| Reference Number :- | 2146 |
| Date :- | 2012/01/25 |
| Decision Maker :- | Cabinet |
| Subject to Call-in :- | No |
| Subject of Decision :- | Community Assets Rent Offsetting Scheme |
| Decision :- | (a) That, to enable the Community Leadership and Partnerships Committee to carry out, and the Cabinet to consider, the review referred to in (b) below, budgetary provision has been made to allow the scheme to continue, with a view to it ceasing in 2015/16. this supersedes all previous decisions. (b) That the Community Leadership and Partnerships Committee is requested to carry out a review of CAROS with specific reference, but not restricted to, the following, namely: • Recording all the organisations currently benefiting from CAROS (by reference to their different categories or types) and for each such organisation identifying their financial, capital and cash flow position, financial viability and numbers and details of membership; • Considering the criteria organisations must satisfy in order to benefit from CAROS and whether these are appropriate; • Considering how the scheme could be made more inclusive to similar organisations within the District that do not lease property from the Council. • Exploring the transferral of a Council owned asset to an operating organisation, subject to appropriate criteria. (c) That the review is completed and reported to Cabinet within the next 6 months, together with the recommendations of the Community Leadership and Partnerships Committee, to enable Cabinet to give further consideration to what action should be taken regarding the future of CAROS. NOTE:- For the avoidance of any doubt the current position in respect of CAROS is that a budget is now in place to fund the scheme for three years and that funding will cease from 2015/16. A review of the scheme will now take place along the lines of, but not limited to, the brief set out above and that the outcome of that review will be reported back to the Cabinet in six months’ time. |
| Reason for Decision :- | Having considered the request from the Community Leadership and Partnerships Committee. |
| Alternative Options Considered :- | None. |
| Conflicts of Interest Delared (and Dispensations Granted by the Monitoring Officer) :- | None. |
| Contact Officer :- | Head of Resource Management - Karen Neath |
| Decision to Take Effect at end of :- | 2012/02/03 |
| Attachments :- | A9 Report CAROS (79K/bytes) |