200 BCa/19/25 THREE-YEAR FUNDING FOR SUDBURY AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE PDF 269 KB
Cabinet Member for Communities
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Decision:
It was RESOLVED:-
1.1 That a three-year rolling funding agreement for the Sudbury and District CA be approved.
1.2 That authority be delegated to the Assistant Director, Planning and Communities to sign off the agreement following discussion with the Cabinet Member for Communities.
Reason for Decision: To provide the Sudbury and District CA with greater certainty about three-year funding from Babergh District Council, consistent with the Council’s support for the value and impact that it achieves.
Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:
1. Cease revenue funding the Sudbury and District CA
2. Continue with an annual revenue funding agreement
3. Commence a three-year funding agreement.
Any Declarations of Interest Declared: None
Any Dispensation Granted: None
Minutes:
The Cabinet Member for Communities introduced the report and provided Members with background information regarding funding provisions for Citizens Advice. The recommendations were moved by Councillor Davis.
Councillor Osborne commented that she fully supported the report and would like to extend the recommendation to a three-year rolling agreement. The Assistant Director for Planning and Communities confirmed that recommendation 3.2 of the report would allow for a rolling three-year agreement under delegated authority.
Councillor McCraw, Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee advised that the Committee’s Task and Finish Group would be providing an updated report to the next Cabinet meeting which would follow the recommendations in this report. Councillor McCraw thanked both Babergh and Mid Suffolk Councils for their approach to the matter.
Councillor Holt raised concerns regarding the funding Citizens Advice provided themselves and expressed the importance of Cabinet reviewing this on an annual basis. The Assistant Director for Planning and Communities assured Members that the funding agreement would include monitoring arrangements and require deliverables to be reported back to Cabinet.
Members further discussed the three-year rolling funding arrangement and agreed that recommendation 3.1 would be amended to include reference to this for the purpose of clarity. It was confirmed that an update would be presented to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee on an annual basis for discussion.
The revised recommendation was moved by Councillor Davis and seconded by Councillor Osborne.
By a unanimous vote
It was RESOLVED:-
1.1 That a three-year rolling funding agreement for the Sudbury and District CA be approved.
1.2 That authority be delegated to the Assistant Director, Planning and Communities to sign off the agreement following discussion with the Cabinet Member for Communities.
Reason for Decision: To provide the Sudbury and District CA with greater certainty about three-year funding from Babergh District Council, consistent with the Council’s support for the value and impact that it achieves.