Issue - meetings

The Local Committee has a delegated budget of £3000 for community safety projects in 2017/18. This report sets out the process by which this funding should be allocated to the Community Safety Partnership and/or other local community organisations that promote the safety and wellbeing of residents. The report also seeks the approval of Local Committee task group members and the appointment of representatives to external bodies.

(Report and annex attached).

The Local Committee (Tandridge) RESOLVED to agree that:

(i) The committee’s delegated community safety budget of £3000 for 2017/18 be retained by the Community Partnership Team, on behalf of the Local Committee, and that the Community Safety Partnership and/or other local organisations be invited to submit proposals for funding that meet the criteria and principles set out at paragraph 2.4 of this report.

(ii) Authority be delegated to the Community Partnership Manager, in consultation with the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Local Committee, to authorise the expenditure of the community safety budget in accordance with the criteria and principles stated at paragraph 2.4 of this report.

(iii) The committee receives updates on the project(s) that was funded, the outcomes and the impact it has achieved.

(iv) The committee approves the nomination to the East Surrey Community Safety Partnership, as set out in paragraphs 2.9 and 2.10.

Officer attending: Vicki Eade, Partnership Lead (East)

The Partnership Lead introduced the report. The committee was asked to agree the process for approving the expenditure of the community safety budget, and to agree the nomination of Mr Nick Childs, Ward Councillor for Godstone, to be the Local Committee representative on the East Surrey Community Safety Partnership. This was set out in the Supplementary Agenda, tabled at the meeting.

Resolution:

The Local Committee (Tandridge) RESOLVED to agree that:

(i) The committee’s delegated community safety budget of £3000 for 2017/18 be retained by the Community Partnership Team, on behalf of the Local Committee, and that the Community Safety Partnership and/or other local organisations be invited to submit proposals for funding that meet the criteria and principles set out at paragraph 2.4 of this report.

(ii) Authority be delegated to the Community Partnership Manager, in consultation with the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Local Committee, to authorise the expenditure of the community safety budget in accordance with the criteria and principles stated at paragraph 2.4 of this report.

(iii) The committee receives updates on the project(s) that was funded, the outcomes and the impact it has achieved.

(iv) The committee approves the nomination to the East Surrey Community Safety Partnership, as set out in paragraphs 2.9 and 2.10.

Reasons:

The report sets out a process for allocating the committee’s delegated community safety budget of £3000 to local organisations. It also proposes Local Committee representation on the East Surrey Community Safety Partnership for the forthcoming year. The appointment of councillors of the Local Committee to external bodies enables the committee’s representation on and input to such bodies.