Angus communities can now cast a vote on how £260,000 will be shared out on local projects.
But it’s the last time the council will use the current system to distribute the participatory budgeting pot after hefty criticism of the “flawed” process.
The scheme aims to put power in the hands of the people to decide where money is spent.
This year more than 90 Angus projects came forward for a slice of the funding pie.
And the total value of their schemes was almost four times the available £250k.
Almost 70 competing projects
A final list of 68 ideas has gone forward for the online public vote.
It started on Monday and runs until Sunday November 21.
Contenders include everything from a plan to revamp Carnoustie’s fourth golf course – the free-to-play five-hole Nestie – to a barista project for Arbroath High School youngsters.
Winter gritting of the Angus glens to boxing holiday clubs in Brechin are also among the competing projects.
The Choice for Angus fund is split into four areas:
Arbroath
Brechin and Montrose
Carnoustie, Monifieth & Sidlaw
Forfar & Kirriemuir
So each area will receive £65,000 to be spent on local projects.
Claims over lack of consultation
Critics say the scheme was not promoted widely enough, meaning some groups could miss out.
Carnoustie councillor David Cheape suggested suspending it for a year.
“It’s flawed for the second year in succession and we can’t have a third go as a council and get it wrong,” he said.
“Many groups were not aware of this and it’s almost as if they are being excluded from it through lack of information or lack of knowledge.”
Councillor Angus Macmillan Douglas said: “I think we all accept this wasn’t a perfect process.
“But councillors had a responsibility to ensure their communities knew about it.
“And if they didn’t they shouldn’t start blaming others.”
The projects bidding for part of the participatory budgeting cash pot are:
ARBROATH
Arbroath High School extracurricular extravaganza.
Angus Alive funded membership for low income families
Arbroath High School barista project
Angus Alive youth development programme
Strathmore Community Rugby Trust autism-friendly training
Skilz Academy Arbroath community astroturf facility
Angus Council Environmental Services beach tap
Arbroath library sensory development
Angus Alive Arbroath Conversations and Connections history project
BRECHIN AND MONTROSE
Brechin Health Care Group Beat the Street project
Lochside Primary School library renewal
Maisondieu Parent Voice early years outdoor area
Strathmore Community Rugby Trust autism-friendly training
Cathedral Boxing Club holiday clubs
Angus Alive youth development programme
Brechin High School community supported agriculture
Skilz Academy Glow in the Dark sport
Angus Alive funded membership for low income families
Angus Alive sensory project at Montrose library
Montrose YMCA virtual reality project
CARNOUSTIE, MONIFIETH AND SIDLAW
Carnoustie Golf Links redevelopment of the Nestie course
Monifieth High School Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Group Covid recovery
Monifieth High School health and wellbeing opportunities
Angus Alive funded membership for low income families
Skilz Academy Glow in the Dark sport
Sidlaw View Residents’ Association replacement playpark
Carnoustie primary schools family support worker project
Muirhead Birkhill & Liff Community Council open-air gym and jogging track
Monifieth High School Top Coat nail bar DYW project
Strathmore Community Rugby Trust autism-friendly training
Angus Alive community sports hub youth development
Young Engineers’ Group virtual reality experience
Yoga Space Angus Yoga for Health project
Grange Primary School Monifieth community play space
FORFAR AND KIRRIEMUIR
Kirriemuir Landward West Community Council winter accessibility project
Alba Explorers minibus campaign
Kirriemuir Community Council Kirrie Hill outdoor gym
Angus Alive community hubs youth development
Newtyle Primary School playground equipment
Glenisla Play Association water supply upgrade to Kirkton of Glenisla public toilets
Strathmore Cricket Club access improvements
Glamis & Charleston Friendship Club post-Covid revitalisation
Eassie early years outdoor play project
Kirriemuir Landward East snow clearing equipment
Charleston village bowling green improvements
North Angus Scouts Glamis Scout hut refurbishment
Isla Primary School Parent Council playgroup equipment
Angus Upcycling Project clothing bank
Kirrie Connections Outdoor Oasis
DD8 Music Group Closing the Gap project
Glenisla Play Association community produce hub project
Skilz Academy Glow in the Dark sport
Kirriemuir Community Council Kirrie Den picnic tables and benches
Angus Alive Wheelchair Sports Club
Whitehills Primary School outdoors learning space
Glamis Community Council defibrillator project
Eassie early years reading group
Glamis Community Council Halloween trail
Dundee & Angus College Forfar’s Future Talent project
Glamis Community Council street party
Forfar Academy gardening group
Yoga Space Angus yoga for health project
Angus Alive funded membership for low income families
Kirriemuir Planter Group Colour to Kirrie project
Newtyle Footpaths Group reinstatement of core paths
Strathmore Community Rugby Trust autism-friendly training
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