Issue - meetings

The Lead Cabinet Member for Finance concurred with the recommendations made by the Grants Advisory Committee regarding three Community Chest Grant Applications and AGREED to award the following grants:

·         £1,000 to Coton Village Hall

·         £1,000 to 1^st Papworth Scouts Group

·         £495 to Gamlingay School’s Out Club

This decision was first published on Friday 4 October and so the deadline for call-in is Friday 11 October at 5pm.

In accordance with Section 100B (4) (b) of the Local Government Act 1972, the Chairman had agreed that this item should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency, because Gamlingay Out of School's Club had already been required to purchase the shed. This is because the shed was being kept on Gamlingay Village Primary School land and therefore the project needed to be completed by the end of the school holidays. The group had secured funding elsewhere but needed an additional £495 to complete the project. Given that the money had to be spent the club would have had to pay additional costs such as interest rates if the application had to wait until the next committee meeting.

On 27 September the Grants Advisory Committee reviewed all new applications received between 1 and 31 August 2019.

Following consideration of the applications, the Committee made the following recommendations to the Finance Portfolio Holder: