Issue - meetings
Community Grant to Merriott Village Hall (Executive Decision)
Meeting: 20/11/2019 - Area West Committee (Item 231)
231 Community Grant to Merriott Village Hall (Executive Decision) PDF 103 KB
Decision:
RESOLVED: |
That a grant of £11,500 be awarded to Merriott Village Hall, the grant to be allocated from the Area West capital programme and subject to standard conditions for community grants (Appendix A) |
Reason: To award a grant towards the cost of Solar Array and Battery Storage for Merriott VIllage Hall.
Minutes:
The Locality Officer introduced the report which asked members to consider the awarding of a grant towards Solar Array and Battery Storage for Merriott Village Hall.
The Committee was addressed by a representative from Merriott Village Hall. He explained that the project was to install solar panels on Merriott Village Hall and that the hall was currently heated by air source heat pumps. Members were informed that the management committee had recently undertook a project to double glaze the windows and insulate the roof and this project was a further project to make the hall more sustainable and to reduce carbon footprint. The use of the hall in the evening would not coincide with the generation of solar panels therefore batteries would be installed to store the electricity generated during the daytime for use in the evenings. Members were informed that the Village Hall Committee also planned to install car charging points in the future which would generate income for the hall and make it more sustainable financially in the long term.
In response to a question regarding the funding plan, members were informed that unfortunately funding had not been secured from The Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation and the outcome of other funding would be known within six weeks.
The Ward Member expressed his support for the project and referred to the Council declaring its recognition of a climate change emergency and the development of the Environment Strategy. He said that the hall was extremely well run and well used and hoped that members would support the application.
Members unanimously supported the Officer’s recommendation outlined in the report.
RESOLVED: |
That a grant of £11,500 be awarded to Merriott Village Hall, the grant to be allocated from the Area West capital programme and subject to standard conditions for community grants (Appendix A) |
Reason: To award a grant towards the cost of Solar Array and Battery Storage for Merriott VIllage Hall.