from the UKSPF and up to £236,421 from
the RPF for delivery of town and village centre improvements

And that decisions on spending be delegated to the Head of
Communications, Strategy and Policy acting in consultation with the
Executive Member for Planning and Growth

Decision

That the following amounts, totalling
£176,782.07, are allocated as grant payments:

A grant of £9,677.59 to Chipping and Buckland Parish Council
towards the purchase
of gazebos and other equipment to support the running of
events.
A grant of £1,085 to Cottered and Throcking Parish Council
towards the cost of additional bins for the village
A grant of £5,519.48 to Little Berkhamsted Parish Council
towards pathway
improvements
A grant of £100,000 to Ware Town Council as a contribution to
improvements to the public WC’s and creation of a Library of
Things facility in the Priory Grounds
A grant of £57,500 to Hertfordshire County Council as a
contribution towards installation of parking Variable Messaging
Signs (VMS) in Hertford Town Centre
A new premises grant of £3,000 to We Heart Pole to support
the costs of relocation and fit out of new premises in
Ware

Alternative options considered

Option 1 - Award the grants
Option 2 - Do not award the grants