Issue - meetings

The Joint Committee has a delegated budget of £3000 for community safety projects in 2018/19. 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.

Declarations of Interest: None

Officers attending: Gregory Yeoman, Partnership Committee Officer

Petitions, Public Questions, Statements: None.

Member Discussion – key points:

The Partnership Committee Officer outlined the projects that had been supported in 2017/18 with the £3000 available from the Community Safety Funding, namely Respect the Water, and Safe Drive Stay Alive. He reminded members that the same amount of funding was available for 2018/19, and stated that an application had been submitted by the Borough’s Community Safety Officer in respect of the Junior Citizen event to be held in November.

Resolved:

The Joint Committee (Runnymede) agreed that:

(i)         The committee’s delegated community safety budget of £3000 for 2018/19 be retained by the Community Partnership Team, on behalf of the Joint 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 Safety Manager, in consultation with the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Joint 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) funded, the outcomes and the impact it has achieved.