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The Committee RESOLVED (unanimously):

1. To approve the allocation of funding to support the Area Committees as set out in the report.

2. To note the arrangements for funding projects and schemes as set out in the report.

The Committee RESOLVED (6 members voting in favour, with 3 abstentions):

To defer the report and that discussions take place between the Chair and the committee’s party group leads with a view to agreeing a revised proposal to be brought back to the committee at its 11 October 2024 meeting.

The Committee RESOLVED (unanimously):

1. To approve the investment of S106 sums into Dovercourt Road Smallholdings, Cotman Walk Former Allotments, Oatlands Avenue allotments and Fortfield Road Allotments as outlined in the report.

2. To approve the investment of capital receipt sums from the sale of allotment land at Brislington Meadows using the approach set out in the report.

3. To authorise the Executive Director: Growth and Regeneration, in consultation with the Chair of the Public Health and Communities Policy Committee, the S.151 Officer, and Director of Legal and Democratic Services to take all steps required, which may be above the key decision threshold, to spend the funding including to procure and enter into contracts required to deliver the proposals and investment approach as outlined in the report.

The Committee RESOLVED (unanimously):

1. To authorise the Director of Public Health, in consultation with the Executive Director: Adult and Communities and the Chair of the Public Health and Communities Policy Committee, to take all steps required to procure and award a contract(s) for the period of 5 +2 +2 years, with an annual amount of £250,000 to deliver targeted healthy weight services for Bristol, in line with the report and in accordance with the NHS Provider Selection Regime regulations, use of which are to be approved in line with the Council’s prevailing Procurement Rules and maximum budget envelope (£2,250,000).

2. To authorise the Director of Public Health to apply for, accept and allocate any additional external funding (up to a value of 50% of the contract) relating to healthy weight services in accordance with the Council’s prevailing Procurement Rules and any associated funding restrictions (including procuring and awarding contracts).

The Committee RESOLVED (unanimously):

1. To approve an extension to the Community Resilience Fund so that grant funded organisations have a further 18 months to 30  September 2027 to spend their capital grant.

2. To authorise the Executive Director: Adult and Communities, in consultation with the Chair of the Public Health and Communities Policy Committee to take all steps required to amend the project grant agreements, where required, to enable the extension.

The Committee RESOLVED:

To note:

1. The Public Health and Communities General Fund forecast outturn revenue position of a balanced position with no variance to budget at Quarter 1/Period 2 2024/25.

2.The breakeven position on Public Health Grant funded services (Appendix A1).

3. The forecast underspend of £0.5 million against the Capital Programme revised budget 2024/25 (Appendix A2)