Issue - meetings

The Report of the Leisure Services Team Manager.

The Leisure Services Team Manager presented the report to members and outlined the progress of the outstanding capital projects.

A member wished to reiterate that Coalville in Bloom should not be removed from the budget and that by including local businesses in the scheme, additional income was generated. Officers wished to remind members that when business owners come forward and request hanging baskets to display for Coalville in Bloom there is currently a subsidy which the council has to pay which adds to the expenditure from the budget.

A member raised concerns around the Scotland Road playing fields pavilion feasibility and suggested that soccer and bowls teams would use the facility in a very different way but suggested that with this in mind the pavilion could be designed to accommodate participants of both sports.

A member suggested that as the Bardon Road verge improvement project work would not be going ahead, that this funding be redirected to other improvements in the local area. It was debated whether the Bardon Community funding would allow this as it had been obtained for this specific project. Officers advised that clarification would need to be sought as to whether a revised plan could be considered as this had not been what the funding had originally been granted for.

It was moved by Councillor J Legrys, seconded by Councillor E Allman and

RESOLVED THAT:

1. The progress update on the 2022/23 Capital Projects be noted.
2. Option 1 in relation to the Claremont Drive play area be recommended to Cabinet.
3. The withdrawal of the Bardon Road verge improvement project be recommended to Cabinet. However an alternative project be drawn up, using the Bardon Community funding and a £1,000 contribution from Coalville Special Expenses.