Issue - meetings

The Cabinet is requested to consider the agenda report and its two appendices and make the following resolutions:

1.     That the council’s Priorities and Principles of Grant Funding as set out in Appendix 2 of the report, using option 2 for the Economy priority, be approved with effect from 1 April 2019.

2.     That if a positive decision regarding the future of Enabling Grants funding from the West Sussex Business Rate Pool is received, the council’s Priorities and Principles of Grant Funding are updated using option 1 of the economy priority.

RESOLVED BY THE CABINET

1.     That the council’s Priorities and Principles of Grant Funding as set out in Appendix 2 of the report, using option 2 for the Economy priority, be approved with effect from 1 April 2019.

2.     That if a positive decision regarding the future of Enabling Grants funding from the West Sussex Business Rate Pool is received, the council’s Priorities and Principles of Grant Funding are updated using option 1 of the economy priority.

Mrs Lintill introduced the report. Mr Hyland was also present. Mrs Lintill explained that the priorities and principles for grant funding are reviewed annually. The current priorities have remained the same for the last three years. She outlined the recommendations in the report to make some small changes to be applied from April 2019. The changes were detailed as follows:

·       Amendment to the priority improving living places and spaces to read improving places and spaces.

·       Removing reference to Think Family Neighbourhoods in the Targeted Projects priority description.

·       Two options for the Economy priority dependent on the result of the bid to the Business Rates Pool.

Mrs Lintill wished to express her pride in the number of organisations that have been helped by Grants and Concessions Panel funding. She explained that the Panel had recently visited a number of sites supported by grants funding and the feedback from members and applicants had been very positive.

Decision

The Cabinet then voted unanimously to make the resolutions below.

RESOLVED BY THE CABINET

1.     That the council’s Priorities and Principles of Grant Funding as set out in Appendix 2 of the report, using option 2 for the Economy priority, be approved with effect from 1 April 2019.

2.     That if a positive decision regarding the future of Enabling Grants funding from the West Sussex Business Rate Pool is received, the council’s Priorities and Principles of Grant Funding are updated using option 1 of the economy priority.