Agenda item

Report of the Town Clerk.

Also attached is a motion from the Open Spaces and City Gardens Committee.

The Committee considered a report of the Deputy Town Clerk concerning the

outcome of the cross-cutting review of the City Corporation’s grant giving

activities.

It was noted that the proposals had been considered by the Resource

Allocation Sub-Committee and Policy and Resources Committee, and were

recommended for approval subject to responsibility for strategic oversight and

performance management of the City Corporation’s grant giving activities being

given to the Finance Committee rather than to the Finance Grants Sub-

Committee.

The Committee acknowledged that a de minimis limit would need to be

established as part of the governance process.

The Committee noted the resolution from the Open Spaces and City Gardens Committee that a Working Party should be formed to discuss the matter. The group would consist of up to three Members from the Open Spaces & City Gardens, Epping Forest & City Commons and Hampstead Heath, Highgate Wood & Queens Park Committees, 1 Member of the West Ham Park Committee and 1 representative of the Finance Grants Sub Committee. Members nominated Councillor Bryan Collier as their representatives and suggested that the Town Clerk seek his availability.

The Working Party would meet on 16 September at 9:30am and 25 November at 3:30pm and each meeting would last 1 hour.

RESOLVED – That approval be given for a more structured approach to grant giving which was jointly governed by all Open Spaces and which was publicised and managed as part of the City Corporation’s suite of grants programmes.