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Venue: Bowerhill Village Hall, Halifax Road, Bowerhill, SN12 6QN

Contact: Kevin Fielding  (Democratic Services Officer)

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1.

Chairman's Welcome, Introduction and Announcements

Minutes:

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the Bowerhill Village Hall for a special meeting of the Melksham Area Board to discuss and ratify proposals for future funding of community led projects from the Melksham Area Board.

 

2.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

There were no apologies for absence.

3.

Declarations of Interest

To receive any declarations of disclosable interests or dispensations granted by the Standards Committee.

 

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

4.

Partnership Arrangements

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

The Chairman advised that the Area Board felt that it was important that this issue was discussed and ratified before the new financial year and that It should be noted that the financial figures identified on the report were subject to change according to the amount of revenue funding available to the Board in the next financial year.

 

The Chairman then outlined the four proposals:

 

The Chairman explained that as the expected funding would now be lower than was first anticipated, he had decided that it would be helpful to have options 1, 3 and 4 to consider alongside the original option, (No.2).

 

1.     100% revenue funding for the Melksham Community Area Partnership.

 

2.     20% funding to the Melksham Community Area Partnership with 80% funding to the Community Project Support Officer (CPSO).

 

3.     100% funding to the Community Project Support Officer (CPSO).

 

4.     100% funding to community projects, (no funding for the Melksham Community Area Partnership or Community Project Support Officer (CPSO).

 

 

The Chairman then outlined the role of the Community Project Support Officer:

 

·       Ring-fenced funding for payment to “Community Project Support Officer” (CPSO) to be contracted on a self-employed basis with resulting hours becoming available for local groups (including the Melksham Community Area Partnership) to bid for to support community lead projects. It should be noted that this is the ring-fenced funding for this purpose and it is possible that for specific projects, and subject to available revenue funding, the Area Board may agree to fund additional hours.

 

2014/15 – £9,000,00

 

2015/16 - £9,000,00

 

2016/17 - £9,000,00

 

(It should be noted that the financial figures identified on the report were subject to change according to the amount of revenue funding available to the Board, and some doubt about this was expressed)

 

 

·       Whilst the overall spend reduces over the three year period it is anticipated that this will be in line with other pressures the Board will face on its spending.

 

·       The CPSO hours will be a resource that any local group will be able to bid for alongside bids for grant funding. All bids would have to clearly demonstrate how they were contributing towards fulfilling that stated aims of the Area Board - principally (but not necessarily exclusively) based on the priorities identified in the Community JSA. There would be no limit on the number of projects a group could apply for support on, but consideration could reasonably be given to the number of previous projects supported when considering new applications, especially if there was a shortage of available time as a result of a high number of applications.

 

·       Decisions over the allocation of the CPSO time would be made exclusively by the Area Board members, usually at a public Area Board meeting and the CPSO would be responsible to the Chair of the Area Board, or the Vice-Chair in their absence. Where appropriate the Chair could delegate certain parts of this role to the Community Area Manager for expediency. In exception, the Board could allocate  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

5.

Close

Minutes:

The Chairman thanked everybody for attending the meeting.