Decision details

SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES FUND - PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PILOT EVALUATION

Decision status: For Determination

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decisions:

The Council considered a report which highlighted the key points from the evaluation of the completed pilot project with the Supporting Communities Fund and sought agreement on the future distribution of the Supporting Communities Fund.

 

Decision

 

The Council noted the outcomes from this successful pilot project and agreed:

 

1.

That for 2018/20 Participatory Budgeting will not be used as a method to allocate the Supporting Communities Fund for the reasons detailed in paragraph 4.7 related to disproportionate costs against grant funding available; and notes the work currently underway to consider a national platform which would be available to local authorities.

 

2.

Improvements be made to the Supporting Communities Fund, taking on board feedback through the evaluation to increase awareness and transparency in the grants process as detailed in paragraph 4.8 of the report.

 

3.

The Council shares the learning from the PB pilot with dedicated COSLA Office and COSLA Elected Member Groups looking at Community Choices and PB to inform best practice and national considerations for a PB platform.

 

4.

Options for how the Council can meet the 1% requirement of budget distribution by ‘Community Choices’ by 2020/21, including where the use of PB may be appropriate, be brought to a future meeting of the Council.

 

(Ref: Report by Chief Executive dated 13 September 2018, submitted)

Publication date: 28/09/2018

Date of decision: 27/09/2018

Decided at meeting: 27/09/2018 - Argyll and Bute Council

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