Agenda item

To receive and consider the report of the Town Clerk.

The Committee received and considered the report of the Town Clerk concerning the Committee Work Plan.

The report outlined the current status of matters arising from the adopted Open Spaces Strategy and asked for any 2022/23 budget considerations. Members were pleased many of the items on the plan were underway, including rebranding, and the review of the Grounds Maintenance Contract. There were requests for the discretionary grants pot to be increased so more community groups could receive aid and that a budget for a water safety education programme could be included, the latter being funded in part from differing stakeholders.

Resolved:

1.      That, the report and workplan be noted and,

2.      That, the funds for Discretionary Grants be increased to £20,000 in the draft 2022/23 budget (the policy to include a scoring system for applications) and,

3.      That, £10,000 be included in the draft 2022/23 budget for water safety education.