To elect a Chairperson for the Grants Committee.

Mr. Jeff Evans was re-elected Chair.

He thanked the Members for their confidence in him.

To elect a Vice-Chairperson for the General Grants Committee.

Councillor Jim Evans was re-elected Vice-Chair.

To receive any declaration of interest by any Member or Officer in respect of any item of business.

Mr. Lewis Davies declared an interest in respect of application 29 – Community Centre, Llanfaes and application 45 – Llangoed Playing Field.  Mr. Davies left the meeting during discussion and voting thereon.

Mr. Peter S. Rogers declared an interest in respect of application 18 – Pritchard Jones Institute Ltd., application 20 – Malltraeth Ymlaen Ltd., and application 40 – Parc y Bont School – Partents Teachers Association.  Mr. Rogers remained in the meeting but took no part in discussion and voting thereon.

The minutes of the 9^th July, 2013 meeting of the General Grants Committee to be submitted.

The minutes of the meeting held on 9 July, 2013 were confirmed.

To submit a report by the Treasurer in relation to the above. (Late Report)

Submitted – report on behalf of the Treasurer in relation to the above.

It was reported that the purpose of the report was to consider applications relevant to the Isle of Anglesey Charitable Trust.  Allocations are made annually from the Isle of Anglesey Charitable Trust to the following categories of projects :-

·         Community and Sporting Facilities (small capital projects)

·         Other Grants (mainly one-off small grants)

At its meeting on 24 April, 2014 the full Charitable Trust resolved to authorise this Committee to approve all those applications received by the deadline that comply with the Trust’s funding criteria without prejudice to any determinations in future years and that part of the capital fund be utilised for this purpose should that be necessary.  The Secretary stated that 5 applications had been received after the closing date for grant application.  Members of the Committee considered that these applications should not be considered. 

The relevant Officers from the departments involved have considered and prioritised the applications received as far as possible and consistent with the Trust’s decisions, criteria established in previous years and within the amount of funding available for allocation.  The Officer’s recommendations were shown in Appendices A and B attached to the report.  A joint referencing system has been employed for both grants put forward to this Committee and for grant applications to the Welsh Church Fund; any gaps in the reference numbers will be due to those grants having been put forward to the Welsh Church Fund rather than the Trust. It was noted that the applications are considered in accordance with the ‘Criteria for the Allocation of Grants from the Charitable Trust’, a copy of which was attached as Appendix C to the report.

The applications received and sums recommended for Community & Sporting Facilities – Capital Grants for 2014/15 are as follows:-