Castle Douglas Common Good Fund Sub Committee Minutes

Date:

Friday 27 March 2015

Time:

9:00am

Place:

Town Hall, Castle Douglas

Attendance Details

Members:

Finlay Carson (Chairman)	-	Castle Douglas and Glenkens
Jane Maitland (substitute)	-	Dee Ward
George N Prentice	-	Castle Douglas and Glenkens

Officials:

John Enos - Service Manager Area Framework and CLD Stewartry

In attendance:

Martin Fortnum - Representative of Castle Douglas Community Council

Apologies:

Brian Collins - Castle Douglas and Glenkens

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Item Number	Item/Description	Action
PUBLIC
1	SEDERUNT AND APOLOGIES 3 Members present, 1 Community Council representative and 1 apology
2	DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST NONE declared.
3	MINUTE OF MEETING OF 11 DECEMBER 2014 (Attachment: 1)Minutes \|(Attachment: 2)Minute - Final - Minute of Meeting 11 December 2014 (132K/bytes) Decision APPROVED.
4	MONITORING REPORT TO 31 JANUARY 2015 - REPORT BY HEAD OF FINANCE (Attachment: 3)Report - final - Monitoring Report to 31 January 2015 (147K/bytes) Decision NOTED 4.1 that to date a grant of £3,000 had been paid in 2014/15; and 4.2 based on the forecast outturn and taking into account the grant of £1,320 paid to Castle Douglas Playgroup on 11 March 2015, that there was free income of £8,818 that could be distributed.
5	APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE - STEWARTRY COMMUNITY SPORTS CLUB - REPORT BY HEAD OF IMPROVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES (Attachment: 4)Report - final - Application for Financial Assistance (152K/bytes) Decision 5.1 NOTED that taking into account the grant of £1,320 paid to Castle Douglas Playgroup on 11 March 2015 the free income available for disbursement of grants in the financial year 2014/2015 was £8,818; and 5.2 AGREED to award Stewartry Community Sport Club up to £5,000 towards new fencing for the Club in Lochside Park.
6	INVESTMENT STRATEGY - REPORT BY HEAD OF IMPROVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES (Attachment: 5)Report - final - Investment Strategy (70K/bytes) Decision NOTED the enquiries to date on alternative investment arrangements and AGREED to receive a further report at a subsequent meeting on conclusion of further research.	Service Manager Area Framework Stewartry Action for item
7	ANY OTHER BUSINESS DEEMED URGENT BY THE CHAIRMAN DUE TO THE NEED FOR A DECISION Decision NOTED that there was no business deemed urgent by the Chairman due to the need for a decision.

Action Details

**Action Details**
Item	Detail
6	Action by Service Manager Area Framework Stewartry - Work is in progress on this action.