Committee : and AREA COMMITTEE Date of Meeting : 26 TH MAY 2010 Title of Report : BUDGET MONITORING

Report of : A Neighbourhoods and Investment Programmes Department

Contact Officer : S Prewett Assistant Director - Neighbourhoods Telephone No. 0151 934 3485

This report contains Yes No CONFIDENTIAL √ Information/ EXEMPT information by virtue of paragraph(s)...... of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local √ Government Act, 1972 (If information is marked exempt, the Public Interest Test must be applied and favour the exclusion of the information from the press and public). Is the decision on this report DELEGATED ? √

Purpose of Report

To update Litherland and Ford Area Committee on available resources for the Area Committee area and progress to date on those items approved at previous meetings.

To request confirmation from the Committee for any proposals made within the current bidding round for up to £250 from the respective ward budgets raised at the meeting.

Recommendation(s)

That the Area Committee:

(i) note the Ward budgets for 2010/2011 and the progress to date on items agreed in this year

(ii) note the progress to date on items agreed in 2009/2010

(iii) agree any proposals made within the current bidding round for upto £250 from the respective ward budgets

Corporate Objective Monitoring

Corporate Positive Neutral Negative Objective Impact Impact Impact

1 Creating a Learning Community ü

2 Creating Safe Communities ü

3 Jobs and Prosperity ü

4 Improving Health and Well-Being ü

5 Environmental Sustainability ü

6 Creating Inclusive Communities ü

7 Improving the Quality of Council Services and ü Strengthening local Democracy

8 Children and Young People ü

Financial Implications

Any financial proposals contained within this report can be contained within the Area Committee’s delegated budget

Departments consulted in the preparation of this Report

FD 397 - The Acting Head of Corporate Finance & Information Services has been consulted and has no comments on this report.

List of background papers relied upon in the preparation of this report

None

1.0 BACKGROUND

1.1 In 2002/03 the Council allocated funds to Area Committees for expenditure on local priorities that would not otherwise be funded from Council budgets. Each Area Committee receives an amount each year and then decides how best to split it across the wards and whether or not to hold a central budget. This also includes an amount for litter bins.

1.2 At the Area Committee meeting on 1 st July 2009 it was agreed to allocate a proportion of the Litherland and Ford ward budgets to the Neighbourhoods Division, to be used in accordance with ward priorities as defined through area management approaches. Any approvals made against the Ward budgets will be subject to agreement by all three Ward Councillors. This will enable the budget to be used in a responsive way to tackle any pertinent ward issues. The remaining amount of the Ward budgets will be opened up to quarterly bidding rounds for funding requests up to £250; with a maximum quarterly limit set at £1,000.

2.0 2010/11 BUDGET ALLOCATION

2.1 The following sets out the latest position on the budget and the amounts available to spend in each area, as well as commitments made in this year. As requested the amount for street name plates has been incorporated within the report as a defined amount per ward.

Balance 2010/11 2010/11 2010/11 2010/11 2010/11 Balance b/f Budget Litterbins Street Signs Available Commitments Available £ £ £ £ £ £ £

Neighbourhood’s Division Allocation agreed 1 st July 2009 to be used against ward priorities as defined through area management approaches Ford 24,711.97 8,450.00 - - 33,161.97 583.00 32,578.97 Litherland 9,200.51 8,450.00 - - 17,650.51 583.00 17,067.51

Ward Quarterly bidding rounds for funding requests up to £250 Ford 4,000.00 - - - 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 Litherland 3,750.00 - - - 3,750.00 - 3,750.00

Litterbins by Ward Ford - - 557.00 - 557.00 557.00 - Litherland - - 557.00 - 557.00 557.00 -

Street Signs by Ward Ford - - - 1,000.00 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 Litherland - - - 1,000.00 1,000.00 - 1,000.00

Total 41,662.48 16,900.00 1,114.00 2,000.00 61,676.48 2,280.00 59,396.48

For information only - Neighbourhood’s Division allocations made during 2010/11:

