Issue - meetings

(CSP: SLE & HQL1)

Purpose: 

·         To agree the actions set out in this report to progress a Council Lottery Scheme.

·         To secure approval for use of the Aylesbury Vale Lottery Implementation Service on the basis of their established track record of providing support to other Councils and a good success rate.

·         To propose the Commissioning Service leads on contractual arrangements, implementation and ongoing operation of the Lottery.  Timescales to be agreed once formal approval has been secured.

·         To agree funding requirements as identified.

Resolved that:

(1)       The actions set out in the report to progress a Council Lottery Scheme be agreed;

(2)       To secure the use of the Aylesbury Vale Lottery Implementation Service on the basis of their established track record of providing support to other Councils and a good success rate;

(3)       It was agreed that the Commissioning Service would lead on contractual arrangements, implementation and ongoing operation of the Lottery.

(4)       Funding requirements as identified was agreed. 

This decision is eligible to be ‘called-in’.  However, if the decision has not been ‘called-in’ by 5.00pm on 2^nd August 2018, then it will be implemented.

The Executive considered a report (Agenda Item 6) to agree actions set out in this report to progress a Council Lottery Scheme.

Councillor Anthony Chadley confirmed that transformational funding would be used to cover one-off set up costs of £13k and that the benefits of running the scheme would only be realised in the long term. Income in excess of £100k was anticipated which would be used to support local discretionary services and good causes. This was a new, exciting and innovative idea which had been brought forward by a member of staff.

Councillor Alan Macro advised that the idea of a lottery had first been raised in 2016 by the Resources Select Committee and he stated that it was a shame that it had not been implemented earlier. He queried how much the prizes would be, how the prizes would be funded in the first stage and how the Management Company had been selected. Councillor Anthony Chadley responded that the External Licensed Manager formed part of the contract with Aylesbury Vale and was a standard system used for other Councils who operated a lottery. There was an indemnity in place to ensure that there were sufficient funds to cover off the prizes in the early stages. 20 pence of the £1 ticket price would go into the prize fund and the top prize would be £25k.

Councillor Chadley stated that it was proposed that the Community Solutions Panel should have its terms of reference expanded to include the award of lottery funding against a set of criteria to be agreed as part of the implementation plan. Marketing would be an essential part of the success of the lottery and any suggestions were welcome as to how this could be promoted across the whole community of West Berkshire.

RESOLVED that the proposed actions be agreed.

Other options considered: None