Agenda item

The Area Council Manager submitted a report providing Members with an up-to-date overview of the Area Council’s current priorities.  It provided an overview of all current contracts, contract extensions, Service Level Agreements and Grant Funded Projects together with the associated timescales.

The report outlined the financial position to date for the 2022/23 financial year and provided details of the future proposals and projected spend for the 2023/24 financial year as outlined in the appendices attached to the report. 

The report indicated that, at the Area Council meeting on 14 March 2022, the Area Council had made the decision to fund an Age UK Social Isolation project.  It was recommended that an extension be offered to the Age UK Social Isolation project for a further 2-years. 

Members considered the recommendation and agreed that an extension be offered to the Age UK Social Isolation project via a variation to grant agreement for a further one-year delivery from 1 June 2023 to 1 June 2024 at a cost of £39,995.

Prior to the expiry of the one-year extension, Members asked that the Area Council Manager presents future options for the delivery of a Social Isolation Service to the Area Council. 

RESOLVED:-

i)           That the current priorities and overview of all current contracts, contract extensions, Service Level Agreements and Grant fund projects, together with the associated timescales, be noted.

ii)          That the actual financial position to date for 2022-23 and the projected expenditure, including future proposals to 2023-24 as outlined in Appendices 1 and 2 of the report be noted. 

iii)         That an extension to the Age UK Social Isolation project via a variation to grant agreement for a further one-year delivery from 1June 2023 to 1 June 2024 at a cost of £39,995 be approved.