Decision details

a)         That Cabinet notes the contents of this report and, in particular, the findings and recommendations from the Town/Parish Councils – Review of Concurrent Funding Task and Finish Group (see Appendix A) established by the Finance, Resources and Partnerships Scrutiny Committee (FRAPS) in June 2014 to review concurrent funding of parish and town councils in the Borough by NULBC

b)         That Cabinet decides whether it wishes to support the all or some of the recommendations of the Task and Finish Group (as endorsed by FRAPS in November 2014) namely:

•           To establish a cross-party monitoring group by NULBC

•           To require all parish and town councils to provide proof to the above monitoring group of use and purpose of their grant from 2015/16 before receiving any further grant for 2016/17

•           Further to the above recommendation from the Task and Finish Group, that any town/parish council not spending their NULBC grant in full will have any identified underspend from 2015/16 removed from their grant for 2016/17

c)         That Cabinet remove 25% of the section 136 funding made available to Parish Councils in the next financial year.