Issue - meetings

To consider an application for Ward Flexibility Funding received from Mellor Society War Memorial Garden Group a grant of £600 (£600 from Marple North ward allocation only) towards the cost of replacing all the old lavender plants which run along the edge of the long flowerbeds, buy new plants (e.g. topiary or sedum) to fill the empty spaces in the beds and purchase horticultural bark.

A representative of the Strategic Head of Service (Legal & Democratic Governance and Monitoring Officer) submitted an application received on behalf of the Mellor Society War Memorial Garden Group for a grant from the Ward Flexibility Funding Budget towards the cost of replacing all the old lavender plants which run along the edge of the long flowerbeds, buy new plants (e.g. topiary or sedum) to fill the empty spaces in the beds and purchase horticultural bark.

RESOLVED – (1) That approval be given to an application from Mellor Society War Memorial Garden Group for a grant of £600 from the Ward Flexibility Funding Budget (Marple North ward allocation only) towards the cost of replacing all the old lavender plants which run along the edge of the long flowerbeds, buy new plants (e.g. topiary or sedum) to fill the empty spaces in the beds and purchase horticultural bark.

(2) Noted that a budgetary adjustment will be made in the 2022/23 financial year to transfer the sum of £25.69 from the Marple South ward allocation as part of their contribution to the above grant to the Marple North ward allocation.