Decision details

Approval, in principal, to approve up to £200,000 match funding for the Ward Freman Community Pool Group CIO bid to the Community Ownership Fund for £900k to replace the pool plant, repairs to the pool tanks and re-open the Ward Freman swimming pool under Ward Freman Community Pool Group CIO management. The match funding will come from the existing leisure budget which has provision for payment to SLM to operate the pool as part of the council's leisure contract.

a) Agree in principle to provide match funding of up to £200,000 to support the Ward Freeman Community Pool Group CIO application to the Government’s Community Ownership Fund.

b) Authorise the Head of Strategic Finance and Property to issue a letter of support for the Community Ownership Fund bid setting out the in-principle match funding agreement.

c) Authorise the Head of Strategic Finance and Property to include in the letter the additional information concerning a publicly owned asset that the application will require.