Agenda item

To receive the report of the Deputy Town Clerk.

The committee received and considered the report of the Deputy Town Clerk.

Members welcomed all the applications which totalled more than £60,000 over the allocated budget. The committee agreed the town council was a small grass roots authority and needed to recognise its limitations. Members discussed what the current youth need was in Witney, ages of those affected and the benefits that each applying group could provide.

The chair suggested apportioning the budget based on the group’s membership in Witney. This was agreeable although some members felt that some  applicants held sizable reserves in their accounts and therefore consideration should be given to removing these applicants based on scoring against the grants criteria.

Recommendations:

1.      That, the report be noted, and

2.      That, the decision on distribution of the Youth Services fund be deferred to the Policy, Governance & Finance Committee at its meeting on 3 October 2022.