Decision details

Consideration was given to a report addressing the process for handling financial requests outwith Area Committee Grant Schemes.

Decision

The Committee –

1.    Agreed the proposed process for assessing ad hoc funding requests subject to the first sentence of paragraph 11 of Appendix 1 to the report being amended to read “SMT submit report in the political process reporting through Policy Leads and to the Policy and Resources Committee for a decision.

2.    Agreed that should any of these funding requests be agreed following assessment that the Committee identify how the cost can be contained within available resources to avoid adding to the existing funding gap.

(Reference: Report by Interim Head of Strategic Finance dated 4 March 2015, submitted)