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Decision details

WARD COUNCILLOR FUNDING

Decision Maker: Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Tourism, Arts and Culture

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

The Council's delegated budgets scheme allocates budgets of £7,500 to each Ward Councillor covered for the financial year 2021/2022. The funding for this scheme can be spent on supplementing funding public services, for the benefit of the local community.

 

Councillor Cain of Bloomfield Ward has requested £125 as a ward councillor funding donation to Environmental Services for the site clearance and repairs to fencing at Seasiders Way.

 

Councillor Hobson of Bloomfield Ward has requested £125 as a ward councillor funding donation to Environmental Services for the site clearance and repairs to fencing at Seasiders Way.

 

Councillor R Scott of Greenlands Ward has requested £400 as a ward councillor funding donation to Fylde Memorial Arboretum and Community Woodland for continued maintenance and grass mowing for the next 6 months.

 

Councillor Wing of Greenlands Ward has requested £400 as a ward councillor funding donation to Fylde Memorial Arboretum and Community Woodland for continued maintenance and grass mowing for the next 6 months.

 

Councillors Hugo and Smith of Talbot Ward have jointly requested £6,993.24 as funding to the Street Cleansing Department for the employment of a Neighbourhood Environmental Action Team (NEAT) Officer for one year to cover Bloomfield, Brunswick, Talbot and Tyldesley Wards.

 

 

Decision:

The Leader of the Council agreed the recommendation as outlined above namely:

 

To authorise the requests, as submitted.

 

Publication date: 16/06/2021

Date of decision: 16/06/2021

Effective from: 22/06/2021

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