Councillors have ducked out of deciding whether to award £50,000 to new company Kreative Destiny.
The firm, which is behind Kirkcaldy’s comedy festival, requested the public money for ”core costs” and a ”Hogmanay event”.
Kreative Destiny was set up by Kirkcaldy-born Bob Carruthers in June but he has since transferred the running of it to Warwickshire-based businesswoman Clare Gambold.
Prior to Wednesday’s meeting of the Kirkcaldy Area Committee, Burntisland councillor Susan Leslie said she had concerns about the company’s track record.
After the meeting, she said: ”I proposed a motion that we defer the decision until next month’s meeting and in the meantime we have a members-only meeting and a full discussion.
”We eventually agreed to delegate the decision to council officers, following further consultation and discussion at a members’ meeting, to which all stakeholders will be invited.”
She added: ”A Hogmanay party may well be a good thing, but it’s a lot of money to give a company that we know nothing about and has no track record.”
Mr Carruthers defended the business he set up in June.
”There should be no concerns at all,” he told The Courier on Tuesday. ”Any money Kreative Destiny makes goes back into the company with a view to creating jobs.”