Agenda, decisions and minutes

Received from Councillor Marian Spall.

None.

If you have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest* in an item of business:

         if it is not yet on the council’s register, you must declare both the existence and details of it at the start of the meeting or when it becomes apparent;

         you may choose to declare a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest that is already in the register in the interests of openness and transparency. 

In both the above cases, you must leave the room without participating in discussion of the item.

If you have a personal interest in an item of business and you intend to speak or vote on the item you must declare both the existence and details of it at the start of the meeting or when it becomes apparent but you may participate in the discussion and vote on the item.

*(a)      Employment, etc - Any employment, office, trade, profession or vocation carried on for profit or gain.

(b)        Sponsorship - Any payment or other financial benefit in respect of your expenses in carrying out duties as a member, or of your election; including from a trade union.

(c)        Contracts - Any current contract for goods, services or works, between you or your partner (or a body in which one of you has a beneficial interest) and the council.

(d)        Land - Any beneficial interest in land which is within the council’s area.

(e)        Licences- Any licence to occupy land in the council’s area for a month or longer.

(f)        Corporate tenancies - Any tenancy between the council and a body in which you or your partner have a beneficial interest.

 (g) Securities - Any beneficial interest in securities of a body which has a place of business or land in the council’s area, if the total nominal value of the securities exceeds £25,000 or one hundredth of the total issued share capital of that body or of any one class of its issued share capital. 

This applies to all members present at the meeting.

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Confirmed as a correct record.

RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 21 April 2016 be confirmed as a correct record and the Chair be authorised to sign them.

AGREED recommendation

Reasons for decision – as specified in the report

Other options considered – none

Conflicts of interest/Any dispensations granted - none

RESOLVED:

That the membership of the Voluntary and Community Sector Committee, appointed by the Executive on 16 May 2016, its terms of reference and dates of meetings for the municipal year 2016/17, as detailed in Appendix A of the report of the Assistant Chief Executive – Governance and Human Resources, be noted.

Reasons for decision

To inform all members of the Council of the remit of the Committee.

Other options considered

None

Conflicts of interest/Any dispensations granted

None

AGREED recommendations

Reasons for decision – as specified in the report

Other options considered – none

Conflicts of interest/Any dispensations granted - none

RESOLVED:

(a) That the VCS Partnership Grants Programme Awards across the five programme strands detailed in paragraph 9 and Appendix 3 of the report of the Executive Member for Community Development, be approved.

(b) That £140,000 of funding be retained to respond to identified gaps in the VCS Partnership portfolio in order to support the delivery of the VCS strategy, as detailed in paragraph 9 of the report.

Reasons for decision

The decisions reflected the priorities and services outlined in “Towards a Fairer Islington: Voluntary and Community Sector Strategy 2016 – 2020” and the Advice Review which identified how and where voluntary and community sector organisations could add real value and support the Council in taking forward its ambition to promote a fairer Islington.

Other options considered

None .

Conflicts of interest/Any dispensations granted

None

A revised Appendix A was laid round.

AGREED recommendations in the report of the Executive Member for Community Development, including the funding proposals detailed in revised Appendix A.

Reasons for decision – as specified in the report

Other options considered – none

Conflicts of interest/Any dispensations granted - none

A revised Appendix A was laid round.

RESOLVED:

(a) That the proposals for funding under the Local Initiatives Fund submitted by Ward councillors and detailed in revised Appendix A (attached to these minutes) of the report of the Executive Member for Community Development, be approved in principle, subject to the Assistant Chief Executive – Governance and Human Resources being satisfied that the necessary checks have been made and any other issues resolved.

(b) That the amendments to Ward budgets resulting from project funding being returned, detailed in Appendix A of the report, be also noted.

Reasons for decision

To assist in developing and sustaining a healthy voluntary and community sector in Islington.

Other options considered

None.

Conflicts of interest/Any dispensations granted

None.