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Local Partnership - Gleniffer
11 Jun 2019 - 18:00 to 20:00
Occurred
Foxbar Community Centre, Amochrie Road, Paisley PA2 0LB
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Agenda

Agenda
Notification
Members
Councillor Stephen Burns; Provost Lorraine Cameron; Councillor Eddie Devine; Councillor Paul Mack; Councillor Eileen McCartin; Councillor Kevin Montgomery and Tony Lawler (Foxbar & Brediland Community Council); Bill Martin (The Thursday Club; James Miller (Paisley Sea Cadets); Shirley McLean (Glenburn Community Tenants' & Residents' Association); Doreen Polson (Foxbar Rivers Community Building) and Yvonne Povah (Stronger Communities Glenburn).
Chair
Councillor Marie McGurk (Chair); Jim Duffy (Vice Chair) West Region Scouts Association.
Councillor Marie McGurk, Chair, presided.
Present
Councillor Stephen Burns: Provost Lorraine Cameron: Councillor Eddie Devine: Councillor Paul Mack, Councillor Eileen McCartin: Councillor Kevin Montgomery and Jim Duffy (West Region Scouts Association): Tony Lawler (Foxbar & Brediland Community Council); Shirley McLean (Glenburn Community Tenants’ & Residents’ Association): Doreen Polson (Foxbar Rivers Community Building) and Yvonne Povah (Stronger Communities Glenburn).
In Attendance
R McGrath, Head of Customer & Business Services (Lead Officer), S Graham, Partnership Manager and A McNaughton, Senior Committee Services Officer (all Renfrewshire Council).
Apology
Bill Martin (The Thursday Club).
Opening Remarks
Councillor McGurk welcomed everyone present and expressed her desire to ensure that business was carried out efficiently and that decisions were made by consensus.

The Lead Officer intimated that the focus of this meeting was disbursement of grant funding and advised that as the amount of funding requested by applicants greatly exceeded the amount of funding available for disbursement, some challenging decisions required to be made.  She further advised that decisions to award funding should reflect the priorities discussed by the Local Partnership at the last meeting.  

DECIDED:   That the information be noted.
Committee Members
Further Information

This is a meeting which is open to members of the public. 

A copy of the agenda and reports for this meeting will be available for inspection prior to the meeting at the Customer Service Centre, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley and online at http://renfrewshire.cmis.uk.com/renfrewshire/CouncilandBoards.aspx

For further information, please either email
democratic-services@renfrewshire.gov.uk or telephone 0141 618 7112.

Members of the Press and Public
Members of the press and public wishing to attend the meeting should attend the venue at the appointed time.
Community Planning Partners
Police Scotland; Renfrewshire Health & Social Care Partnership and Engage Renfrewshire.
S Airlie (Police Scotland); C Johnston (Renfrewshire Health & Social Care Partnership); and S Miller (Engage Renfrewshire).
Standard Items
Items Of Business
Apologies
Apologies from members.
Declarations of Interest
Members are asked to declare an interest in any item(s) on the agenda and to provide a brief explanation of the nature of the interest.
Councillor McCartin declared an interest in Item 3 - Applications for Local Partnership Grants, (FR1121) as she was a Director of Renfrewshire Leisure Limited and indicated that she would remain in the meeting but not take part in the discussion or voting thereon.

Councillor Burns declared an interest in Item 3 - Applications for Local Partnership Grants (FR1098) as he was a member of Langcraigs Parent Council and indicated that he would remain in the meeting but not take part in the discussion or voting thereon.

Y Povah declared interests in Item 3 - Applications for Local Partnership Grants (FR1076, FR1077 and FR1078) as she was a member and/or user of services provided by applicants and indicated that she would remain in the meeting but not take part in discussions or voting thereon.

