Decision details
MSG Extension Report
Decision Maker: Grants Determination (Cabinet) Sub-Committee
Decision status: Recommendations Approved (subject to call-in process)
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
To seek decisions from the Grants Determination Sub-Committee on current MSG projects that are being recommended for extension up to March 2019 and options on how this could be progressed.
To extend the MSG programme for 7 months to the 31st March was agreed by the GDSC at their meeting on the 12th September 2017.
A decision is required in order for Officers to start the process of awarding contract extensions and negotiating required outputs/outcomes for the extension period.
Decision:
The report was urgent due to the extension considerations for Mainstream Grants and the decisions required in relation to the extension.
David Freeman (Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) Strategy Manager presented the report, circulated in a supplementary agenda, proposing a further extension of the current MSG programme to 30th September 2019 to allow further time for co-production with the VCS of the Community Commissioning funding programme which will succeed MSG.
The Mayor invited the Chair of GSSC to comment on the report and he indicated that whilst mindful that the MSG had been extended on one previous occasion, they considered it justifiable to grant this extension and endorsed the proposal.
The Sub – Committee agreed that recommendation 3 in the report (regarding the recommendations for individual projects not to be extended) be considered as part of the discussion on item 7.7,MSG Quarterly Monitoring Update 2018-19 and Rent.
DECISION
1. That it be agreed that the current MSG programme be extended by six months to 30 September 2019 for those projects which receive grants and which are also performing satisfactorily.
2. Agree the recommendations for the extension of individual MSG funded projects to 30th September 2019, as detailed in Appendix 1. (109 projects)
3. That the consideration of the recommendations for individual projects not to be extended (as set out in Appendix 2) be considered as part of the discussion on item 7.7. MSG Quarterly Monitoring Update 2018-19 and Rent.
4. That the Corporate Director, Resources be delegated the negotiation and signing of Grant Offer extension letters setting out the detailed targets and conditions for the extension period.
5. That it be agreed that a condition of the extension will be for projects to maintain satisfactory performance up to the end of the current three year MSG programme, which is 31 August 2018.
Report author: Steve Hill
Publication date: 20/06/2018
Date of decision: 06/06/2018
Decided at meeting: 06/06/2018 - Grants Determination (Cabinet) Sub-Committee
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