Agenda item

Report of the Town Clerk.

The Committee considered a report of the Town Clerk concerning a review and reclassification of grant payments which were no longer classified as grants.

RESOLVED – That approval be given to:-

1.       the following on-going payments as recommended by service committees and Chief Officers:-

·       City of London Corporation Staff Sports and Activities Club (Establishment Committee) - £11,225

·       Annual Londoners Pensioners Association Lunch (Establishment Committee) - £27,000

·       Staff Annual Lunch (Establishment Committee) - £53,400

·       Marathon Team (Establishment Committee) – £3,500

·       Thames Fishery research event (Port Health and Environmental Services Committee) - £5,332

·       Almshouses (Acting Director of Community and Children’s Services) - £5,000

2.       each payment be incorporated into the responsible department’s budget rather than being treated as a grant;

3.       the cessation of two payments as recommended by the Acting Director of Community and Children’s Services - Social Needs Payments (£2,000) and Housing Payments (£2,200); and

4.       future reviews be undertaken regularly and submitted to the responsible Committee.