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5.1

The Committee
considered a report of the Community Services Manager on the
funding allocated to the East Local Area Committee for 2023-24 and
the proposals for its allocation and expenditure for 2023-24 in
line with the East Local Area Committee Community Plan.

 

 

5.2

RESOLVED: That the East Local Area
Committee:-
 
(i)   
notes the expenditure against the 2023/24
£100,000 budget allocated to spend on projects that work
towards implementing the East LAC Community Plan priorities as set
out in Appendix 1 to this report;
 
(ii)  
authorises the following expenditure from the
£100,000 project budget for the purposes described in the
report:
 

(a) 
£5001 to Woodthorpe
Tenants and Residents Association.
(b) 
£15,680 to The Link Community Hub;
and

 
(iii)notes the
expenditure against the 2023/24 £38.550 East Cost of Living
fund, as set out in Appendix 2 to the report.

 

 

5.3

Reasons for Decision

 

 

 

This report is in line
with the East Local Area Committee decisions of 11 October 2023
regarding expenditure of its 2023/24 budgets, as detailed in
appendix 1 and appendix 2 of the report.

 

 

5.4

Alternatives Considered and Rejected

 

 

 

Decisions on any
expenditure above the existing authority to the Community Services
Manager could be reserved to the Local Area Committee, but this
would inevitably delay delivery of priority actions to address
specific issues identified in the Community Plan.
 
All decisions on
expenditure to support Community Plan priorities could be delegated
to officers.  However, this would
restrict and undermine the Local Area Committee’s ability to
monitor its delegated budget and delivery of the Community
Plan.