Agenda item

The North East Area Council Senior Support Officer introduced this item and explained that income of £29,799 has now been received from fixed penalty notices from the Environmental Environment Project for the period March 2016 to March 2017.  The total income received from this initiative since 1^st August 2014 now stands at £67,501. 

A discussion took place regarding how income received could be used to offset the costs of future Environmental Enforcement initiatives across the North East Area Council communities.  

RESOLVED that:

(i)            £12,000 be used to fund the shortfall of £12,000 in the Youth Development Fund budget;

(ii)          £5,000 be used to replace park equipment damaged through anti-social behaviour;

(iii)         £1000 be used to deliver the winter edition of the Village Life community magazine, and

(iv)         £19,000 be held as a contingency fund.