Ford Ward Date Cost Progress to 10/11 Commitments Approved £ Date Metal litterbin on Harris Drive (Pennington Road 1 06/05/10 380.00 Complete Bridge) 2 Metal litterbin on Harris Drive (shops) 06/05/10 380.00 Complete Metal litterbin on Road (Bowling Club near the 3 06/05/10 380.00 Complete bus stop) 1,140.00

Litherland Ward Date Cost Progress to 10/11 Commitments Approved £ Date 1 3 Metal litterbins on Robinson Road 06/05/10 1,140.00 Complete 1,140.00 3.0 ALLOCATIONS MADE IN 2009/10

Balance 2009/10 2009/10 2009/10 2009/10 2009/10 Balance c/f b/f Budget Litterbins Street Signs Available Commitments £ £ £ £ £ £ £

Ward Ford 24,381.39 8,450.00 - - 32,831.39 28,831.39 4,000.00 Litherland 7,158.51 8,450.00 - - 15,608.51 11,858.51 3,750.00

Litterbins by Ward Ford - - 557.00 - 557.00 557.00 - Litherland - - 557.00 - 557.00 557.00 -

Street Signs by Ward Ford - - - 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 - Litherland - - - 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 -

Total 31,539.90 16,900.00 1,114.00 2,000.00 51,553.90 43,803.90 7,750.00

Neighbourhood’s Division Allocation agreed 1 st July 2009 to be used against ward priorities as defined through area management approaches Ford - 28,831.39 - - 28,831.39 4,119.42 24,711.97 Litherland - 11,608.51 - - 11,608.51 2,408.00 9,200.51

For information only – Area Committee quarterly bidding rounds for funding requests up to £250

Litherland Ward Date Cost Progress to 09/10 Commitments Approved £ Date First Initiatives contribution towards mounted bins at 1 24/03/10 250.00 Complete Goddard Hall 250.00

For information only - Neighbourhood’s Division allocations made during 2009/10:

Ford Ward Date Cost Progress to 09/10 Commitments Approved £ Date 1 Alleygate – Moss Lane 01/07/09 676.42 Complete 2 Dropped Kerbs – Richard Martin Road 30/09/09 1,000.00 Complete 3 Additional Street Signs 30/09/09 280.00 Ongoing 1 metal litterbin by the pedestrian crossing near 4 10/12/09 380.00 Complete Litherland High School 1 metal litterbin on the corner of Carr Meadow Hey & 5 24/03/10 430.00 Complete concrete base 7 Plastic litterbin near tree on Poulson Drive 24/03/10 210.00 Complete Plastic litterbin with base near roundabout near 6 th 8 24/03/10 260.00 Complete Form College 9 Plastic litterbin Sterrix Lane near No. 38 24/03/10 210.00 Complete 10 Metal Litterbin Sterrix Lane/Avenue, near post box 24/03/10 380.00 Complete Contribution towards polytunnel & greenhouse – 16 30/03/10 850.00 Complete Sefton Urban Food 17 Street Sign Replacement Scheme 1,000.00 Ongoing 5,676.42

Litherland Ward Date Cost Progress to 09/10 Commitments Approved £ Date Street sign - Litherland (not in street name plate 1 01/07/09 130.00 Ongoing scheme) Street sign - Wellington Road (not in street name plate 2 01/07/09 130.00 Ongoing scheme) Cont. towards solar power Christmas tree lights - 3 17/09/09 1,050.00 Complete Linacre One 4 Additional Street Signs 30/09/09 385.00 Ongoing 2 x Litterbins outside St Philips School (one on St 5 Philips Ave & one on Road) with concrete 19/11/09 470.00 Complete base 2 x Litterbins outside the entrance to St Wilfrid’s on 6 19/11/09 420.00 Complete Orrell Road 1 metal litterbin at the Junction of Church Road & 7 01/10/09 380.00 Complete Kirkstone Road South 8 Street Sign Replacement Scheme 1,000.00 Complete 3,965.00

Recommendations

That the Area Committee:

(i) note the Ward budgets for 2010/2011 and the progress to date on items agreed in this year

(ii) note the progress to date on items agreed in 2009/2010

(iii) agree any proposals made within the current bidding round for upto £250 from the respective ward budgets