S McLean declared interests in Item 3 - Applications for Local Partnership Grants (FR1132) as she was a member of Paisley People’s Archive and indicated that she would remain in the meeting but not take part in the discussion or voting thereon.
1 Minute of Previous Meeting

Minute of the previous meeting held on 20 March 2019.

 

1
There was submitted and approved the Minute of the previous meeting held on 20 March 2019.

DECIDED:   That the Minute be approved.
2 Local Partnership - Business Arrangements

Report by the Chief Executive.

 

2
There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive relative to outstanding business arrangements to be determined by the Local Partnership.

The report explained that the name of the Local Partnership remained to be determined as did the venue for future meetings.  In terms of the adoption of a Code of Conduct  (Standing Order 11:  Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interests) it was noted that members had received a letter from the Head of Corporate Governance indicating that as he had received no opposition to the introduction of a Code of Conduct, this should now be adopted and as such members who were community representatives required to complete a Register of Interests and to declare any registered interests at meetings.

The report also advised that the Youth Challenge element of grant funding for this Local Partnership would be determined by a participatory budgeting exercise for young people being held during August/September 2019 and that a community conference event would be held during September/October 2019 to engage with community groups, voluntary organisations and members of the public who were not represented formally on the Local Partnership.

DECIDED:

(a) That Glenburn, Foxbar & Brediland Local Partnership be renamed Glennifer Local Partnership with immediate effect;

(b) That Glenburn Community Centre and Foxbar Community Centre be used in rotation as the venues for future meetings and that a suitable system for amplifying sound be provided;

(c) That the Code of Conduct for Devolved Public Bodies be adopted, and a Register of Interests be provided by each member representing a community group;

(d) That it be noted that the Youth Challenge element of grant funding would be determined by a participatory budgeting exercise in August/September 2019; and

(e) That a community conference event for this Local Partnership would be held in September/October 2019.


Recording of Dissent

In terms of the undernoted item, Councillor Mack being the mover of a motion which failed to find a seconder, requested that his dissent be recorded.
3 Applications for Local Partnership Grants

Report by the Chief Executive.

 

3
There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive relative to applications received for grant funding from this Local Partnership.

The report advised that each application reflected one or more of the themes/priorities that had been discussed at the previous meeting: Community Assets; What’s On in Glenburn, Foxbar & Brediland; Public Safety and Road Safety; Isolation & Loneliness; and Play Facilities.  A list of all applications and a summary of each application were attached to the report as Appendices 1 and 2 respectively.  An application from Meikleriggs Cricket Foundation had been omitted in error from the list of applications/summaries and was also submitted.

It was noted that the amount of funding available for disbursement was £52,214, of which £350 had been ringfenced for community members’ expenses and the total amount of funding requested by applicants, including Meikleriggs Cricket Foundation, was £156,609.32, leaving a shortfall of £104,745.32.







The report intimated that, additionally, the Youth Challenge Fund component for this Local Partnership was £19,861 and would be allocated by young people through a participatory budgeting exercise to take place later in the year.  It was recommended therefore, that the undernoted applications from organisations providing services to youths be referred to the participatory budgeting exercise for consideration of an award from the Youth Challenge Fund:
 
FR1118 Alba Thistle AFC - £600
FR1121 Renfrewshire Leisure - £7,675
FR1151 Renfrewshire Bowling Association Under-25s - £429
FR1261 St Mirren Netball - £796
FR1280 Braehead Junior Ice Hockey Club - £371.50

Thereafter, it was proposed that members consider whether to recommend an award to each of the remaining applicants.  This was agreed, and either unanimously or by a majority following an indicative vote taken by a show of hands, it was recommended that the undernoted applications be declined:

FR1135 Fitting-In
FR1195 C-Change Scotland
FR1227 Clyde River Foundation
FR1272/78 Lamont Farm Project
FR1300 Feis Phaislig
FR1148 Oakshaw Trinity Friendly Hour
FR1212 Route 66
FR1147 Phoenix Flyers Dog Agility Club


ADJOURNMENT

The Convener adjourned the meeting for 10 minutes to allow budget calculations to be updated.

