Agenda and minutes

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Contact: Julie Mayer
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Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies

Minutes:

Before commending the business on the agenda, the Chairman advised Members that the Finance Committee of 19 July had agreed to change the name of the former Finance Grants Sub Committee to the Finance Grants Oversight and Performance Sub Committee.  The Finance Committee had also appointed Mr Simon Duckworth as Chairman and Mr Philip Woodhouse as Deputy Chairman. 

 

Apologies were received from Deputy John Barker, Deputy Roger Chadwick and Greg Lawrence.

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2.

Members' Declarations under the Code of Conduct in respect of items on this Agenda

Minutes:

There were no declarations.

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3.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 138 KB

To agree the public minutes and non-public summary of the former Grants Sub Committee held on 17th November 2015.

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Minutes:

The minutes and non-public summary of the former Finance Grants Sub Committee, held on 17 November 2015 were approved.

 

Members noted that the new Chairman had not been in attendance at the meeting but some of the Members present today had been. 

 

Matters arising

·       Further a recent story in ‘The Observer’ in respect of the Sylvia Pankhurst Statue, Members were reminded that a grant of £10,000 would be awarded once the remaining £90,000 had been confirmed.

·       There would be an update in respect of the delegated decision in the non-public section of this meeting and in the non-public minutes.

·       The additional information requested by Kings Square Community Nursery had been received.

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4.

Update on engagement with previous Finance Grants Sub-Committee Grantees pdf icon PDF 146 KB

Report of the Chief Grants Officer.

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Minutes:

5.

Central Grants Programme

Minutes:

5a

Grants Management Process pdf icon PDF 109 KB

Report of the Chief Grants Officer.

 

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Minutes:

5b

Performance Management Framework pdf icon PDF 191 KB

Report of the Chief Grants Officer.

 

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Minutes:

6.

Benefits in Kind Reporting pdf icon PDF 93 KB

Report of the Chief Grants Officer.

To be considered in conjunction with agenda item 13.

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Minutes:

The Sub Committee considered and approved a report of the Chief Grants Officer, noting a non-public appendix at agenda item 11.

 

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7.

Questions on matters relating to the work of the committee

Minutes:

There were no questions.

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8.

Any other business that the Chairman considers urgent

Minutes:

There were no items of urgent business. 

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9.

Exclusion of the Public

MOTION – That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of schedule 12A of the Local Government Act.

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Minutes:

RESOLVED – that, under Section 100 (A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the following items on the grounds that they may involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act.

 

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10.

Non Public Minutes

To approve the non-public minutes of the former Finance Grants Sub Committee held on 17th November 2015.

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Minutes:

The non-public minutes of the meeting held on 17th November 2015 were approved, subject to an amendment.

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11.

Benefits in Kind Reporting

Report of the Chamberlain.

To be considered in conjunction with agenda item 6.

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Minutes:

The Sub Committee considered a report of the Chamberlain.

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12.

Reports of Grants Recipients

Report of the Town Clerk.

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Minutes:

The Sub Committee considered and approved a report of the Town Clerk.

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13.

Report of action taken between meetings

Report of the Town Clerk.

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Minutes:

The Sub Committee received a report of the Town Clerk.

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14.

Non-public questions on matters relating to the work of the Sub-Committee

Minutes:

There were no questions.

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15.

Any other business that the Chairman considers urgent and which the Committee agree should be considered whilst the public are excluded

Minutes:

There were no items of urgent business.

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