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Application guidance for ward budget funding

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  1. Background
  2. About available funding
  3. How funding will be allocated
  4. How to complete the form
  5. You are here: Making decisions
  6. Monitoring and transparency

Making decisions

The frequency of spending decisions is down to ward Councillors’ discretion. The allocation of the Community Leadership Fund is down to the individual Councillor concerned. 

The Ward Capital Budget and the Ward Housing Budget will be decided on a majority vote if a unanimous vote cannot be achieved. If unanimous or majority vote cannot be achieved, then the Cabinet Member or Leader will be asked to arbitrate. If agreement still cannot be reached, then the award of funding will not take place. 

If an Elected Member has a conflict of interest in a proposal, then they must declare this to their ward colleagues and will be unable to vote on that particular proposal. In the event that all Elected Members within a ward have a conflict of interest then the application form will be taken to the Cabinet Member or Leader for a decision.

Elected Members will have to illustrate that they have allocated / committed their devolved budgets by 31 January 2028, in advance of the May 2028 elections and the end of their term of office. No applications or proposals will be accepted after this date. All devolved ward budgets must have been received by the recipient organisation / service by 31 March 2028.

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