Decision Maker: North East Local Area Committee

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: No

Date of Decision: November 13, 2025

Purpose:

Content: 22.1 The Committee considered a report of the Community Services manager which set out the spending decisions made by the Community Services manager in consultation with the North East Local Area Committee Chair, in accordance with the delegation granted by the North East Local Area Committee at its meeting on 8th October 2024.   Since the last North East LAC meeting in September 2025, an expenditure of £14,063 had been approved under the delegation set out in point 1.1.2 of the report.  A breakdown of monies spent, and the remaining budget could be found under point 1.2 of the North East Local Area Committee Budget Report 2025/26.   The Community Services manager highlighted some of the work that had taken place and had benefitted from Local Area Committee funding.    Councillor Mark Rusling thanked council officers and staff from Ingle Gym and Sheffield Wednesday Community Programme and added that these projects were extremely successful and well attended by young people.   Councillor Fran Belbin thanked everyone involved in local projects for their contributions to the community and asked if the project called ‘Hoop City’ was a local project?   Councillor Safiya Saeed informed the committee and audience that it was a local project but had delivered services in other areas also.   The Community Services manager stated that there was £75,513 budget that remained, some of the remaining money would be allocated to the Stewardship Programme, discussed in the previous North East Local Area Committee meeting in September.    Councillor Mark Rusling asked if the young people involved in that programme would be from the local area and be working their local area?   The Community Services manager stated that yes, they would which encouraged pride in their local area.     22.2 RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That the North East Local Area Committee:       (a)    Notes the expenditure under delegated powers against the 2025/26 £100,0000 budget to address local priorities in the North East LAC as detailed in the report;   (b)    Agrees to the expenditure of £27,889 on the Environmental Project for the Stewardship Programme as detailed in the report; and   (c)     Authorises the Community Services Manager, in consultation with the Local Area Committee Chair, to finalise the eligibility criteria and make decisions, following engagement with the relevant Ward Members, on the award of the grant funds proposed of up to £5,000.     22.3 Reasons for Decision     22.3.1 Spending decisions made by the Community Services Manager under the authority delegated by the LAC in October 2024 are required to be reported to the next LAC meeting so that the LAC can monitor its delegated budget and delivery of the Community Plan.     22.3.2 The further expenditure and proposed use of funding under delegated authority outlined in the report addresses the identified local priorities within the North Local Area Committee Community Plan.     22.4 Alternatives Considered and Rejected     22.4.1 Decisions on all expenditure could be reserved to the LAC but this would inevitably delay delivery of priority actions to address specific issues identified in the Community Plan.     22.4.2 All decisions on expenditure to support Community Plan priorities could be delegated to officers.  However, this would restrict and undermine the LAC’s ability to monitor its delegated budget and delivery of the Community Plan.