At the SHDC full council meeting on Wednesday 24th June, councillors voted in a proposal to reduce ward member budgets by £5k to £15k total over the 4 year term. Which across all 37 councillors will delivere a saving equivalent to £185k per annum to the overall council budget.
As part of this proposal, it was also agreed that this reduced £15k budget would be available immediately, enabling members to support larger projects as required. One benefit of this larger pot is that a higher member contribution could increase chances of higher levels of 3rd party funding from other grants/organisations.
I am looking forward to using this budget to help support local projects or groups in the Crowland and Deeping St Nicholas ward.
Please drop me a line on jastill@sholland.gov.uk if you have an idea of a local group or project I could support.