On resumption of business, it was further proposed that, of the remaining applications, those seeking funding of £2,000 or less be recommended for approval of an award.  This was agreed, and it was recommended that the undernoted awards be approved:

FR1112 Paisley Pirates Ice Hockey Club - £2,000
FR1132 Paisley People’s Archive - £1,850
FR1281 Renfrewshire Effort to Empower Minorities (REEM) - £1,266
FR1283 Shopmobility - £1,252
FR1290 Renfrewshire Effort to Empower Minorities (REEM) - £1,429
FR1071 Glenburn Seniors Forum - £1,400
FR1097 Foxbar Elderly Forum - £950
FR1159 Renfrewshire Visually Impaired Forum - £500







Of the applications now remaining, it was recommended that the undernoted awards be approved:

FR1077 Glenbairns - £2,000
FR1078 Glenbairns - £5,000
FR1172/79 Rainbow Turtle - £2,000
FR1185/86 Foxbar Community Resource Café - £2,000
FR1206/60 Ferguslie Cricket Club - £2,000
FR1268 Loud n Proud - £1,500
FR1076 Stronger Communities Glenburn - £6,000
FR1094/95 Lapwing Lodge Activity Centre - £2,500
FR1099 The Thursday Club - £2,075
FR1145 St Columba Church of Scotland - £1,650
FR1164 Friends of Montrose - £1,500
FR1224 Renfrewshire Access Panel - £1,000
FR1098 Langcraigs Parent Council - £5,000
FR1213 Playbus SCIO – declined
FR1271 Bushes Primary Parent Council - £5,000
FR1197 Meikleriggs Cricket Foundation - £1,992

DECIDED:

(a) That, in terms of paragraph 7.1 of Standing Orders for Local Partnerships, authority be delegated to the Lead Officer to award, defer or decline grant funding as per the recommendations of the Local Partnership and as listed on the appendix to this Minute;

(b) That it be noted that no funds remained to be disbursed by this Local Partnership during 2019/20; and

(c)  That, where applications were declined, advice be provided by Community Planning  about alternative sources of funding.
 
4 Date of Next Meeting

The next meeting is scheduled to take place in November 2019 at a date, time and venue to be arranged.

 

Attendance

Attended - Other Members
Name
No other member attendance information has been recorded for the meeting.
Apologies
NameReason for Sending Apology
Bill Martin 
Absent
NameReason for Absence
James Millar 

Declarations of Interests

Member NameItem Ref.DetailsNature of DeclarationAction
Councillor Stephen Burns3/FR1098Member of Langcraigs Parent CouncilPersonal & PrejudicialRemained in the meeting and took no part in the discussion or voting thereon
Jim Duffy3/FR1094 & FR1095Lapwing Lodge owned and operated by ScoutsPersonal & PrejudicialRemained in the meeting and took no part in the discussion or voting thereon
Councillor Eileen McCartin3/FR1121Director of Renfrewshire Leisure Ltd.PecuniaryRemained in the meeting and took no part in the discussion or voting thereon
Shirley McLean3/FR1132Involvement with Paisley People's ArchivePersonal & PrejudicialRemained in the meeting and took no part in the discussion or voting thereon
Yvonne Povah3/FR1076Member of Stronger Communities GlenburnPersonal & PrejudicialRemained in the meeting and took no part in the discussion or voting thereon
Yvonne Povah3/FR1077User of service provided by GlenbairnsPersonal & PrejudicialRemained in the meeting and took no part in the discussion or voting thereon
Yvonne Povah3/FR1078User of service provided by GlenbairnsPersonal & PrejudicialRemained in the meeting and took no part in the discussion or voting thereon
Yvonne Povah3/FR1271Member of Bushes Primary Parent CouncilPersonal & PrejudicialRemained in the meeting and took no part in the discussion or voting thereon

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