Issue - meetings

RESOLVED:  that members agreed to;

1.    Approve an award, under the current operating criteria, of up to £1,500 as a 50% contribution to A Bishop Electricals, 4 High Street, Castle Cary.

2.    Approve an amendment to the operating criteria agreed in May 2018 to that, except in exceptional circumstances, a 5-year period should lapse between applications relating to the same premises from the same proprietor.

Reason:        towards shop front improvements, which includes repainting render, wooden windows and railings, from the Community Development budget revenue element ring-fenced for the RSI.

(Voting: unanimous)

The Community Support Assistant presented her report to members. She explained that there were two recommendations on the report. The first recommendation was for a grant application for  A Bishop Electricals in Castle Cary and the second recommendation was to address a change to the operating criteria of the grant scheme.

She explained that the application was for a grant of £1,500, which was 50% of the project cost, towards shop front improvements on this prominent building. She also explained that funding had previously been granted towards improvement works for this building which gave reason to amend the application to ensure that repeat applications could not be made within a 5 year period, except in exceptional circumstances.

Following the discussion, it was proposed and seconded that members agreed to award up to £1,500 towards shop front improvements to A Bishop Electricals, 4 High Street, Castle Cary and to approve an amendment to the operating criteria agreed in May 2018 so that, unless in exceptional circumstances, a 5 year period should lapse before a repeat application will be considered relating to the same premises and the same proprietor.

On being put to the vote, this was carried unanimously.

RESOLVED: that members agreed to;

1.    Approve an award, under the current operating criteria, of up to £1,500 as a 50% contribution to A Bishop Electricals, 4 High Street, Castle Cary towards shop front improvements, which includes repainting render, wooden windows and railings, from the Community Development budget revenue element ring-fenced for the RSI.

2.    Approve an amendment to the operating criteria agreed in May 2018 to that, except in exceptional circumstances, a 5-year period should lapse between applications relating to the same premises from the same proprietor.          

(Voting: unanimous)