Issue - meetings

Report by Project Manager – Transformation

A report providing the Area Committee with an update on the effective use of the funding provided by the Council to Helensburgh Festive Lighting Charitable Trust (HFLCT) to provide festive lighting in Helensburgh in 2017; as well as updating on the overall financial position, was considered.  The report asked the Area Committee to determine a new funding request from HFLCT for 2018 and 2019.

Decision

The Area Committee:-

1. Endorsed the effective delivery of festive lighting by the Helensburgh Festive Lighting Charitable Trust (HFLCT) in 2017, which was made possible with funding provided from the Council;
2. Agreed to award a grant of up to £10,000 to HFLCT for Christmas 2018 subject to the submission of satisfactory audited annual accounts and the conditions outlined at Appendix Three;
3. Agreed to delegate authority to the Executive Director of Development and Infrastructure to allocate the remaining balance of the festive lighting funds for the Helensburgh and Lomond area pro rata to HFLCT for Christmas 2019 subject to the Council confirming the decision of the EDI Committee made in March 2018;
4. Noted that in granting this funding request the remaining monies should be more than adequate to facilitate events on the basis of historic arrangement in the remaining Helensburgh and Lomond villages, and that discussions on future arrangements in these areas continue; and
5. Agreed that a further report come back to the September Area Committee meeting.

(Ref:  Report by Transformation Manager dated 12^th June 2018, submitted).

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