The panel will finalise award recommendations for the consideration of the Cabinet member for grants.
Minutes:
The panel then made recommendations to the Cabinet member for grants as follows:
RESOLVED: to
a) recommend that the award to Thame Sports Club be capped at £250,000 and that the Cabinet member should not make a decision regarding this award until after the organisation has completed its transfer to a Limited by Guarantee company, has transferred all of its assets to the new organisation and the council’s grant and legal officers are satisfied with the set-up and eligibility of the new organisation.
b) agree that projects recommended for medium priority awards (15-28 points) should receive 75% of the amount requested.
c) defer consideration of the application from Chinnor Parish Council pending the receipt of further information on the membership of the tennis club and the funding of the project, including the anticipated dates for receipt of S106 funding.
d) recommend that the Cabinet member for community safety, legal, democratic services, electoral services and grants make the following capital grant award decisions:
1. to award Berinsfield Parish Council 50.00 per cent of their total project cost, capped to £33,992, towards play area improvements, as set out in its application, subject to a condition that work should not commence until the grant agreement is completed and the land title restriction is in place.
2. to award Corn Exchange Wallingford Limited and Sinodun Players 34.00 per cent of their total project cost, capped to £170,000, towards a replacement roof and heating system, as set out in its application.
3. to award Lewknor Village Hall 36.10 per cent of their total project cost, capped to £4,585, towards replacement doors, as set out in its application.
4. to award Long Wittenham Parish Council 50.00 per cent of their total project cost, capped to £7,291, towards play area improvements, as set out in its application.
5. to award Little Milton Parish Council 50.00 per cent of their total project cost, capped to £50,000, towards play area improvements, as set out in its application, subject to a condition that work should not commence until the grant agreement is completed and the land title restriction is in place..
6. to award Thame Sports Club 45.12 per cent of their total project cost, capped to £250,000, towards a new community building, as set out in its application, subject to a condition that the proposed new incorporated organisation is established before the grant is awarded.
7. to award the Watlington Club 50.00 per cent of their total project cost, capped to £19,453, towards replacement squash court, flooring, new fire doors and a lawn aerator as set out in its application.
8. to award Hagbourne Village Hall 32.31 per cent of their total project cost, capped to £10,000, towards village hall play area improvements, as set out in its application.
9. to award Millstream Day Centre (Benson) 50.00 per cent of their total project cost, capped to £17,950, towards a replacement kitchen, as set out in its application.
10. to award Benson Parish Council 37.50 per cent of their total project cost, capped to £6,050, towards play area improvements, as set out in its application.
11. to award Sandford on Thames Village Hall 48.65 per cent of their total project cost, capped to £1,799, towards a storage shed in the village hall car park, as set out in its application.
12. to award Ewelme Parish Council 36.37 per cent of their total project cost, capped to £75,000, towards rebuilding Ewelme pavilion, as set out in its application.
13. to award Wallingford Rowing Club 50.00 per cent of their total project cost, capped to £24,882, towards a replacement boat launching platform, as set out in its application.
14. to award Peppard Stoke Row Cricket Club 37.50 per cent of their total project cost, capped to £2,765, towards a replacement cricket roller for the Stoke Row ground, as set out in its application